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Chocolate Bucket Cake
A Chocolate Bucket Cake for Calendar Cakes I was very happy this month to discover that the Calendar Cakes Challenge hosted by Laura Loves Cake and Dolly Bakes was British Summertime as I had the...
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Nuvia Cafe – a review
I was recently sent a box of 30 sachets of Nuvia Cafe to review. I was delighted to try this ‘healthy’ coffee as I am a keen coffee drinker in the mornings but have never been sure how healthy this...
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Cupcake cupcakes
This week is National Cupcake Week and although I’ve been incredibly busy I couldn’t let the week pass without making a few cupcakes. Recently I was lucky enough to win a copy of the gorgeous ‘Sweet...
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Gluten Free Lemon Sponge
I was recently asked to make a wedding cake for my niece. She had an elegant black and white theme for her wedding but other than that I had free reign to come up with a design. I made a three tiered...
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Double Chocolate Harvest Festival Cake
My double chocolate Harvest Festival cake was inspired by Fiona Cairn’s Vegetable Plot cake in her Birthday Cake Book. She uses a spiced apple cake in her book and decorates the top to look like an...
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Lemon, Lavender and White Chocolate Cake
This is just a simple sponge cake but the flavour combination is delicious! Recipe Ingredients:- 150g caster sugar 150g softened butter 3 eggs, beaten 150g self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder...
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Halloween Caramel Layer Cake
Halloween is here and yet another excuse to bake a cake! (Not that I need an excuse really ) This is a spooky spider web topped cake complete with two spiders! I’m entering it into this month’s...
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Fruity Flapjack Lattice Tart
Once again I was truly inspired during the summer by the fabulous bakers on Great British Bake Off on BBC2. Series 3 was just as addictive as the first two and each week I was amazed at how the...
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Easy Luxury Cranberry Jelly with Port and Orange
I thought I was ahead with my christmas planning as I started in november but as usual time has taken over and is going way too fast! There are so many things I’d like to bake but I don’t know if I’ll...
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Christmas Mince Pies
Mince Pies I love mince pies at Christmas and there’s just nothing more delicious than freshly homemade ones. It’s surprisingly easy to make mincemeat and some simple short-crust pastry and there’s...
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Cupcakes I seem to have been making lots of chocolate cupcakes recently – cupcakes make a lovely gift – and chocolate is always popular! I made the cupcakes with a basic sponge recipe...
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Lemon and Lavender Pie
Lemon and lavender is a delicious combination that I recently discovered. This pie is my attempt at baking something for the new year which is light and fresh, not too sweet but is also yummy enough to...
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Orange, Pistachio and Avocado Cake
Last year I baked my first avocado cake and discovered a delicious new cake ingredient. You would never know the cake has avocado in it but it gives a light, moist creamy texture and flavour. I’ve...
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Parsnip, Pecan and Ginger Muffins
This week I went to my local Clandestine Cake Club meeting. The theme was ‘one of your five a day’ and while I frequently try recipes using fruits and vegetables I was delighted to find a new recipe I...
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Easy Blood Orange and Port Marmalade
Last year I made marmalade for the first time but found it quite laborious as the recipe had me boiling oranges in their skins and then chopping the skins finely. It took me an age and was incredibly...
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Double Chocolate Heart Cake
Valentines Heart Cake This cake is a chocolate sponge baked in a heart shape, with a white chocolate fudgy topping and completed with swirls of pink marshmallow fluff. It’s a chocolately, gooey,...
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Honey and Lavender Cookies
These cookies are adapted from a recipe for gingerbread cookies by Sarah Trivuncic in ‘Sweet Bitesize Bakes’. I’ve used lavender for several recipes in the last year since picking my own and it keeps...
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Lavender Scones and Apple Curd
I recently made a foodie gift package for a friend and wanted to make something that was pretty as well as tasty. First I made some rosewater meringues – swirled with pink colouring. Then I made...
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Fairies on Fairy Cakes
Cheeky, chubby fairies on fairy cakes Fairy Cakes What is the difference between a fairy cake and a cupcake? First of all it seems that a fairy cake is smaller than a cupcake. Mary Berry, in her book...
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Lime and Coconut Cake
I have wanted to make a lime and coconut cake for quite a while now. I’ve never tried one before and it sounds delicious and quite summery albeit we haven’t quite got there with the weather yet. This...
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