When I said to Sunny that I was going to bake an Easter Cake last week he pulled a face and went, “Isn’t it a bit early for Easter Cakes?” I pulled a face right back. I mean – come on – we’ve both been scoffing mini eggs and creme eggs since they appeared on […]
Category: Food
Recipes, local Restaurant Reviews and Food Porn involving bacon, cheese and chocolate.
*Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
It’s tough when you live hundreds of miles away from your Mum. Back when I lived in London I’d rarely get to see my Mum at all let alone on Mother’s Day, unless one of us decided to brave either the trains or the cruel mistress that be the M25 – and if not, then […]
Mint-Chocolate Chip Cookies
A while back my brother decided to bake cookies and everyone was a bit… surprised. He’s not a baker, or so we thought until he proffered a tray of some gloriously gooey and golden chocolate chip cookies between his oven gloves. I’ll hold my hands up, I got owned. They were better than any cookies […]
Orange & Almond Loaf Cake
If you saw my post on Blood Orange Doughnuts then you’ll know how obsessed I am right now with using them to make perfect Calpol-pink icing. I mean, who knew? Seriously, my days of using food colouring are over, and now I’m on the hunt for other fruits that’ll work in my icing crayon box. And […]
Peanut Butter Flapjacks
Does anyone else “Boredom Bake”? You know those afternoons when the weather’s rubbish, you’ve got nothing to do or watch on TV so you start bashing bowls around and experimenting with whatever you’ve got in the cupboard. Flapjacks are such an easy boredom bake – they taste good, they don’t necessarily have to look good […]
