Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe It’s Friday, it’s March soon (how did THAT happen) and my thoughts are begging Spring to come. Spring! Season of Easter, first flowers, decorating with pastels and chocolate cake. I’m not entirely sure why I associate chocolate cake with Spring but I do. Perhaps it’s because so many of us [...]
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
We had snow this morning. I can’t tell you how heartened I was to see it. I love snow and I love West Sussex in the snow. I love England in the snow. I love snow. The End. But did I also tell you how much I love snow BEFORE Christmas? It’s only the [...]
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Yesterday I discovered Christmas 24 on my Sky box. Yep, Christmas movies 24 hours a day (or thereabouts) in my sitting room. It has been on ever since. Every film is cheesy, heartwarming, Christmassy and cute in equal measure. And some of the actors appear in more than one film! Who knew? I had [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Sometimes a week begins with the starting pistol firing as soon as the alarm goes off and you still find yourself sprinting by the time you get to Wednesday. Unaware that there have actually been two whole days that have gone by and you can’t remember what it is that you have done, [...]
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
I had to have a desk day yesterday which I’m not too fond of. So by the time I was able to leave my seat I was itching to get in to the kitchen and I knew exactly what I was going to be making. I found these Salted Caramel Malt biscuits on the [...]
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Today, as part of my cupcake series, I’m going to show you how to make a very simple sugarpaste flower cake topper and two sugarpaste leaves. You can use these flowers to decorate cupcakes, as I have done, or cookies, fondant fancies and anything else you can think of. They are very quick to make, [...]
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
As I’m slightly addicted to finding new ways to decorate cupcakes I thought I’d launch a new series on my site dedicated to doing just that. I’m starting today with a how-to on piping a classic buttercream swirl. For the cupcakes – 170g room temperature unsalted butter 225g caster sugar 280g self raising flour [...]
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Making Elderflower syrup could not be easier. There are only four ingredients, the preparation doesn’t take that long and the best thing is that it can be done on a warm evening in June, out in the garden or in the kitchen with the radio on and the back door still open. I’m making syrup [...]
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
I have a dessert for you today. A dessert that is sublimely easy to make. It’s elegant and simple to look at and is soft in your mouth. It’s a treat in the way that all desserts should be. Last year I planted a crown of rhubarb. It was doing brilliantly, I even [...]
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
I decided last week that although we are moving house, are surrounded by boxes, and ALMOST living out of suitcases, that we needed a treat. We needed something that was ridiculously unhealthy but ridiculously delicious in equal measure. I wanted something that tasted like springtime as it hit my mouth and had us picking up [...]
