Baking and Desserts

Peggy Porschen White Chocolate Cake

Buttercream covering is making a comeback on the outside of cakes, this beautiful white chocolate layer cake i…

I have a confession. I don’t drink coffee. In fact I don’t drink any hot brown drinks apart from t…

Marian Keyes' Saved by Cake called these cupcakes but I think they're definitely muffins. Dead easy to bake wi…

Not since the photo shoot for my book in October had I made any macarons and I thought it was about time. Usu…

Marmalade bread and butter pudding isn’t just for Paddington, it’s an easy comforting winter puddi…

Baking panettone need not be difficult, this easy panettone recipe is forgiving enough to make in stages rathe…

Orange, yellow, brown leaves crunching under foot, mist in the air, the smell of bonfire smoke and the fizz ba…

This is a blast from the past for me; I baked this tart two years ago and somehow it slipped under the radar n…

These pear and ginger muffins feel perfect for autumn made with golden sugar. They’re made using spelt f…

As promised in my review of Leila Lindholm’s One More Slice, here is my version of her white chocolate b…

Back home I'm more reliant on my local Turkish supermarket but I can never cut into a fresh fig without rememb…

Strawberry picking was a frequent activity in my childhood although collecting blackberries from the “wi…