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The best cake ever! St. Clements Cake here we come


The best cake ever! St. Clements Cake here we come Citrusy, zingy, melt-in-the-mouth soft delicious sponge! I am hooked! Seriously, I take it all back! I DO like citrusy cakes or to be specific, this St Clements cake! It’s only taken me 40-something years to realise it! Oh My Gosh! Okay, so strictly speaking this cake is lemon & orange,…

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You’ll love these easy 3 ingredient cinnamon pastries


Jump to Recipe You’ll love these easy 3 ingredient cinnamon pastries The pastry was not intended for this, but you’ll love these easy 3 ingredient cinnamon pastries! If you need a quick dessert or snack, or even breakfast, these are fantastic! These are crispy and flaky with a delicious delicately spiced soft filling. Perfect! Oh, and I made 25 of…

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individual trifle with a snowy & starry background

5 minute Black-forest trifle – make everyone love you!


5 minute Black-forest trifle – make everyone love you! Trifle is a dessert that I only tend to make when someone asks! Usually I try to avoid it as all the component parts make it far too complicated and time-consuming! Well my friends, this 5 minute Black-forest trifle – will make everyone love you! If you have just a few…

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Florentines on a wire rack

Vegan Florentines


Vegan Florentines These vegan florentines are so very tasty I find it hard to believe this is the first time I have created a recipe for them! I thought (wrongly) that florentines were something that I could take or leave, but how wrong was I! I even ate not one, but two before dinner they were that tasty! Think crisp…

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slice of apple crumble cake on a plate

Apple Crumble Cake


Apple Crumble Cake When you have lots of apples and have already made apple crumble, baked apple dumplings, apple crumble slice and apple jumble! what do you do? You create something new! Apple Crumble Cake! This is cake. There are spiced apples. and crumble. All. Rolled. Into. One! Perfect! Your go-to Recipe I have made this with straightforward ingredients which…

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Tray of puff pastry whirls

Puff Pastry Ideas


Puff Pastry Ideas You might think of puff pastry as something that you are not too fussed about, but it is a fantastic fridge (or freezer) standby for so many things! For example, you can make a quick and tasty meal, a dessert, breakfast or even just a snack! As you may have guessed, I’m talking ready made puff pastry!…

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white plate with cocoa dusted words lets change lives with every slice

Six ideas for your MacMillan Coffee Morning


Six ideas for your Macmillan Coffee Morning What a different coffee morning it will be this year! However, it will of course still involve cake and donations! There are Covid-19 guidelines to follow, which means (where we are in the UK), no more than 6 people gathering together and keeping 2 metres apart. Precautions around sharing foods means I might…

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Plate of two different shaped date cookies on a white plate

Traditional Kurdish Kulicha for Eid


Traditional Kurdish Kulicha for Eid Kulicha is traditionally made to celebrate Eid. Well people, today, Friday 31st July 2020 is Eid so if you fancy making these over the weekend, you’d be well in keeping with tradition! These traditional Kurdish Kulicha for Eid, can of course, be made at any other time too! There are many many different variations you…

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Marble bundt cake on a white and gold rimmed plate, topped with strawberries and dusted with icing sugar

Marbled Vegan Bundt Cake


Marbled Vegan Bundt Cake What is a Bundt cake? A Bundt cake is named for the shape of the tin. Some refer to it as a doughnut shape, others just a ring-shaped cake, or indeed, a cake with a hole in! There is no special type of cake for a Bundt as it can be any flavour you wish! What…

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