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My brother has recently become obsessed with cheesecake – so obsessed in fact, that while I was away in Madeira he sneaked into my house to borrow a cake tin so he could try and make one himself. Long story short, he forgot to use full fat milk and sadly, it collapsed. Everyone’s first cheesecake […]
It’s Bonfire Night tomorrow! I love November nights. I love smelling smoke in the air, seeing the stars and hearing the sky pop. This time of year always reminds me of going to the big Cooper’s Field display with my mum and dad and looking up at the fireworks with woolly hands over my ears – […]
No apologies here; this time of year all I want to do is curl up in a baggy hoodie and pjs and eat things that are warm and gooey and ideally full of chocolate. Brownies tick all those boxes, and yeah, the regrets will probably kick in when jumper season is over, but… Nope. I changed […]
I need to just stop buying every unusual cookie cutter that I stumble across (…and you thought the Lobster one was weird…). I think I must be subconsciously channeling some inner grandma who’s mission is to have the most diverse cookie cutter collection on the planet – y’know, just in case a situation arises where Dachshund-shaped cookies are 100% necessary. Meh, […]
The Great British Bakeoff has returned! Who’s your favourite so far? I’m loving Selasi; he’s so chill! I’m also rooting for Benjamina, whose Pistachio and Lemon Drizzle loaf from week one looked perfect. I’ve made lemon drizzle cake plenty of times, but I’d never thought to add pistachio – so of course, after watching that […]
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