A slice of this sunflower seed bread maker loaf turns the humblest meal into a feast. I may not be very handy with DIY but I’ve always joked that being a carpenter’s daughter means you can slice bread properly. Nowadays I think it has as much to do with the knife and the loaf whether […]
Dinosaur cookies
Delight the little boy in your life with these dinosaur cookies.
Returrn to Crussh Canary Wharf
To inspire you in your new year diets, join me in a return to the mighty Crussh juice bar. Reviewing restaurants is not something I’d normally do twice however as you can read in my previous Crussh review there were still a great many types of dish on the menu we’d not yet looked at. Furthermore, […]
Banana Fudge Muffins
If you line up all the ingredients and equipment the night before, making banana fudge muffins for breakfast is a piece of cake. Banana Fudge Muffins – A Quick Weekend Breakfast Muffins can be ready inside half an hour if you get organised. The night before, weigh your ingredients: put the dry ingredients in a […]
30 Best Loved Recipes Collection part work: Should I buy?
30 Best Loved Recipes is the latest cooks’ part work collection to be launched in the UK. How will it measure up to the French versions I have bought on holiday? Last time part works reared their ugly head on here, I gave Baked and Delicious a bit of a savaging. There have been other […]
Chocolate Detox Drink: The Shrink Mummy Shake
Who’s ready for a chocolate detox drink? On days when you are determined to be a good girl, indulge in my favourite Shrink Mummy Shake. I can guarantee that it will fill you up until lunchtime and it’s even got cocoa in it. Ka-pow! It may be New Year’s Day but this is not, […]
End of Year Round Up 2012
This is an End of Year Round Up with a difference. Stultified, I prepare to sit re-digesting everything I’ve seen this year. But the prospect of re-blogging stuff I already blogged bores me to tears. You will not find second-hand material in this post but you may see some things that surface in 2013. Just […]
Brandy snaps recipe for brandy snap baskets
Brandy snaps are caramelised biscuits. The brandy reference comes from the addition of brandy into the cream traditionally used to fill the brandy snaps.
Join the Christmas Tree Cookie Parade!
No Christmas tree is fully dressed without some Christmas tree cookies upon it. Whether you’ve carefully sugarcrafted your confections or had the children do the decorating, there’s a home for all our lovely Christmas Tree cookies to be celebrated side by side in the first ever Christmas Tree Cookie Parade. Christmas Tree cookie posts – […]
Rosca de Reyes Three Kings Spanish Epiphany Cake
Rosca de Reyes or Roscòn de Reyes is a loaf style cake made for Twelfth Night in Spanish speaking countries. Rosca de Reyes is a traditional Spanish cake baked to celebrate the Three Kings’ giving gifts to the Baby Jesus on the feast of The Epiphany (January 6th). Updated 2026 · Post originally sponsored by […]
My top baking Christmas gifts
The pick of my favourite baking Christmas gifts. From piping skills to pie making, there’s a gift for every baker here.
Christmas Wreath Cookies
These Christmas wreath decorated chocolate cookies are equally suitable as gifts or to hang as Christmas tree cookies.
