When it’s Easter all I can think of is Cadburys Creme eggs for my mum and hot cross buns for me. Every year as soon as the creme eggs are in the shops I buy a box for my mum, she absolutely loves them, whereas I do find them slightly sickly. I can…
Category: Sweet bakes
Maple syrup and pecan cake
This year I’m making birthday cakes for my close friends as they, like me, reached a ‘special’ age and I wanted to share this moment with each of them. These cakes are all made unique to each person’s taste, they don’t know what I’m making for them but they know there will be a…
Greek New Year’s Cake
No No No it’s not New Years it’s February. My Dad seen this recipe in a book and he wanted to have it baked on his birthday. According to the history behind the cake called Vasilopita traditionally, it’s made with a single coin baked into it and legend has it the person who…
Red red wineeee cupcakes
These decadent, moist, cupcakes were made for my dads birthday, he is a very big fan of red wine and when I saw this recipe (although he’s not a fan of cupcakes) I thought it would be an amazing cake to make for his birthday. Well it turned out he was a fan,…
No bake easy chocolate, pistachio and orange tart
This tart is so easy to make and doesn’t have any eggs in. It is quite rich tasting but adding pistachio and orange cuts out the richness slightly and gives it another element. You can also add cocoa powder to the base of the tart if you wanted it to be be chocolately….