For my dad’s birthday, as per usual, I let the birthday dad decide on which cake he would like to have. My dad decided on this lovely recipe. I love coffee and any desserts that are made from coffee so I was really looking forward eating this, although, a little nervous as my…
Category: Recipes
Mini Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce and Popcorn
I love making mini cakes they’re just too cute. This chocolate cake is a recipe I make over and over again, it’s simple and always turns out. I wanted to add a bit of a twist to this mini cakes and add the caramel and popcorn. I had made all the elements from…
Cranberry, Pecan and White Chocolate Loaf
When you think of Cranberries, you think of Christmas. I think these little beauties look so pretty espically covered in sugar. It reminds me of frosty mornings when trees that are covered in berries have this beautiful white frost over them. Cranberries are generally very tart. I love cranberry juice but it does make…
Garlic Mushrooms and Rosemary Scones
I had this idea of using garlic mushrooms and putting them in scones, I really like garlic mushrooms they are so versatile and can be used in so many things. I used a old scone recipe that I adapted by adding the mushrooms. I wasn’t sure if it would work as mushrooms are…
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
I wanted to make this for my cousin who’s house I was staying at. A long while ago, my cheeky cousin as my sister in law would describe him, asked me one day to make a salted caramel cheesecake and he did get a telling off!!! What she didn’t realise was that it’s so much…
Kale and Stilton Scones
I’m always up for a savoury scone me and this recipe was so different and really appealing which really tempted me. I really liked the fact it used kale, it’s really good for you and I often try to use it in recipes. These scones gave a lovely vibrant green colour which was so…
Chilli, Cheese and Potato Empanadas
Cornish pasty, Gyoza, Samosas, Burek, Spanakopita every country has their own style of pastries and this is a Latin Europe/American one. I have tried these before and enjoyed them, I decided I will make them one day and today was the day! I have a deep love for cook/baking books but I have a lot…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf
As I made the pumpkin cheesecake and there was a lot of pumpkin left over from the pumpkin puree tin, I wanted to make something which wasn’t a dessert but a cake. This used a lot more pumpkin 1 cup whereas the cheesecake only used 1/2 cup. I just managed to get 11/2 cups from…
Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake with Spiced Cream
Autumn is fully upon us. When I think of Autumn I think of colours, warmth and spice. I love walking through crunchy leaves that have fallen from trees with their vast array of orange, red and yellow colours. Autumn also makes me think of spice and warmth as the nights starts to get…
Ginger, spice and all things nice apple eggless cupcakes
I’m constantly on a journey to try and find that perfect recipe for eggless cake, if you don’t know, these cakes are difficult to get right as they don’t contain the protein to give the cake the moistness it needs and I want to make these cakes without using egg replacer. One of…
