How to make perfect fondant fancies with a professional finish. Top 10 tips by baking writer Sarah Trivuncic.
The Great British Bake Off fever reaches its climax
Series 3 finale of The Great British Bake Off coincides with National Baking Week, a Paul Hollywood promotion in The Telegraph and a new Learn to Bake book.
Mini Chicken and Leek Pies
The perfect recipe for left over roast chicken that you can make inside 30 minutes. The nights are drawing in and it’s that comfort food time of year again.
Sweet by Mollie Makes bookazine
Sweet is a brand new publication brought to us by the publishers of the popular crafty Mollie Makes magazine.
The Cake and Bake Show – How To Survive
The Cake and Bake Show will return in Manchester, April 2013. Follow my tips below to be prepared…
Gluten-Free Plum Cake With Blueberries
This gluten free plum cake recipe is gorgeous. It’s a luscious showstopper at the party table. An easy gluten free cake that everyone will love.
September cupcake crumbs
Through the Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook we can expect a culinary romp through post-Edwardian excess and downstairs traditional English comfort food.
Apricot Flapjacks with Ginger
Our fresh apricot season is short; fortunately dried apricots are easily obtainable and versatile to cook with. Keeping with the theme of back to school baking, flapjacks are another easy bake you can make with children. Once the ingredients are weighed, it’s a simple process of melting the sugary wet ingredients together and stirring […]
Peanut Butter and Jelly Parcels With Puff Pastry
The perfect kids’ tea time baking project – let them mess about with puff pastry while you get the dinner on.
Tomato Olive and Caper Tart with Puff Pastry
An easy Mediterranean-style Tomato Olive and Caper Tart using ready-made pre-rolled puff pastry. Updated 2026 · Originally featured on Babycentre A roll of bought puff pastry lurking in the top of the fridge can be turned into an almost instant dinner or dessert. Many a time when I’ve lost the will to do the weekly […]
Lemon and Philadelphia Whoopie Pies
Dinky Lemon Whoopie Pies filled with Philadelphia cream cheese and lemon curd with a white chocolate topping. Halfway between a cookie and a cake, these filled treats are said to have been created by Amish wives whose husbands exclaimed “whoopie!” on opening their lunchboxes. Traditionally chocolate with marshmallow filling, nowadays they come in a broader […]
Yeo Valley Visit
“Yeo Valley” is not the actual name of the idyllic fields sweeping upwards from Blagdon Lake however as the base for the dairy farm producing products of the same name, it’s one that has stuck. Take one balmy interlude between a heat wave and a decidedly un-flaming June and imagine yourself transported to the rolling […]













