Sponsored by Typhoo Peach, Tea and White Chocolate Traybake is a deliciously moist cake infused with tea and ginger, studded with peaches, and drizzled with white chocolate. Perfect for your afternoon cup of tea or even pudding! Just like the Jack Buchanan song, “Everything Stops for Tea” in our house, several times a day in…
Mothers Day
Rocky Road Fudge
Rocky Road Fudge is milk chocolate and marshmallow fudge studded with biscuit pieces and decorated with more marshmallows and chocolate chips – simply heavenly! Today I’m sharing Rocky Road Fudge! My last dalliance with fudge was over a year ago and was a resounding flop. I didn’t own a digital thermometer back then so when…
Raspberry, Almond & White Chocolate Muffins
Raspberry, Almond & White Chocolate Muffins are made with a mixture of flour and ground almonds to make them utterly moist and delicious! It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that it will be Mother’s Day on Sunday 15th March so I thought I would make some muffins that children could bake for or with their…
Chocolate Orange Love Heart Biscuits
Chocolate Orange Love Heart Biscuits are buttery shortbread cookies infused with orange zest and dipped in dark chocolate. Made with a cookie press, these delicious cookies are sure to melt anyone’s heart on Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us so to mark the occasion I thought it would be nice to come…
Apple & Chocolate Spelt Swiss Roll
I’m not having a dry January like a lot of people because I don’t really drink but I am making a concerted effort to eat more healthily after the excesses of Christmas! However, spying a few Bramley apples in my fridge the other day, my mind wandered back to a cake that I’d promised myself…
Chocolate Cupcakes
Kids love Chocolate Cupcakes and this delicious recipe is simple enough for them to make! I think grown-ups will be all over them too! I don’t know about your children but whenever mine want to bake it invariably has to involve chocolate! Well I say that, my son has only ever baked one cake at…
Victoria Sandwich
The Victoria Sandwich is a classic British cake sandwiched with homemade strawberry jam and clotted cream. Also known as a Victoria Sponge Cake, it’s perfect for afternoon tea! Every now and again a surprise package will turn up and the other week a lovely parcel arrived from Rodda’s to celebrate World Baking Day. Shamefully I…
Blueberry, Banana and White Chocolate Muffins
Blueberry, Banana and White Chocolate Muffins are divinely moist and delicious! For a more fancy version head over to my Blueberry, Banana & White Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe with a white chocolate drizzle! In honour of Mother’s Day, I thought I would bake Blueberry, Banana and White Chocolate Muffins. Having road-tested first with my family,…
Chocolate Chip Marmalade Cakes – totally moreish!
Chocolate Chip Marmalade Cakes are deliciously moist cupcakes combining dark chocolate with orange marmalade & finished off with a drizzle of orange icing. When a little bird told me that it was National Marmalade Week (1 – 8 March) I immediately thought of my grandmothers Marmalade Cakes which then lead me to develop these Chocolate…
Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Pumpkin Fruit Cake is so deliciously moist and fruity, the perfect way to use up your pumpkin carvings! Makes a great base for a celebration or last minute Christmas cake. I was recently on a mission to find a bird bath for my mother in law’s 80th birthday. Having not found one, my daughter and…