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  • Lemon and Poppyseed drizzle cake

    Lemon and Poppyseed Drizzle Cake

      Sundays are my favourite baking day, and with a little rain around it makes the experience even more enjoyable.  This Lemon and Poppyseed drizzle loaf with yoghurt is moist and simple to…

  • Overnight Bran and Date muffins

    Overnight Bran and Date Muffins

      With sweet, plump dates and natural bran, how can you resist these Healthy overnight bran and date muffins.  They’re incredibly moist and full of healthy ingredients, and there is nothing better than the…

  • Lemon and Lime and Rosewater Eclairs

    Lemon and Lime & Rosewater Eclairs

    Don’t be hard on yourself  at the beginning of a new year.  We all plan on starting some fantastic diet on the 1st of January because we have put on an extra pound…

  • Gingerbread loaf

    Gingerbread Loaf

    Gingerbread baking in the oven, laden with the  aroma of mixed spices and syrup, is reminiscent of bygone days and  of the holiday season. A good recipe is like a chain letter passed…

  • Fresh Berry Fresh berry Scones and tea

    Mary Berry’s Fresh Berry Buttermilk Scones

      Add a bit of Christmas colour to your scones this festive season with Mary Berry’s fresh berry buttermilk scones. Fresh Raspberries and Blueberries added to these buttermilk scones give bursts of flavour with…

  • Traditional scottish shortbread

    Traditional Scottish Shortbread

      I always associate shortbread with Christmas, and it was something my mother in law made every year.  The ingredients for shortbread are simple, and all shortbreads are based on the traditional…

  • Blueberry and pean nut crumble

    Blueberry and Pecan Crumble Cake

    Bluebery and Pecan Crumble Cake is a tender, fine textured cake, topped with a blueberry layer and a sweet nutty crumble flavored with a subtle hint of cinnamon.  This recipe can be adapted…

  • Lemon and Orange Loaf

    Lemon and Orange Loaf

    I am loving simple loaf cakes at the moment, have been making them morning, noon and night, and feeding everyone who is willing to taste.  There’s a limit to how much I…

  • Apple Crumble

    Apple Picking and Lee’s Apple Crumble

    We had booked a quiet weekend away at Big Bear Lake, a few hours away from Brendon and Kelly’s home.  Paxton was a few months old and we thought a cottage on the lake…

  • Chocolate tarts

    The Best Decadent Chocolate Tarts

      These are seriously decadent chocolate tarts, yet each one has the smallest amount of chocolate in them, so don’t worry about your waistline, one of these will never make you fat.  Firstly…