Leon hidden banana cake with Whitworths Baking Sugars

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Today is the third in a series of sponsored posts working with Whitworth’s Baking Sugars. Find out below who how to join in with their Twitter competition to win a selection of Whitworth’s Baking Sugars. [Read on...]

Stilton and walnut muffins recipe

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Here’s how we polished off the last bit of that Christmas stilton – with some cheesy stilton and walnut muffins.

I should warn you from the start. This post is kind of grouchy.

At the beginning of January I remarked in my banana fudge muffin post that you could make muffins for breakfast [Read on...]

French fancies for cheats with instant fondant fancy icing

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Cheating need not mean buying a pack of Mr Kipling French Fancies – you get a similar effect with this easy version using instant fondant fancy icing. [Read on...]

Banana fudge muffin recipe with Le Creuset baking tin

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If you leave all the ingredients ready the night before, making these banana fudge muffins for breakfast is a piece of cake.

Not that I do it myself very often. I always mean to make muffins and pancakes for breakfast at weekends. Muffins can be ready inside half an hour if you get your [Read on...]

Red velvet cake tips and Christmas red velvet cake

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Christmas fruitcake is on a lot of people’s ‘don’t like’ list but these mini red velvet cakes are just as Christmassy.

I made a lot of red velvet cakes when writing my book, a lot. I never used to think much of red velvet cake and then I discovered that I’d only [Read on...]

Gluten free fig cake with red currants

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A pretty cake suitable for Christmas. If you can get hold of some fresh figs, this gluten free fig cake with red currants is an ideal cake for coeliacs. [Read on...]