Cakes

Pear, Cardamom + Dark Chocolate Cake

Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 40 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Difficulty: Easy Hello my lovelies! What strange and scary times we are living in. We’ll get through it and be stronger on the other side. I’ll be rounding up a collection of easy to make recipes that don’t use a lot of ingredients this coming…

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Allergy Friendly, Cakes, Dairy Free, Loaves

The Little Loaf that Could

Prep Time : 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 40 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I am fascinated by baking from different cultures and different times in history. I have recently been reading about cooking during the second world war under rationing (particularly in the UK). I found some excellent books…

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Cookies, Gluten Free

Persian Love Cookies [Gluten Free]

Prep Time : 15 + 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 10 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! Valentines – like a lot of holidays – is a good excuse to bake something delicious and fun. Inspired by Samantha Seneviratne and her gorgeous book The New Sugar and Spice – which I…

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Cakes, Gluten Free

Coconut + Passionfruit Syrup Cake [Gluten Free]

Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 45 minutes | Total Time: 2 hours | Difficulty: Easy Hello my lovelies! Let’s get stuck into this gluten free business. Jumping in with a delicious moist coconut cake. Drenched in bright summery passionfruit syrup. Easy to make and easy to eat. As I worked on the structural integrity of this cake I…

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Cookies

Chewy Honey + Ras el Hanout Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Difficulty: Easy Hello my lovelies! It’s been a while. I intended to keep up with recipes and posts while I was back at work but it didn’t work out that way. It was an adjustment going back and a lot of things happened in the…

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Cakes, Cupcakes

Amaretto Funfetti Madeleines

Prep Time : 15 mins | Cook Time : 10 mins | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Moderate Hello my lovelies! What’s better than tiny buttery cake from France? Tiny buttery cake from France with sprinkles. And liquor. Don’t tell any french people though. They’d probably have a stroke. It’s been pretty grey the last few days around here. We’ve…

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Yeast Breads

Garlic + Herb Ciab-accia

Prep Time : 15 mins | Cook Time : 20 mins | Total Time : 2+ hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! It’s been too long since we had some bread. I came up with this recipe when I was making dinner for friends. I wanted crispy edges. I wanted a chewy middle. And I wanted loads of flavour. I also…

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Cookies

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Difficulty: Easy Hello my lovelies! I’ve been sick with a cold. For the first time in about 3 years. It was ass. But you’ll be pleased that my taste buds are firing again. And what they want is cookies. I know there are a lot…

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Desserts

Churros con Chocolate

Prep Time : 20 mins | Cook Time : 5 mins | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Frying Hello my lovelies! Last week was a bit topsy turvy. Plumbers were replacing part of our sewer pipe and it took longer than expected. As these things do. So we were banished from the house for two full days. While…

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