Home Made Bread

We, like many families eat a lot of bread, most lunches consist of something-on-toast or a sandwich of some description. Due to convenience we mostly eat mass-produced, sliced bread. But sometimes we have… Read More →

Shortbread Biscuits – for Easter

A few weeks ago I came across a super recipe for little shortbread biscuits on a blog that I really love – Make Do Sew. I have made these shortbread biscuits three times… Read More →

Carrot Cake with Lemon Buttercream Icing

I love baking, you may have noticed! I was in a baking mood on Sunday as we had been out for lunch and I didn’t have to cook a meal so I was… Read More →

A cheeky request!

Right that’s it…..I’ve had half a bottle of fruit beer (self-confessed lightweigh is slightly squiffy over here) and….as they say “if you don’t ask you don’t get”, so I’m going to ask –… Read More →

Ginger biscuits – {Delicious – #amonthof creative moments}

I sort of missed the last few days of #amonthof, Wednesday was ‘nostalgic’, Thursday was ‘busy’ which I have been (hence lack of posts) and yesterday – Friday was ‘delicious’! I couldn’t pass… Read More →

Quick – #amonthof creative moments

Do you ever have any left over pastry? This is a really quick recipe to use it up! Savory Pastry Swirls Left over pastry – puff pastry is the best but any will… Read More →

Happiness Project Week 1: Progress and some important lessons learned

Having started my Happiness Project on a Tuesday, mid-week would have been yesterday, was yesterday. I was going to blog about my progress, I didn’t! The reason being was that our internet went… Read More →

Foodie Update

Gosh it’s been a while since I have posted and I can’t really say that I’ve been up to very much but here is a quick summary, in photos and completely food related. I… Read More →

Herman Malt Loaf

Right, I know what you are thinking, I’m going to provide you a recipe for that amazingly sticky stuff that comes in a yellow packet, known in our house as “sticky cake”, common… Read More →

Back to Herman basics – Part 3 – Herman Toffee Apple Cake

Ok, so this cake is a bit of a cheat, this is really back to the basic Apple Cake recipe but no spice and no raisins but I used Muscavado sugar instead which… Read More →