Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
I was out for supper with some friends and one of them had fish cakes with tartar sauce -they looked so appealing with their crispy outer, soft centre and zippy sauce.
I make a lot of cakes but I often give them away and rarely hanker after them myself.
I think it’s going to be a bumper blackberry year – the bushes are already bowing down with the little back gems.
This recipe is really magic, just four simple ingredients and you end up with the most delicious, decadent chocolate mousse cake.
One of the few joys of the summer holidays drawing to an end and Autumn approaching is the return of the Great British Bake Off.
Now, obviously you can’t make a really authentic cheesecake if you don’t eat dairy – you do need plenty of cream cheese after all! I’ve made plenty with soya cream cheese wh…
My girls have often asked to try cake pops but I always presumed they were difficult to make – surely an orb of sponge is fairly tricky with no gadgety cake pop maker? As it happens, cake pop…
I’ve realised that although I make multiple versions of this cake every year, I’ve never posted it as a recipe.
Christmas isn’t Christmas without a cake, right? But a Christmas cake that is free-from eggs, milk and nuts is almost impossible to buy.
Have you ever had an an American style coffee cake? Not a coffee flavoured cake which were so popular in the U.
Are you a baked or unbaked cheesecake fan? I definitely prefer unbaked one but they seem almost distinct desserts to me, more like siblings than twins.
I’m very fond of Welsh Cakes, I think they’re under-appreciated and overlooked in the world of teatime treats, unless you’re in Wales that is! They’re basically a little gri…
Well, the summer and holidays seem well and truly over – it’s dark in the mornings and evenings and the leaves are turning golden with a vengeance.
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A coffee cake is certainly one of the absolute classics, and this cappuccino inspired coffee cake adds an elegant and grown up touch to any coffee morning.
Get your spoons ready, it’s time for ‘stir up Sunday’! Fruit cakes are surprisingly easy to make dairy and egg-free and I guarantee the resulting cake will be hoovered up in no ti…