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 […]
Fig Tart with Puff Pastry
Fresh figs look fantastics on this Fig Tart With Puff Pastry – a quick easy recipe using ready-made rolls of pastry. Updated 2026 · Now with printable recipe – originally this post referred to an old blog event called Dead Easy Desserts. Probably it was Charlotte Pike’s courgette tart that started me off in the […]
Feel Good Cook of the Year Contest with Gok Wan and Activia
He’s shown people How to Look Good Naked on the outside and now Gok Wan is inspiring us to feel good on the inside. Bubbly TV personality Gok has teamed up with Activia UK for a cook off contest hosted right on their Facebook page. It’s really easy for you to take part with the […]
October 2013 book round up
Pie by Dean Brettschneider features recipes for every type of pie and pastry dish, imaginable. From tarte tatin and pithiviers to empanadas and cobbler, it’s an imaginative mix striking a good balance between classics and contemporary dishes that would not look out of place on a fashionable bistro menu.
Banana Walnut Cupcakes
Cupcakes must be like buses… I go ages without making any and then they keep popping up one after another. It’s not long since the last ones and there are more in the pipeline! I had some left over icing from the plum cupcakes with coconut icing and used it for these cupcakes too. I […]
Plum Cupcakes with Coconut Icing
These Plum Cupcakes have vanilla bases with fresh fruit and are topped with an icing made from coconut milk. Updated 2026 · Now with printable recipe It’s become a standing joke that I barely ever publish any cupcakes. It’s not deliberate, I just go ages without doing them. Making Plum Cupcakes with Coconut Icing These […]
Brigade restaurant review
Whether you’re a food tourist visiting Borough Market or a London City worker, I’ve found the ideal lunch venue for you. Brigade Bar and Bistro is based in an old fire station close to London Bridge. Not just an ordinary restaurant, it is home to the Beyond Food Foundation. This social enterprise offers those who […]
Cooking Turkey with Marco Pierre White
Finding out how to Cook Turkey with Marco Pierre White, was not something I’d expected to learn inside a football stadium. Imagine if you will, twelve ladies squeezed into an intimate space with a knife wielding chef in his Chelsea kitchen (within the grounds of Chelsea FC no less). And meet the star of the […]
