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• Making Mini Doughnuts

  

  Tonight was one of those nights where I got home from work and just wanted to have a play in the kitchen. Anyone who loves baking or cooking will know what I... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Leopard Print Speedo Cake

  

  Today is a sad day in our office, as one of our much loved colleagues is leaving to take up a new role. She is moving to a popular swimwear company, jokes... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chocolate Swiss Roll With Baileys Cream

  

  A happy new year once again – I must warn you to avert your eyes if the diet resolution is still intact. The following contains everything you want but can’t... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Festive Fairy Light Cupcakes

  

  Happy New Year readers! The last of my Christmas posts, I promise. Now that we’re into January it’s nearly time for the tree to be packed away for another 11... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cake

  

  Festive tidings to you all baking readers! Hope your holiday season has been filled with tasty delights and treats. Now the big day is out the way (and my... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• All-in-One Rainbow Birthday Cake

  

  Last weekend I had the great pleasure of being invited to Clandestine Cake Club‘s Third Birthday. As co-organiser of the Nottingham group, this was my... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Christmas Snowflake Cupcakes

  

  Ah don’t you love the pre-Christmas festivities, drinking mulled wine until you lose feeling in your toes and can’t tell if it’s from the cold or the alcohol;... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Tropical Christmas Cake with Coconut Icing

  

  Today, a Christmas themed Derby Clandestine Cake Club – with a twist, of course. The baking websites and newsletters I’m subscribed to are awash with amazing... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Easy Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe

  

  Red velvet is an American-originating fast-becoming cake classic. A lot of recipes make things more complicated than they need be – but these are quick, simple... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Allotment Retirement Cake

  

  A couple of weeks ago my lovely Dad finally left his job of many, many years. As we’re still working through the great glut of pumpkins he gave us, what better... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Low Fat Key Lime Pie

  

  A couple of weeks ago, we had company for Sunday dinner and of course I wanted to make a great dessert. Rob had been watching the 2012 catch up program of The... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Halloween Spiced Pumpkin Cake

  

  Last week my dad brought round some of the harvest from his allotment – in the form of 3 huge pumpkins, the largest of which weighed a whopping 5 stone! We wen... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• GBBO Final – Salted Chocolate Pretzels

  

  All good things must come to end – and this week was sadly the last in the series of The Great British Bake Off. As much as the finalists creations looked fab,... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Walk Cafe Nottingham – Reopened and Reviewed

  

  A few weeks back I learnt that one of my favourite tea rooms in Nottingham had been taken over and reopened – of course I had to go and see for myself! Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Caramel and Apple Opera Cake

  

  This week my parents came over for dinner, providing a perfect opportunity to try out another dessert from The Great British Bake Off, as part of The Great... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Malory Towers Castle Cake

  

  Yesterday was the latest event for Derby Clandestine Cake Club, with the brilliant theme of Enid Blyton, sprung up from a conversation about Mr. Moonface at... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Silver Spoon Designer Icing – Review

  

  Last week the lovely folks at Baking Mad contacted me to ask if I’d like to test out some of their products, and no sooner than I’d sent them and emphatic yes,... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Low(er) Sugar Chocolate & Cognac Cake

  

  A couple of weeks back we were very kindly invited to spend the weekend in a holiday cottage Rob’s parents had rented. Never one to turn down a free holiday,... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Paul Hollywood’s Apricot Couronne

  

  Over halfway through this years Great British Bake Off, and time to tackle my first ever technical challenge!This week the bakers tackled one of Paul Hollywood’... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Banoffee Millionaires’ Flapjack

  

  Another week, another amazing episode of The Great British Bake Off, and another edition of The Great Bloggers Bake Off! Following my trifling with Orange and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES