These mini coffee cupcakes could be served any time of year but dress them up in gold wrappers with glittery sprinkles and you’ve got yourself a bitesize dessert for passing around at parties.
Gluten-Free Pear Cake With Caramel
This Gluten-free Pear and Caramel Cake is made with almonds and topped with sticky pine nuts. Updated 2026 · Originally commissioned by Fruitdrop Pears are my ultimate autumn fruit. My dad used to have a pear tree at the top of his garden and every autumn we’d get bags and bags of them. The only […]
Linzer Torte with Melting Moment Topping
Dean Brettschneider’s take on the classic Austrian linzer torte with delicate almond-based pastry fragrantly spiced with cinnamon and cloves, and jam filling.
Dead Easy Desserts #2 linky with November round up
Super selection of 15 Dead Easy Desserts – all ready in 30 minutes’ work or less.
Spelt Muffins with Raisins
Spelt Muffin With Raisins made using light brown sugar and dark brown spelt flour. Updated 2026 · Now with printable sheet Muffins are something I bash out quickly… rather like this blog post! The boys have both been poorly this week and the lack of time to myself is beginning to pall. I actually made […]
Hand-Made Mushroom Flavour Pasta – Tagliatelle
Pizza Express style night in
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. The shopping in this post has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. Making your own pizza from scratch might not mean beating supermarket prices but certainly you get more dough for your dough if […]
White Chocolate Raspberry Cake – No Butter Yogurt Traybake
This no butter white chocolate raspberry cake is based on a French yogurt cake and is easy to whip up at short notice. It’s simple to prepare, quickly stirred together and makes an excellent satisfying cake with little effort. I say “whip up” but actually, because the yogurt cake mixture uses oil rather than butter, […]
We’re having reindeer for Christmas (John Lewis)
We’re having reindeer for Christmas by maisoncupcake Scandinavian style has influenced Christmas homeware for the past couple of years but John Lewis have taken this trend a step further with a wide range of reindeer influenced gifts and homewares. Beyond the humdrum Bridget Jones knitted rudolph jumper you can stamp stag style throughout your […]
Interview With Gok Wan at Activia Feel Good Cook of the Year
After baking yogurt cakes at Cucina Caldesi, during Activia’s Feel Good Cook of the Year contest winner’s day, I pulled up a chair for a chat with Activia ambassador Gok Wan to talk about food and feeling good. Gok is exactly like he is on TV with a big grin and infectious sense of fun. […]
Iced Ring Doughnuts
The cutest mini doughnut recipe for these beautiful pink glazed ring donuts by April Carter.
Bitesize Bits November
Taylor & Colledge may not be a name you’re familiar with but keep an eye out for them in the baking aisle. Established over 100 years ago, the latest incarnation of their range features vanilla bean dusting sugar, vanilla bean grinder, paste, pods and extract. However you like to bring vanilla to your baking, there’s […]
