Helenaberthon
I’m Helly (otherwise known as Helena) and I’m on a wondrously exciting and greedy mission to fill my belly. And then share said full belly with you to make lots of full bellies.
I have recently graduated from university and am looking for the next big challenge. I have worked in catering for several years, and have cooked professionally on-and-off while at university. I love all food and am always willing to give anything a try, something which has sometimes got me into sticky situations – sheep eyeball anyone?
Most of all I love to bake – gooey, sticky, chocolatey, buttery, light, fluffy, melty, fruity, creamy, silky, crunchy, saucy things; cakes and biscuits, puddings and pies, all sort of drool-inducing goodies to make life that little bit sweeter.
However, not every meal can be cake (if only!). On this blog, I will tell all of my culinary adventures, experiments, successes and failures, and anything else that crops up along the way.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I will!
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Helly Fills Her Belly
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Passionate foodie blog, centred on baking, delicious recipes with funny stories
LATEST ARTICLES ( 27 )
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Parsnip, Pear and Ginger Cake
Two of your five-a-day in a cake – it’s almost almost a health food. The combination of parsnip, pear and ginger might raise a few eyebrows but this deeply... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Hong Kong-inspired Crispy Duck
Lamma IslandLooming up in a fistful of skyscraper digits, Hong Kong is a clash of cultures, a city in the tropics, an infectious buzzing throng in a cocoon of... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Seabass, Corn and Avocado Ceviche
As autumn waits to cast its ochre cloak, I wanted to make something that sings of summer, a dish that zings and bursts with flavour to enjoy while the sun... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Salted caramel freaking rocks. I know, I know, it’s become so super trendy that it appears on everything from bronze-crusted pork belly to towering ice cream... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Serious Sausage Rolls
A serious sausage roll is a fine fine thing. Concealed beneath a shroud of crisp, buttery puff pastry, a tube of herby sausage meat lies hidden, only... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Rhubarb Bakewell Tart with Brown Bread Ice Cream
Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb. So pink and glorious. A vivid beacon that signals the true arrival of spring, injecting a sharp jolt of colour into this until-now... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Raspberry and Coconut Whoopie Pies
These aren’t the most delicate of cakes. Boulder-like in appearance, they are intimidatingly inconvenient to eat without getting jam in your ear and crumbs dow... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Custard Creams
are one of those biscuits that are so often overlooked, elbowed out in a cloud of crumbs by the other more extrovert biscuits that litter the everyday treat... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Maple-Pecan Date Spice Cake
I’ve got a confession to make. Every year I give up sugar for Lent. Don’t ask me why. I’m not religious. I’m not on a diet. I’m on speaking terms with my... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Patty & Bun
Welcome to Patty Bun…The burgers at Patty & Bun are total dudes. If burgers could walk, these would swagger. They would be wearing a leather jacket. They... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK -
White Chocolate, Raspberry and Pistachio Birthday Cake
White Chocolate, Raspberry and Pistachio CakeA true beauty of a cake. Strewn carelessly with fresh raspberries and woody green pistachios, it looks so... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Mexican Braised Beef Tacos with Pink Pickled Onions and Guacamole
Taco FiestaOne of my clearest memories of travelling in Central America was an incredible understated breakfast that I had on the side of a sandy dusty road in... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Bajan Macaroni Pie
Sun, sea and sandPearly white sands, disco-glittering turquoise sea, sighing palm trees swaying casually in the light tropical breeze. Barbados. Ten glorious... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES, TRAVEL -
One Cake is Never Enough…
This is embarassingly belated. I hang my head in shame that I haven’t brought this monster of a carrot cake to you until now. Read more
Posted on 11 January 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Sexy Wild Mushrooms
I know it’s been a while. OK, more than a while. Life gets busy, and when I say busy, I mean 17-hour-day-no-sleep-no-life kind of busy (the oh-so-glamorous worl... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Carrots Revisited
I’ve never had a problem with carrots. They are a generally inoffensive vegetable – with a mellow flavour and a crisp and crunchy bite, what’s not to like?... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Sunny Sweetcorn
Vegetables are currently a deep-rooted trend. Previously silenced by the deafening chomps of rib-munching carnivores, vegetarianism is now considered the wise... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Belated Christmas Cheer
January. Month of nationwide depression and post-festive bloat. The beginning of a New Year where gym memberships soar, where everyone looks grey, wears grey,... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
Cook up Some Kuchen
HAPPY ADVENT ONE AND ALL!! The manic run-up to Christmas is OFFICIALLY upon us! Despite the fact that the first signs of Christmas had wangled their way into... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES -
A Cheeky Nod to Winter
The very disconcerting climate of this November ‘spring’ has made me edgy. I don’t like to be hot in November. November is when the first lacy glimmers of... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES
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