There’s no better way to kick off a new week than with a totally DELICIOUS, dreamy cake! You’ll be looking forward to baking this beauty I guarantee. I baked this on the weekend for my own birthday (yes, I do make my own birthday cake, but because I love it, not because I have to!) … Continue reading Sprinkle Cake
Crunchy. Salty. Sweet. Spicy. Moreish. This is the popcorn that my friend said I should sell. Maybe now I will. Popcorn is so easy to make yourself at home… so I did! Let me introduce you to salted caramel popcorn with a hint of cinnamon. Your new best friend on Saturday night… or for that … Continue reading Salted Caramel Popcorn
I love being asked to make goodies for someone’s special day, and it means even more when I know that person… because I want more than anything to make something amazing! When a colleague of mine asked me for simple brownies and snacks for a post-wedding brunch, I knew I just couldn’t make something simple! I … Continue reading Brownies Galore!
These chocolate overload cupcakes are pure decadent, a light chocolate sponge, topped with a rick chocolate buttercream, drizzled with salted caramel sauce, and finally topped with a sprinkle of your favourite chocolate bar. These are definitely NOT for the faint-hearted but are definitely FOR you chocolate-lovers out there! I’m drooling just thinking about them… Recipe: … Continue reading Chocolate Overload Cupcakes
Another weekend, another bake sale! Hi bakers, cakers and foodie fanatics. I’ve now fully moved into my new place, and after a couple of baking trial runs, I was ready for a MAMMOTH day of baking, in aid of my mum’s 115km trek for charity (for amazing kid’s charity One to One.) For this occasion, … Continue reading Another Bake Sale
This cake is a chocoholic’s dream… the ultimate cake for any chocolate lover! It’s a dense but moist chocolate cake, sandwiched together by not one by TWO different buttercreams, decorated with chocolate and drizzled with home-made salted caramel sauce. Drooling yet?! As you can see, Mr Cadbury made a bit of an appearance here….! … Continue reading Ultimate Chocolate Cake
Farewells are a difficult thing, they are happy (if someone is embarking on something they have always wanted to do) and sad at the same time. Last weekend was one of those bittersweet goodbyes, so of course there was a leaving party in the form of a garden tea party. For this occasion, I baked … Continue reading Garden Tea Party
It’s that time of year again… Yes its Easter but it’s also Passover, which means I can’t eat the lovely easter egg I got from work last night, boo!! Passover means I can’t eat anything leavened for a whole week (what, no cake?!) So it means I have to be a little more creative with … Continue reading Toffee Chocolate Matzah
Last night felt like a dream, wandering through corridors of edible goodies, picking Macarons off banisters and eating pillows, taking bites out of a popcorn bath and picking apart a meringue rug…. But I wasn’t in a dream, I was in the Tate and Lyle Tasting House! We were greeted with an array of macarons, … Continue reading Tate and Lyle Tasting House
This cake reminds me of honeyed spice cake, very moist, but not too dense. It’s actually quite light and fluffy, with a gorgeously sweet Biscoff-Maple glaze! The Recipe: Ingredients: 130g plain flour 45g cocoa powder 1 tsp ground cinammon 3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1/2 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt 55g dark brown sugar … Continue reading Chocolate Spice Cake
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