Homemade Sweets: Lemon Drops
I loved making marshmallows last week so this week I continued the theme with some lemon drops. They’re harder to make than the marshmallows but they’re worth it! It’s so...
Sugar
Vintage Recipes: Cadbury Scottish Fingers
A few weeks ago I made Cadbury Space Invaders from a 1980s Cadbury novelty cook book. This recipe for Cadbury Scottish Fingers is from the same book. I really love millionaires shortbread...
Holly Cupcakes
I saw these Holly Cupcakes on Pinterest and just had to make them. I used a chocolate sponge with vanilla buttercream so they have a Christmas pudding look to them but...
Gingerbread Cupcakes
We make gingerbread every Christmas but I’ve never made gingerbread cupcakes before. They look super cute and since it’s Christmas it’s the perfect time to make them. We’ve still got...
Victoria Sponge
Ever since the Great British Bake Off final on Wednesday I’ve been craving a classic Victoria sponge. It’s often taken for granted when there’s so many other modern cakes to...
Lemon Cake
This lemon cake is a firm favourite so whenever someone asks me for a cake I usually make this one. I started making this cake when a neighbour gave me...
S’mores Brownies
After each episode of ‘bake off’ the first thing I want to do is bake some cake. After episode one I was originally planning on making a black forest gateaux...
Lemon Sticky Buns
Just before we went to do our food shop on Saturday I was scrolling through Instagram and came across a photo of some yummy sticky buns. I immediately added the...
Twix Cupcakes
I love putting my own spin on cupcake flavours. This week I made Twix cupcakes based on a Twix chocolate bar. They have a chocolate cupcake sponge, caramel buttercream icing...
American Candy Taste Test
Last weekend I decided to do a bit of a candy taste test. It was basically an excuse to binge on sugary treats. I was a bit limited to what...
Fat Free Banana Bread
I came across this fat free banana bread recipe while searching for something to do with a few bananas that had over ripened really quick in the heatwave last week....
Rainbow Cake
Yesterday was my birthday so I obviously had to make a cake for the occasion. This rainbow cake is actually the third and final cake I made this week. I...