This is a really great cake for a Coffee Morning if you need something to take and don’t want to assemble or ice a cake. This is a Mary Berry recipe which I have changed only very slightly. It is… Read More ›
Cakes
18th Birthday Star Cake and Cupcakes
One of the very first cakes I ever made for a friend was a Star cake. It was also one of my very first posts and consisted of two sentences and one photo. Having decided I needed a blog I… Read More ›
Lemon and Thyme Loaf
This morning was such a bright, beautiful one I wanted to make something summery and light. This Lemon and Thyme Loaf, a Hummingbird Bakery recipe, has been on my to-do list for ages. When I first tasted it a while… Read More ›
Coffee Cake – not to be confused with Coffee Cake
It may have taken me years but I recently worked out the difference between British coffee cake and American coffee cake. I can’t speak for other nations! British coffee cake is coffee flavoured cake. American coffee cake is cake that… Read More ›
Apple Crumble Cake
Finally I have managed to use up the last of the apples that my friend Vana gave me before Christmas. They really weren’t looking good enough to eat on their own so I thought an apple crumble, or streusel cake… Read More ›
Banana and Cinnamon Muffins
Despite being a big advocate of fruit and vegetable boxes I have decided to take a break from mine for a while. I love getting different fruits and vegetables each week, particularly ones that I wouldn’t necessarily choose to buy…. Read More ›
A Cake of Two Halves: Half Chocolate, Half Vanilla Birthday Cake
My friend Karyn’s husband and father have their birthdays on the same day but she didn’t really need two cakes in the house. One cake was plenty but one of them prefers chocolate, the other vanilla. A problem easily solved… Read More ›
Party cupcakes – ski cupcakes (oh, and some sky diving ones too…)
Skiing is not a sport I have ever been able to get on with. I love the idea of being in the mountains, with the fresh air and the views and the exercise. Unfortunately I spend most of my time… Read More ›
Beetroot Cake – Nigel Slater recipe
My 9 year old son actually asked me if I could make a beetroot cake. I’m not sure if he had suddenly remembered the Chocolate and Ginger Beetroot Cake or the Beetroot Brownies that I have made previously but he was… Read More ›
Birthday Present Cake – 50th Birthday cake
My daughter asked me recently if I’d stopped making cakes with sugarpaste icing as, apart from the Christmas Cake, I think, it has been quite a long time since I last made one. Cakes decorated with sugarpaste present more challenges… Read More ›
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