It might seem a strange time of year for lemon cake but a recent trip to Cornwall reminded me how good they are. I’d never been to Cornwall before but having been I’d love to go back. We stayed in Penzance… Read More ›
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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 ›
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 ›
Chocolate Sponge with Strawberries and Cream Cheese Icing
This is a slightly unusual combination – you might expect vanilla sponge with strawberries and cream, or chocolate sponge with chocolate icing and strawberries. My brother had his birthday a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to make him… Read More ›
Coffee and Walnut Cake Bars
Good coffee is one of the great things in life. And so is good cake. Put the two together and you can satisfy two cravings in one. Coffee and walnut cake is an enduring classic because the combination is such… Read More ›
Blackcurrant Trifle – a reminder of summer
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while will know that fruit picking is one of my favourite summer time pastimes (yes, my life really is that exciting!). This year the weather was so terrible there… Read More ›
