Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter food that are supposed to be eaten from the beginning of Lent up until Good Friday. I love hot cross buns but have never attempted to make my own before. It was time… Read More ›
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Caramel Filled Cupcakes – perfect for a Wedding
When my friend Tanya asked if I could make some cupcakes for a low-key wedding the following weekend that she was both a guest at and in charge of the planning for, my first response was panic! Although I’m not… Read More ›
Hummingbird Chocolate Cupcakes – sweet and easy
If you like American style cupcakes you will love these. The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook is one of my favourites, partly because it is a stylish book that was quite original when it came out. It has a lot of great recipes, including my favourite carrot cake… Read More ›
Easy Easter Treats – Chocolate Cornflake Crispies kids will love to make and eat
These chocolate cornflake cakes are really easy to make (and eat!). Kids love them and they can make these with minimal help. And they are easily customised for Easter. My friend Sara gave me these brilliant cake cases a while ago… Read More ›
Triple Chocolate Cookies – if you gave up chocolate for Lent, look away until Easter!
Sometimes chocolate is the only thing that will do. And sometimes only cookies will do. This recipe manages to get a triple helping of chocolate into these cookies: melted chocolate, cocoa powder and chocolate chips. If you gave up chocolate for Lent,… Read More ›
Banana and Walnut Muffins
Banana and walnut is a classic combination and for a reason: they go really well together. I wanted to make muffins, rather than banana bread, for a change and wanted something different from my usual Banana and Cranberry Bread so… Read More ›
Celeriac and Cheddar Cheese Soda Bread
When I made my Celeriac and Blue Cheese Soda Bread the other day, I blogged that I would be trying it out with cheddar. I hadn’t intended to post this separately as I had thought I would just substitute cheddar… Read More ›
Carrot Cake – and vintage finds
This carrot cake recipe came about because I had some carrots that needed using up. I had intended to make Carrot Cupcakes but having recently invested in a small food processor that lives in a tiny corner of the kitchen counter, instead… Read More ›
Homemade Bread Recipe (and why it is so much better for you!)
My parents recently visited Norfolk and brought me home a present of flour milled in Norfolk’s only flour producing watermill, from grain grown by East Anglian farmers. They brought me a packet of white flour and one of “nutty oats and… Read More ›
Vegetable Box Cooking – Celeriac and Blue Cheese Soda Bread
A celeriac turned up in my vegetable box this week: I’m not sure that I have ever cooked with celeriac before and wasn’t massively thrilled about it! Root vegetables are my least favourite vegetables and I always struggle with them…. Read More ›
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