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7 December 2020

Christmas Gingerbread Biscuits

Christmas Gingerbread Biscuits Hello lovely people, apologies for being off radar for a while. Those of you who follow me on social media will have known by now the reason for my silence – I’ve been very busy setting up an online bake shop. The shop went live just a couple of days ago and I’m excited and nervous in equal measure! As due to the pandemic all of my […]
2 July 2020

Tangy Lemon Bars

I’ve wanted to share this recipe for a while as I’m a huge devotee to lemon deserts. Lemon bars, also known as lemon squares, seem to have fallen out of fashion for some reason. Yet when I recently baked them for my friends and neighbours their feedback was “One of your best so far! When are you putting the recipe up?” So here it comes, your wish is my command! […]
25 June 2020

Blackberry Crumble Muffins

Fancy foolproof summer muffins which can be made in minutes? Here they come! Last week I made yet another slightly different rhubarb cake in the hope that after tweaking the batter a bit I’d come up with a recipe for rhubarb muffins. The cake turned out to be a success and I got rather excited at the prospect of sharing a brand new recipe just to discover a few days […]
5 May 2020

My Mum’s Strawberry and Rhubarb Cake

This is one of the first recipes my mum taught me when I was a child. Every time I make this cake I can see my mum and me in the kitchen, usually on the weekend – she’s cooking dinner and I’m right next to her, old-fashioned heavy, noisy mixer in hand, making the fruit cake, as we used to call it and still do. This cake is so quick, […]