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A Posh Jubilee Trifle (or two) for the Forman and Field Bake Off!

A Posh Jubilee Trifle (or two) for the Forman and Field Bake Off!

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend is getting closer and I’ve been getting creative in the kitchen with a lovely box of…

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In Season: Easy Rhubarb Traybake

In Season: Easy Rhubarb Traybake

I made this rhubarb traybake in super-quick time and snapped a very quick photo on my iPhone – not thinking…

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Supermarket Challenge: The ‘Most Marvellous’ Chocolate Cake Bake Off on BBC Radio Northampton

Supermarket Challenge: The ‘Most Marvellous’ Chocolate Cake Bake Off on BBC Radio Northampton

For a little while, Vanessa Kimbell had been pondering a few very good questions.  For example, do more expensive ingredients make…

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In Season: Lemonade Scones and Homemade Amalfi Lemon Curd

In Season: Lemonade Scones and Homemade Amalfi Lemon Curd

This week, we made our very first pots of homemade lemon curd, using some beautifully aromatic Amalfi lemons. I looked…

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Take a Step for Fairtrade: Ultimate Mint Hot Chocolate

Take a Step for Fairtrade: Ultimate Mint Hot Chocolate

You may have read or noticed that we are in Fairtrade Fortnight (27th February -11th March) and this year, we are…

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Malted Milk Ice Cream (No Churn) with a Quick Mars Bar Sauce

Malted Milk Ice Cream (No Churn) with a Quick Mars Bar Sauce

This is really Part Two of the ice cream challenge! Before the weekend, I began by making a malted milk…

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Raspberry Ripple and Basil Cupcakes

Raspberry Ripple and Basil Cupcakes

This week I’ve been in my kitchen celebrating the arrival of my shiny new K-Mix – the very generous first…

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Vegan Chocolate Cake with Pistachio Nuts

Vegan Chocolate Cake with Pistachio Nuts

I should have known when I made the Panettone and Nutella Bread Pudding, that the healthy eating plan would go downhill. But…

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Nutella Bread Pudding with Leftover Christmas Panettone

Nutella Bread Pudding with Leftover Christmas Panettone

I’m stuck in that very precarious zone of trying to be healthy and good because it’s January and having lots…

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Pressure Cooking: Crema Catalana (Spain’s Creme Brulee) by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooking: Crema Catalana (Spain’s Creme Brulee) by Laura Pazzaglia

Yesterday we had a fabulous guest post and introduction to pressure cooking by Laura from Hip Pressure Cooking. I was particularly…

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Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cupcakes

There are always so many things that I want to bake/make/do before Christmas and no matter how early I start,…

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Pierniczki: Polish Spiced Christmas Cookies

Pierniczki: Polish Spiced Christmas Cookies

I know, I know, Christmas is getting earlier and earlier each year, but for some reason, this year there is…

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Spiced Toffee Apple Cake (Sarah Cook’s Recipe)

Spiced Toffee Apple Cake (Sarah Cook’s Recipe)

Thank you to everyone who left comments for myself and my sister Wanda on my first Blogoversary! Wanda was greatly…

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Toffee Apple Cake and Discover Organic Review

Toffee Apple Cake and Discover Organic Review

Whether or not we buy organic food seems to be a question capable of sparking huge debate. We know that organic food…

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Lemon Pudding (Leon)

As mentioned in my review post yesterday, this week I’ve been enjoying baking from the new Leon Baking & Puddings book….

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Pear And Chocolate Brownies

Pear And Chocolate Brownies

Oh go on then. We obviously haven’t had quite enough of National Chocolate Week yet and I did mention some…

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The Best Chocolate Cake I’ve Ever Made!

The Best Chocolate Cake I’ve Ever Made!

  Chocolate Week has definitely been my favourite week of the year so far! A good excuse to eat even…

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Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe (Tana Ramsay)

Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe (Tana Ramsay)

As mentioned in my review of I Love to Bake by Tana Ramsay everyone needs a few reliable recipes up their…

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Diddy Cinnamon and Philly Cupcakes

Diddy Cinnamon and Philly Cupcakes

It’s not over yet, brace yourselves for more cupcakes in celebration of National Cupcake Week! My little boy finished his very…

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Banana Cinnamon Blondies

Are blondies the new brownies? Well, I had never tried them before but they sounded good to me so I was…

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Street Party! Royal Eton Mess

There’s only one day to go before Prince William and Kate Middleton grip the nation with their Royal marriage.  Since we…

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Raspberry and White Chocolate Cupcakes

Raspberry and White Chocolate Cupcakes

Easter is such a lovely time of year and it is made even better by this glorious weather. Not that…

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Quick and Easy Sour Cream Banana Bread

It’s always handy to have a really quick and easy recipe for banana bread up your sleeve, for those times…

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Orange and Amaretto Polenta Cake

Whenever I go to the Italian café in my town, I always ask for a piece of their Orange Polenta Cake, which…

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