Desserts

A fool-proof step-by-step recipe for chocolate fondants flavoured with orange zest and ginger.

This very arrogantly named pudding was one of the Bake Off’s many demanding challenges. I have made it once before, in my early cooking days. Back in the days when I regard a chilli con carne is my killer recipe, and most of the time…

After the Jubilee bank holiday we’re all feeling a bit worse for wear… James acquired a bad back (from doing what I do not know!), I’m more tired than ever, and Ashleigh had been going to bed late every single night. So on a whim…

Ok, I lied, I didn’t actually do any baking. The cupcake itself was kindly given to me by the lovely Ashleigh’s childminder Jeanette, all we had to do was to decorate it. And it is for his nursery’s Jubilee celebration tomorrow. For some reasons most…

I’m normally a bit put off by a normal size cupcake, they’re just… a bit too big. I like the size of a fairy cake, but I prefer the shape of a straight edged cake, that’s why when I spotted the mini cupcake tins I…

For some reasons I bought a tub of prunes in the cupboard, and it’s been sitting there since forever. I think it’s for a recipe with pork chops…not sure. Anyway J was watching the England match last night, so I thought I’d make something instead…

THE signature Chinese New Year staple – Nin Go (Year Cake), a sticky, sweet treat that we make in batches to give as gifts and snack at home during CNY.

Following last week’s not so snappy brandy snaps, I then set myself up for the challenge of pies. Not quite confident enough to do the pork pie and always one to go for the easy one, I thought hey, how hard can a lemon meringue…

Nothing beats a proper, dense and chocolaty brownie, however I do have a figure to keep (snigger)… I think I can do with a relatively low(er) fat brownie recipe. This recipe is taken from BBC Good Food website and it’s by Angela Nilsen. It contains…

Great British Bake Off has returned for a second series, and I can’t help but feel the stress of it all. It saddens me a little bit that everything has to be a competition these days. Baking (Great British Bake Off), Cooking (Masterchef), comedies (Show…