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Christmas Jaffa Cake… Cake

Bye bye November!  Hello December – which means Christmas isn’t just around the corner anymore; it’s literally on the block.  Maybe you’re ready for it, or maybe you’d prefer to just shut the curtains and pretend you’re not at home.  I might not be anywhere near ready (I say I’m going to be more organised […]

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Orange and Nutella Babka

Hands up then, who’s planning on putting their tree up this weekend?  I’ve got Sunday set aside purely for de-tangling fairy lights, rummaging through our decorations (Sunny and I collect decorations from all the places we’ve travelled to) and then hoovering up pine needles.  I can’t wait!  But hey, it’s a knackering job innit?  There’s […]

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Honey Cake

Aha!  Honey, honey!  It was my Dad’s birthday over the weekend and so, in celebration of him and the fact that the weather’s still behaving (I actually can’t remember the last time it rained, is this even Wales?) we had a bit of a barbecue and I decided to make a cake.  If you saw […]

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Cream Egg filled Donuts

I’ve had the idea of wrapping a ball of chocolate inside a donut for a while now.  I mean what could be better?  You wrap it inside the dough and then while you’re cooking the donut, the ball of chocolate inside slowly melts and… *sigh*  Anyway, the plan was originally to use a chocolate truffle, […]

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Lemon and Gin Blondies

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I come out the other end of Christmas with a bit of a chocolate hangover (says the girl who just bought a load of Malteaser Tree Chocs in the January Sales…).  Alright, it’s a very brief hangover, but I definitely start craving summery sweet things and cakes with […]