Made with fruit cake and dipped in Green & Black’s Maya Gold chocolate, these Christmas Cake Pops are a bite size treat you can share with your friends throughout December.
Baking with kids: product round up
I have a new lens for my camera. This possibly not the most obvious way to introduce you to it but I am still getting to “know” it and experimenting taking pictures of my latest cake decorating booty seems a good plan! Dr Oetker Shimmer Sugar First up, various Dr Oetker products; this canister of […]
Orange Upside Down Cake
Orange, yellow, brown leaves crunching under foot, mist in the air, the smell of bonfire smoke and the fizz bang of fireworks. There’s no mistaking autumn has arrived, even if we’ve just had the mildest October in memory. I’m gearing up for comfort baking, spiced flavours with a mug of hot chocolate under a blanket…. […]
Pudsey Bear Cookies (Children in Need)
A step-by-step guide to icing Pudsey Bear cookies for Children in Need fundraising. Pudsey Bear is a familiar face in the run up to the BBC’s annual Children in Need appeal. How to Make Pudsey Bear biscuits Lakeland have long sold an annual collection of Pudsey related baking kit; pudsey bear cupcake cases; pudsey bear […]
Chemo cookery and a Breakthrough fundraising update
I’m pleased to announce that my fundraiser for Breakthrough’s Breast Cancer awareness month during October raised £100. Many thanks to all of you who donated. During October I came across various media features to do with treating cancer, including a radio item about how cancer patients need to keep their strength up with healthy food […]
Forever Nigella #9 round up: Halloween horrors!
Whilst you’re still in your beds sleeping off a bonfire induced hangover, I’ll slip in with this witchy round up of Forever Nigella entries.
Dinner with Crayons: Zizzi cichetti Venetian tapas menu
Dinner with Crayons is my occasional series of weekend child friendly restaurant reviews. Now that the book is mostly finished I hope to be doing them regularly again! Pizza and pasta are what most people in Britain associate with Italian food and with one or two exceptions, most Italian chains reflect this. Zizzi have taken […]
Amaretto Bakewell Tart with Quince
This is a blast from the past for me; I baked this tart two years ago and somehow it slipped under the radar never managing to be published when quinces were in season for two years in a row. I am pleased to put this right today! This is therefore a post lagging behind that […]
Mini Steak and Kidney Pies
and in particular the little pies on the cover. Using a 12 hole muffin tin they’re the dimensions of little pork pies and it amazes me it’s never occurred to me before to use the same tin for pies.
Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
The more evil a pumpkin the better so far as I’m concerned. Outrageously for a blog with the word “cupcake” in the title, unless I’m mistaken, these are the first cupcakes to feature on here in eleven months. I’m fairly ambivalent about cupcakes these days and have agonised with changing the name of the site… […]
Wicked Witch Cookies with Green Icing
A spell has been cast on me; since mastering the art of cookie piping during the writing of my book, I have been bitten with the cookie decorating bug and cannot stop. Cookie decorating may not seem like the perfect activity with a small child around but believe me, it is. The dough can be […]
Pear and Ginger Muffins with Spelt Flour
This pear and ginger muffin recipe is made with golden sugar and feels perfect for autumn. They’re made using spelt flour but you can use wheat flour if you prefer. Ted and I spent a lot of time in the kitchen during half term – my overflowing in-box is going to have to wait until […]
