I always try to make sure I have extra foraged or pick-your-own fruit to put in the freezer so we can enjoy it throughout the winter in baking. Then I either forget to use it or “save” it for a… Read More ›
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Apple and Rosemary Cake
It might look a lot like focaccia but this is actually a cake. And a delicious one at that. It’s from a recipe I found in Lily Vanilli’s “Sweet Tooth”, a book my kids gave to my mum as a… Read More ›
Yorkshire Parkin – gingerbread by another name
Cold weather needs comfort food and gingerbread is one of those. Although a lot of the UK has been seeing snow this year we usually miss it, which, despite the chaos it brings with it, I always find very disappointing…. Read More ›
Date and Maple Syrup Cake
So this might be the third post in a row with a recipe from Donna Hay’s “The New Classics” but I promise to give it a break next time! As with the other two recipes from the book, Fruit Flapjacks… Read More ›
Banana and Cranberry Muffins – use up your Christmas Cranberry Sauce
If you have cranberry sauce leftover from Christmas, either homemade or store-bought, there are several things you can do with it if you are getting fed up with it in turkey sandwiches. This is a very quick and easy recipe… Read More ›
Chocolate Cake with Crystallised Oranges
My camera has decided to go on strike for the moment and I am having to use my phone to take photos instead, which is really not helping, as you can see! Combined with the lights on my Christmas tree… Read More ›
Pigs in Mud Cake
You may have already seen Pigs in Mud cakes online: they are very cute and much easier to make than you might think. I was asked to make one by one of the mums from school for her daughter’s birthday… Read More ›
Pumpkin and Pecan Loaf
While we might not celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK, I have spent many years celebrating Thanksgiving both in the UK and the US (and even once in Thailand!) as I was married to an American for 13 years. So although… Read More ›
Quince and Ginger Cake
When I moved into my new house I was really pleased to have a “mature” garden, full of interesting plants, bushes and even a pear tree. It has a real cottage garden look to it. It was actually a little… Read More ›
Not your average Fruitcake – with dried cherries, apricots, blueberries and cranberries
I love fruitcake but sometimes it needs to be a bit more special without being a Christmas cake. This is a light “farmhouse” fruitcake style cake rather than a dense fruitcake, but with more interesting flavours. It’s a large cake… Read More ›
