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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Berries – and baking and blogging

  By lovinghomemade on July 25, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  I have become slightly obsessed with cheesecakes recently, both baked and set. I have drafts of posts for baked rhubarb swirl cheesecake (a bit like a rhubarb and custard cheesecake) and a set mango cheesecake, amongst others. Both were delicious… Read More ›

• Almond and Lemon Meringue Roulade

  By lovinghomemade on June 19, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  I like to walk and have done several 26 mile walks now – with another one coming up at the end of July – but I’m not sure how I would feel about 100 kilometres, which is about 62 miles…. Read More ›

• Honey cake – with apricots, almonds and sweet potato

  By lovinghomemade on June 7, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

    My blog is having an existential crisis at the moment. I write a lot of blog posts in my head, but recently they haven’t made it much further than that. When I have had the time I’ve lacked the… Read More ›

• Watercress and Cheese Soda Bread. And simple things…

  By lovinghomemade on May 2, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  It’s easy to get caught up in a cycle of wanting more: more money, a bigger house, a more expensive car, “better” clothes, handbags and shoes. I learnt a lesson I’ll never forget when I was 18, inter-railing around Europe… Read More ›

• Hemsley and Healthy Banana Bread

  By lovinghomemade on April 19, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  I’m a big believer in everything in moderation, even if I don’t always live by my own principles. At the moment I’m struggling with over indulgence. Too much good eating accompanied by far too many drinks. You can’t beat good food… Read More ›

• Rhubarb, Pear and Ginger Crumble – and moving on

  By lovinghomemade on March 30, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  If I had to choose a favourite crumble it would be rhubarb. Or possibly gooseberry, I can never quite decide. Which always makes it difficult when we visit my parents: they are the masters of fruit crumbles and keep what… Read More ›

• Dark Chocolate and Apricot Buns – add a cross and they’re good for Easter too!

  By lovinghomemade on March 15, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  As it gets closer to Easter I find myself more and more inclined to both eat and bake buns. In the UK, like many other places, we have hot cross buns at Easter: spiced buns with a pastry cross on top… Read More ›

• New York Cheesecake

  By lovinghomemade on March 4, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  Things don’t always turn out quite how you anticipate. Life being one of those things. Cheesecake being another. I might not have many tips on life but I do know that to help prevent your baked cheesecake cracking when it cools you should leave… Read More ›

• Farmhouse Fruitcake – a light fruitcake

  By lovinghomemade on February 25, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  Every now and then I make the mistake of thinking that just because my friends are super fit and sporty, I should be too. And I sign up for a challenge because unless I have something I actually have to… Read More ›

• Valentine’s Day and Double Chocolate Cookies

  By lovinghomemade on February 14, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s Valentine’s Day again, which can’t have escaped you, as the shops are full of hearts and flowers. No other time of year will you see so many red roses in one place. I think it’s really just another excuse… Read More ›