Raspberry quark “mess”

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Those little tubs of dry meringues you get in the supermarket can come in very handy. I’ll never forget wowing the mums at my son’s 1st birthday party by serving them in dishes of strawberries drizzled with molten chocolate. My sleep deprived friends with babies of their own seemed to think I was some [Read on...]

Apple and rhubarb crumble slice with Whitworths baking sugars

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My second post using Whitworths baking sugars is apple and rhubarb crumble slice – find out below how you can win a selection of their sugars. [Read on...]

Goats cheese soufflés with thyme

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This goats cheese soufflé has gone down a storm in my household – it’s a cross between roux and cake. What’s not to like?

Believe it or not, this was my first ever souffle. Both eating and making it. Weirdly, despite my extended travels in France, I don’t recall ordering it on a menu. [Read on...]

Sweet Bitesize Bakes: the launch party

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A round up of all the goodies featured at the Sweet Bitesize Bakes book launch. [Read on...]

The final pudding…

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It was the last thing I would ever bake. Similar to pavlova but even easier. Egg whites and sugar whipped up into meringue, popped into a blisteringly hot oven which is then promptly turned off. Never to be turned on again. [Read on...]

Recipe: chocolate Philadelphia macarons

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Not since the photo shoot for my book in October had I made any macarons and I thought it was about time. Usually when I make macarons I give the ground almonds an extra grind in the food processor and sieve the icing sugar several times.

Not so today, these were deliberately rustic and [Read on...]