Banana and apple streusel loaf cake

Do you ever find that you purchase fruit and various baking ingredients and end up with the odd apple lurking in the fridge and a banana that gets so over ripe that you simply cannot eat it any more? An open bag of pecans with only a small amount in the bottom and an almost […]

Valentines Cake Pops

With pretty much one month to go until Valentines Day, I wanted to make something and share a little tutorial. So this weekend, I had a little play with a mini-ice cream mould I purchased a while back, but never actually used it until now! I purchased this from Amazon with some kind of cake […]

Chocolate Christmas pudding pops

Whenever I make my cake creations, I tend to be left with off cuts after levelling my cakes before I fill, buttercream and ice them! These are great to enjoy as a lil left over bakers treat sandwiched with a little jam and buttercream or even served with custard to make a warming winter dessert […]

GBBO Bake Along – Bread Week

This week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off was Bread week! We saw all manner of sweet & savoury delights! From Chelsea Buns in the Signature round, Garlic Naan Breads in the Technical and Korovai for the Showstopper! I loved Kim-Joy’s cat themed wedding Korovai this week – the fact that she creates the […]

GBBO Bake Along – Biscuit Week

Bake Off is back! We finally got to see the 2018 GBBO contestants in action baking a variety of biscuits; from Regional Biscuits in the Signature round where we saw an array of delights ranging from hazelnut Cornish Shortbreads from this years youngest hopeful, Manon, to apple cider empire biscuits from Briony. In the Technical […]

Chocolate Eton Mess

I love strawberries and cream during this particularly hot summer we’re having at the mo! But sometimes you need a bit of crunch added into this delightful combo (plus a handful of raspberries!) I made this dessert to use up some meringue mix that went wrong over the weekend!! (a happy accident!!) I was actually […]

June Favourites

It’s been a pretty busy month for me! With a couple of family Birthday’s, making the most of the glorious Summer weather and new food & drink products to try plus blogging for cake bag and coming up with some summery, no bake recipes! One of my favourite product launches from June has to be […]

Baileys Strawberries & Cream Cheesecake Shots

I love a limited edition Baileys and have treated myself to nearly all of their limited edition releases including Belgian chocolate and my personal favourite so far…Pumpkin Spice! Finally, after what seems like a long wait; Baileys Strawberries & Cream is now available in the UK and I picked up a bottle this week from […]

May Favourites

It’s been a while since I last wrote up a monthly favourites as I’ve been pretty busy over the last couple of months. So this post includes a few things I’ve enjoyed over the course of March, April and May really! The first thing is of course; tea! I do enjoy several cuppa’s a day […]

Lemon & Elderflower Cupcakes

With the Royal Wedding, between Meghan & Harry, happening this weekend; I thought I’d whip up some summery Lemon & Elderflower cupcakes inspired by the flavours of their wedding cake, being baked by Claire Ptak from Violet Cakes Bakery! I did a bit of research into elderflower flavourings, extracts and cordials in baking. I couldn’t […]