I love to bake, and since embarking upon my Baking Bible Challenge (a personal challenge I set for myself to bake all 219 recipes in Mary Berry’s Baking Bible) I…
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It might not seem like your two year old would make a very good cook’s assistant, but in fact there are a number of things our little ones can do…
Although I haven’t been posting much about it lately (an unfortunate side effect of being pregnant was a complete lack of desire to bake, or be around cooking smells at…
The thought of baking with your toddler might bring you out in a cold sweat – the mess, the hazards, the potential for tantrums and the inevitable clean-up. But honestly,…
How much fun is it getting stuck into some baking with your little one? One of the things I was most looking forward to about having children was being able…
We made these English Madeleines on a rainy day a week or so ago. I was keen to try out my dariole moulds, which I received as a present, and…
If you’ve never made teabread then you really should – it’s so easy and really delicious. And whoever thought of spreading cake with butter is a genius! Two of my…
Oh my, these biscuits are seriously delicious! I honestly considered making another batch before the first batch was even used up! Not only are they tasty but they are also…
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#65 Devil’s Food Cake {Baking Bible Challenge}
My first bake from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible Challenge for 2016 was this Devil’s Food Cake, which I made for Jim’s birthday. I have to say, I was really disappointed…
For Rosalie’s second birthday I made her this bunny rabbit birthday cake – I thought at two she would get quite a kick out of seeing this cute little creature…
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#62 Dorchester Biscuits {Baking Bible Challenge}
I wanted to bake something for a friend as a thank you for generously given Rosalie and I lots of autumn crafty bits leftover from her wedding. As she’s more…
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#61 Gingerbread Men {Baking Bible Challenge}
Last week Rosalie and I amused ourselves on a chilly, rainy morning by making gingerbread men – Rosalie mostly helped by eating the dough, but she did also stamp some…
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#60 Apricot Swiss Cakes {Baking Bible Challenge}
These were a spur of the moment bake when a friend said she was dropping in for tea at the weekend. Although they are called ‘cakes’, once I’d looked at…
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Pumpkins, Monsters and Halloween
I realise I am writing this more than a week after Halloween, and I did consider not posting it at all, but since I want to be able to look…