The Great British Bake Off is back and week one is CAKES! So to celebrate I thought I would attempt to make my favourite cake, carrot cake. I love carrot cake and would always chose it in a cafe but I have never made it myself so I decided to make myself a carrot cake […]
Chocolate banana bread with a rum cream cheese frosting
In case you didn’t know, the 16th August is National Rum Day. I don’t need an excuse to make a boozy cake but when its a National celebration I think it would be rude not to. Since making my Gin and tonic loaf, I love the idea of adding a little drop of your favour spirit to […]
Nanny parks ginger biscuits
As I am sure you all know, The Great British Bake Off starts in just under 2 weeks time on Wednesday 24th August. To celebrate, the lovely Baking Nanna and Rob Allen are hosting the #GBBOTwitterBakeAlong on Twitter where we all bake along and share our own bakes week by week. As a little pre-bake this week […]
Mediterranean vegetable and feta tart
We have been trying to get organised on Sundays and prepare lunch for the week but it isn’t easy. As soon as the suns out or someone asks us to do something all plans of lunch go out the window. A few weeks ago, having missed the shops on Sunday, I decided I needed to […]
Bakewell tart
This one was another request. Tim had been asking for a few weeks if I would make a Bakewell tart but I was a bit nervous, pastry and fragipan in one bake… but I looked at a few recipes and thought I was up to the challenge. The recipe that caught my eye was on Pinterest […]
Cinnamon fruit and nut flapjacks
As some of you may know I went to Glastonbury a few weeks ago and because of this I have been a bit slack on the baking front and its safe to say I haven’t been eating very healthy either. So I thought in an effort to fix both these things I would write a […]
The best scone recipe – Tried and tested
I have put three different scone recipes to the test to find the ultimate scone recipe ready for National Cream Tea Day on 24th June. And the winner is … Growing up in Devon and Cornwall (I lived right on the border) I have had my fair share of cream teas. My best friend Emma […]
Gin and tonic loaf
Happy World Gin Day! What better way to celebrate than with your favourite drink in a cake…. I was asked to make a gin and tonic cake this week for a G&T lover! (and it just so happens to be World Gin day on the 11th June as well, talk about perfect timing!). I was […]
A classic – Iced buns
I have made a lot of cakes recently so thought it was time to try my hand at bread again – the last time I used yeast, when I made Hot cross buns, it was a great success so I had high hopes. A little while ago a pinned an iced bun recipe because they were […]
Red velvet cupcakes
I repeat RED velvet cupcakes! It was Tims birthday last week and I wanted to make him a birthday treat but as a surprise which is quite difficult when you live together. I knew he was going out on Monday so thought I would make something for him when I got back from work. I […]