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Category Archives: Baking
Banana, sultana and almond loaf
Manky banana alert – why can’t we ever get through the damned things? No matter how green they are when I buy them they ripen in an instant – infuriating. Well only slightly coz it’s always an excuse to bake … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Storecupboard cooking
Tagged baking, banana, breakfast, cake, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, leftovers
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Lunchbox idea: banana muffins
I had a bunch of manky bananas hanging on my kitchen worktop for longer than I should have – they went black and really started freaking me out so I quickly mashed them up and looked for a recipe to … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Lunches
Tagged baking, banana, cake, comfort food, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, leftovers
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Home-made gift idea: Chocolate caramel squares
This has to be one of my all time favourite sweet treats, something my mum can throw together with her eyes closed after years of providing the WI market stall with it, but i’d never attempted it before. Once again, … Continue reading
My Christmas gingerbread house
I’ve always avoided making a gingerbread house at Christmas – it’s always looked like an intimidating task undertaken by clever baking types who belong on the Great British Bake Off, not cack-handed freestylers like me! But when the folks at … Continue reading
Christmas tree crunchy cake pops
I spotted this cool recipe in January’s Good Food mag as part of their festive kitchen projects spread. I needed something fun for our home-made goodies stand at the school Christmas Fair and this fitted the bill perfectly. They really … Continue reading
Bake sale orange and poppy seed cupcakes
I love it when I can tick off two tasks in one go – and on this occasion it was baking for the school cake stall and writing an article about a recipe using orange. Love it! So after a … Continue reading
Edible gifts: Lemon chewies with honey
When you’re dropping in to see people and you’ve got your children in tow, the best thing I can do to make up for the ensuing mayhem is bring edible gifts. Jams and chutneys work well, but a bag of … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Edible Gifts
Tagged baking, biscuits, comfort food, cookies, home baking, lemon, lemon recipes
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Weekend bake recipe: hey, blondie!
Reading this month’s Sainsbury’s Mag, I came across a massive feature on some of Dan Lepard’s amazing looking cakes with enormous glossy pictures of the most tempting array of goodies I’ve seen in quite a while. The squidgy banana blondies … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Edible Gifts
Tagged baking, baking recipe, banana, blondies, brazil nuts, breakfast, cake, cake recipe, comfort food, dan lepard, family favourites, feeding boys, home baking, recipe
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A flash of orange for Halloween
This is a little round-up of a few projects i’ve been working on lately…. 1. Pumpkin soup for Parentdish I made this delicious seasonal soup which went down a total treat with the boys. They normally refuse to eat any … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Lunches
Tagged halloween cupcakes, halloween food, orange, pumpkin soup, spider cupcakes
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Rocky road cupcakes
Sponsored post Now that my little ones are having packed lunches a few days a week I thought it’d be a good idea to bake a batch of cakes at the weekend rather than spend a fortune on cereal bars. … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Batch cooking
Tagged baking, cake, comfort food, cupcakes, fairy cakes, home baking, lunchbox ideas, packed lunch ideas, rocky road
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