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Baking and Blogging in Ascot

• Five Seed Bread

  By lovinghomemade on February 7, 2016 • ( 12 )

  

  I have been using wholemeal spelt flour for this loaf (well, if you ignore the first time I made this and accidentally used self raising instead) but it would work just as well with strong wheat flour. The spelt gives… Read More ›

• Healthy Sweet Treat – Coconut Macaroons

  By lovinghomemade on January 30, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s the beginning of the year so everyone is still trying hard to be virtuous and healthy. Which means that the type of dessert I would normally take when invited to dinner is less welcome than at other times of… Read More ›

• Nigella’s Banana Bread with Cardamom and Cocoa Nibs

  By lovinghomemade on January 22, 2016 • ( 14 )

  

  As we all know, you can never have too many banana bread recipes. This one varies slightly from the average as it contains cardamom and cocoa nibs. It’s a good one: not as sweet as a lot of banana breads and it… Read More ›

• Panettone Pudding – use up your Christmas leftovers

  By lovinghomemade on January 15, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  It is just possible that you still have Panettone leftover from Christmas. If you do, like me, and are fed up with eating it (it could happen!) and are wondering what exactly to do with it, this is a great… Read More ›

• Happy New Year – and Rocky Road

  By lovinghomemade on January 3, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  The New Year is all about detox and diets. Recovering from the excess of the Christmas season. Unless you are under 18, of course, when life carries on exactly the same as before except you have more “stuff”. Rocky Road… Read More ›

• Happy Christmas

  By lovinghomemade on December 24, 2015 • ( 10 )

  

  This year I was determined that Christmas would not rush up on me, unannounced, as it seems to every year. I was going to be organised. I was going to write (or at least buy) my Christmas cards, for once less… Read More ›

• Individual Pumpkin Pies for Thanksgiving

  By lovinghomemade on November 26, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  This is my take on a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. I am not an expert on pumpkin pies and have tried to make this a little healthier so although I can’t vouch for its authenticity, it is a tasty dessert. I… Read More ›

• Healthy Treats: Raw Almond Balls

  By lovinghomemade on November 14, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Last week we had a coffee morning at my son’s school and I was asked if I would like to turn up in my “professional” capacity, with cakes to sell. I have done a few cake sales now and I… Read More ›

• Lemon Curd Sponge Cake

  By lovinghomemade on November 4, 2015 • ( 14 )

  

  It might seem a strange time of year for lemon cake but a recent trip to Cornwall reminded me how good they are. I’d never been to Cornwall before but having been I’d love to go back. We stayed in Penzance… Read More ›

• Cranberry and Dark Chocolate Buns

  By lovinghomemade on October 21, 2015 • ( 18 )

  

  It’s only a few days until the clocks go back again and although we have had very mild weather so far, the changing light is as much of a sign of the changing season as the incredible colours of the… Read More ›