Cooking

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.

The whole december went so quick this year, I feel like I’ve only got a brief moment to sit down and have an update before I’m rushed off to do something else! This is going to be a quick post as I’m now surrounded by…

This is my first proper post after Bite ‘n’ Write, and this time last week I was still in an adrenaline haze being the host of our first food blogger event… now it does seem like a while ago! I will have a write up…

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…

Our daily bread is 90% a simple white loaf from our bread machine (shame face). But once in a while, I sort of feel like I should be more creative with my bread, so I’d spend ages trawling through books to find a fancy recipe,…

Wow I can’t believe I missed so many Fresh From the Oven Challenges!!! I need to give myself less excuse and get on with it, even though that might mean having to stay up till 12 at night to wait for my loaf to come…