Fruit

Using Sourdough Starter Discard – Healthy Banana Bread with Cacao Nibs

By lovinghomemade on April 29, 2021 • ( 3 )

Use up your sourdough starter discard with this healthy, homemade banana bread recipe from Lovinghomemade.

A Deliciously Healthier Maple, Pecan and Apple Cake

By lovinghomemade on April 5, 2021 • ( 2 )

You can never have too many apple cake recipes. Apple cakes are tasty, healthier and will use up some of your stash if you had a large harvest, or have been given a bagful by a friend. This cake is… Read More ›

Quince and Almond Cake

By lovinghomemade on November 27, 2020 • ( 8 )

I’ve given them away, steeped them in brandy, turned them into jelly, baked them and stewed them. This year’s quince harvest has been a bumper one and it seemed a shame to waste it. They perfumed the kitchen for weeks… Read More ›

All-in-One Blackberry Cake

By lovinghomemade on September 30, 2020 • ( 2 )

Every year I’m surprised when blackberries are ripe in August. Blackberries should be an autumn fruit, designed for jam making and comforting crumbles. And yet this year I was picking them in burning sunshine, wondering how soon I could get… Read More ›

Banana and Courgette Loaf – and other new Lockdown skills

By lovinghomemade on May 3, 2020 • ( 3 )

Banana bread has become a lockdown cliché for a reason. It’s quick, easy and delicious. It’s an easy introduction to baking, something to pass the time with the kids or a quick way to create a relatively healthy treat using… Read More ›

Apricot and Cranberry Hot Cross Buns

By lovinghomemade on April 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

Easter this year is going to be very different. No big family get-togethers, no local Easter Egg trails and no televised Easter Sunday church services. This Easter’s gatherings will be more virtual than actual. COVID-19 has touched every part of… Read More ›