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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• Pumpkin Muffins – Halloween starts here

  By lovinghomemade on October 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Pumpkin muffins are an ideal way to use up leftover pumpkin from Halloween. These are delicious and easy to make. And eat!

• Seeded Granary Loaf – and the Real Bread Festival

  By lovinghomemade on October 25, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I was lucky enough to spot a note about the Real Bread Festival in a magazine recently and made sure I got on their website and booked a couple of places on a Richard Bertinet hands-on workshop. Not only was it… Read More ›

• Family of Bloggers Award

  By lovinghomemade on October 24, 2012 • ( 10 )

  

  Thank you very much to Lovely Buns for nominating me for a Family of Bloggers Award! Candy has a really lovely blog full of great ideas and recipes, and so do the other blogs she has nominated, so check it out!… Read More ›

• Apple Cake

  By lovinghomemade on October 23, 2012 • ( 12 )

  

  Between the apples that appear in my vegetable box and the ones that my parents bring me from their garden, I have a lot of apples at the moment. Apple cake is a delicious way to use them up and… Read More ›

• Chocolate Chip Cookies

  By lovinghomemade on October 21, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Yummy chocolate chip cookies – the chewy kind. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon in front of the fire. Recipe Ingredients 110g butter, room temperature 175g soft brown sugar 1 egg 200g plain flour 1 and a quarter teaspoons bicarbonate… Read More ›

• Vanilla Birthday Cake with Strawberry Sprinkles

  By lovinghomemade on October 20, 2012 • ( 14 )

  

  I found some very appealing-looking freeze dried strawberries in the cake decorating aisle a while ago and had been looking for a good reason to use them. I wasn’t sure whether to put them in or on something but I… Read More ›

• Banana Loaf, a stylish plate and a new blog

  By lovinghomemade on October 17, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  My daughter came home with the recipe for this banana loaf at the end of one school term. Her only homework that holiday was to make this banana loaf. This is exactly the kind of homework I like. I didn’t… Read More ›

• Vegetable Box Cooking – Kale, Mushroom and Pancetta Pasta Sauce

  By lovinghomemade on October 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It might not be the prettiest dish but it was so tasty that I made it the first night and then had exactly the same again the second night. I like kale but it can be a little strong on… Read More ›

• Chocolate Birthday Cakes – bunny delight

  By lovinghomemade on October 14, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  I mentioned that I was making chocolate birthday cakes for my friend’s twin girls when I posted their disco party cakes and here they are. Two bunny cakes. The girls had a rabbit each for their birthday. There is one blonde… Read More ›

• Disco Birthday Cakes – seeing double!

  By lovinghomemade on October 12, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  I mention my lovely friends a lot on this blog and this post is no exception! Children’s birthday parties get more exciting by the day – I don’t remember going to a disco when I was 8 but my friend’s… Read More ›