A friend recently invited me for a delicious Afternoon Tea at Pennyhill Park, which is a beautiful country house hotel in Surrey. We had a really lovely afternoon drinking tea, eating cake and chatting; I started at the bottom of the three… Read More ›
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Strawberries and Cream Cake – a farewell to the Summer
Here in the UK the summer seemed to arrive at the same time as the autumn last week. Finally, just as the nights started drawing in and the mornings began to bring with them a different quality of light and the… Read More ›
Vanilla Party Cupcakes – Hummingbird Bakery Style
I love the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook and often turn to it for recipes, inspiration and sometimes just to cheer myself up because it is such a beautiful book to look through. I haven’t made it to one of the bakeries… Read More ›
Banana and Cranberry Bread
This is really a cake mixture baked in a bread tin that slices like a loaf. It is delicious with a cup of tea or coffee. All you need is a bowl, a set of scales and a loaf tin…. Read More ›
Quick and Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake
Sometimes in life the simplest things are the best. A simple chocolate sponge with chocolate buttercream is the perfect birthday cake and it’s what I remember from birthday cake growing up. This is a three tier chocolate sponge cake sandwiched… Read More ›
Lemon Cake Bars
Too many cakes, too little time. I needed something to take to a friend’s house for an informal morning meeting and my first thought is always chocolate cake. I thought that might be a bit heavy for first thing on a summery… Read More ›
Chocolate and Ginger Beetroot Cake
A wonderful combination of beetroot, chocolate and ginger! I made this cake for the Abel & Cole recipe photo competition of the month of March. Didn’t win but it was delicious anyway, definitely worth another go. Here is the recipe… Read More ›
Star Cake
I made this cake a for a friend for her husband’s 40th birthday party. He insisted on 40 candles so it was a dazzling display!