Cake trends through the years

As a baker, I’ve seen many cake trends come and go! When I First got into baking, it was all about really easy bakes like scones, butterfly fairy cakes & rock cakes; I have a couple of recipes – one for regular rock cakes over on my YouTube channel and an Easter version here. Then […]

Gingerbread Chai Spiced Cupcakes

I love trying out new cake recipes and when Bluebird Tea Co. recently sent me some Christmas tea’s to try out (review post here) I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try some tea infused baking. I’ve made Bara Brith, in the past, which is a Welsh tea bread using regular brewed tea […]

Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Lemon Meringue Pie

Week six of The Great British Bake Off saw the brand new theme; Botanical week. We saw the bakers make things that involved citrus, herbs and floral flavours. They were challenged to make citrus meringue pies for the signature bake, fougasse – a type of bread that looked almost like one of my favourite breads; […]