Baking Tips
7 TIPS ON USING YOUR OVEN TO BAKE A CAKE
If you don’t have a skewer or something similar to check your cake try using a piece of dried spaghetti instead. Before putting your cake mixture into the oven, tap the cake tin on a […]
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Baking Pastry
Fruit Teas
THIEVES BREW(BEV’S TEA CO) AND PISTACHIO SCONES…
I have written before that I receive the Tea Tourist tea box’s which come with a surprise selection of loose teas from some of the hottest artisan tea companies each month. They are sent in taster […]
1960's Food
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE 60’s CAKES RECIPE
I was clearing out some of my books recently and came across my GCSE Cookery Book. It all came flooding back when I started looking through my recipes but one that stood out from the […]
Apple
APPLE AND CLOTTED CREAM LOAF CAKE RECIPE
As I am sure you know by now that I have a love of loaf cakes. I find them a perfect size for just the two of us and most like the recipe below from […]
Chocolate
Chocolate Afternoon Tea
THE LATEST BAKING TREND AND GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT…
A new trend for cupcakes is to infuse your cupcake with a shot of intense flavour by turning your bakes boozy using shots. Lakeland have some Wilton Martini Bottle Topper Shots which you fill with […]
Chocolate
GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF: TudorWeek
So we are fast approaching the end of the brilliant ‘Great British Bake Off 2016′, boo hoo… I will be so sad when it comes to an end not just because it’s the end of […]
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NATIONAL BAKING WEEK 17th – 23rd OCTOBER, 2016
National Baking Week is 17th – 23rd October, 2016 and is to promote baking with the family. There is no better time than during National Baking Week to set yourself a baking challenge and spend […]
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BRAMLEY APPLE PIE WEEK 3rd-9th OCTOBER, 2016
The Bramley Apple Pie Week is from 3rd – 9th October, 2016. To celebrate Bramley Apple Week 2016, the top 1,200 chefs in the country, according to The 2016 Good Food Guide, were invited to […]
McMillan Cancer Support
McMILLAN WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING…
This morning I had a McMillan Coffee Morning with some friends (15 of us) and we were able to raise an amazing £240 for McMillan with our cakes and raffle. My usual soggy orange cake […]
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NATIONAL CUPCAKE WEEK IS 19th-25th SEPTEMBER, 2016
National Cupcake Week is 19th-25th September, 2016 but they already have their National Cupcake Champions. On Wednesday 14th September at AB Mauri Centre of Excellence, 10 experts spent the day trying and tasting delicious little […]
Hand Made
Chocolate
BISCUITEER’S FANTASTIC RANGE FOR WIMBLEDON…
Biscuiteer’s is one of my favourite biscuit makers. I use them for surprise gifts or just to enjoy myself. Their unique Wimbledon range is such fun that you would expect to find them available at […]
Bread
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LOAF CAKE RECIPE?
I am in the middle of writing my second book on baking with each recipe being based on a ‘loaf cake’. I love the simpleness of making loaf cakes and they last so well. One […]