Spinachy Tart

This is my first tart. And it’s a savoury tart. Wonders will never cease. I’m not gonna lie, this is time-consuming. I made the pastry for the tart case from scratch, baked it, cooled it, made filling, filled it, and baked it. And it was really nice. Result!  But it is a bit posh for [...]

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Bakewell Cake, Not Tart

I have been meaning to make a Bakewell Tart for ages now and I haven’t got round to it.  Tarts do seem a bit daunting – the tart base, the almondy filling.  I bake cakes because, for the most part, they are dead simple. Hard to go wrong. Also, I am a sucker for all [...]

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Pecan Toffee Cake

I decided to make this cake as a change from chocolate. I’ve been overdosing on chocolate cake and cupcakes lately.  We had this cake as dessert with our St Patrick’s Day dinner guests. It’s quite similar to carrot cake with mixed spice and the moist texture that the carrot provides we get here from the [...]

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Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

These are truly great cupcakes. I recently bought the Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery cookbook by Martha Swift and Lisa Thomas (you can get it on Amazon.co.uk). It contains recipes of the delights to be found in their bakery shops in London. It is great. I have unfortunately never visited the bakery. Yet. I say yet as [...]

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Truly Terrific Double Chocolate Cupcakes

There’s a reason for my lack of blogging last month. I was frantically preparing for two conferences and then spent 10 days in California at one of the conferences/holidaying. While there I discovered the wonder that is Williams-Sonoma. This store has everything you could possibly ever need in the kitchen. Everything. And in cool colours [...]

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