These are lazy cookies. True, they were quite easy to make but I am doing a lazy post as there are a couple of bumper posts in the pipeline and I need to save my energy! I’m really excited about the posts I have coming up and hope that you enjoy reading them as much […]
Ottolenghi Cauliflower Fritters with Lime Yogurt
These cauliflower fritters are the latest Ottolenghi recipe I have tried from Ottolenghi the cookbook. They’re perfect for parties, packed lunches or picnics.
Easter Cookies with Paté Sablée – Handmade Easter Bunny Biscuits
Cheerful Easter Cookies with flowers, rabbits and easter eggs. Not quite what I planned making but they do look cute. Three months in and I’ve bombed out of my first Daring Bakers’ Challenge. This month we’d been due to make Orange Tian which had core components of paté sablée biscuits, whipped cream mixed with gelatin […]
Good Friday Macarons – Easter Cookies
As it is Easter, these macarons are inspired by hot cross buns with cinnamon spices and dried fruit in the filling. Mac Attack 6 is underway at MacTweets, hosted by Deeba and Jamie, this month’s theme is April holidays – covering April Fool’s Day, Passover, St George’s Day etc. I have opted for Easter and […]
Ottolenghi Couscous with Apricots and Butternut Squash
Simple and healthy but fabulous Ottolenghi cous cous recipe from the first Ottolenghi cookbook. Perfect for packed lunches, picnics and parties.
Carrot Cake Muffins – Low Sugar Recipe
Virtuousness has been a rarity for me recently, although here I’ve discovered a recipe to coax my inner good girl back out. This comes after making cupcakes for a family party celebrating my grandfather’s 30th wedding anniversary. My step grandmother, Anne, is diabetic so I looked for a low sugar alternative to the cupcakes. These […]
Baby Shower Cupcakes
Welcome to my celebrations for the 100th Maison Cupcake Blog Post! To kick off I am going to do a round up of the Cake A Difference cupcake sales that I organised last month to raise money for Bliss, the premature baby charity. Baby shower cupcakes Over three days during Cake A Difference week, […]
Blueberry and Vanilla Muffins
Time has been running away with me these last couple of weeks so you may have noticed activity has stepped down a notch on here. Ted developed an obsession with the computer, in particular, the marvelous CBeebies website, meaning I’ve been keeping it switched off when he’s awake. Outside of the house I’ve been running […]
Lemon Macarons with Rosemary – Fresh Spring Flavours
The theme of this month’s Mactweets Macaron Challenge was “spring flowers”. I have deviated from this a little and taken my inspiration from what spring means to me, it’s Mother’s Day and my mother’s birthday always follows shortly afterwards. My mother’s name is Rosemarie so I decided to make this month’s macarons using rosemary paired with lemon.
Lemon Custard Dessert with Cookie Crumbs
A quick and easy pudding today. I have been lolling on the sofa watching Julie & Julia on dvd after a cupcake decorating marathon for the final Cake A Difference cupcakes. After all my hard work I am on target to have raised over £200 for Bliss and will do a dedicated post about this […]
Butternut Taleggio Tart
Spar was the local supermarket on the Midland’s council estate where I spent my teenage years. With humming fridges and strip lighting, it sold things like Vesta curries and crusty rolls in a giant plastic tube with a hole at the bottom from which you pulled your bread before decanting it into a polythene bag. […]
Postcard from… near St Remy de Provence
“Postcard from” is my regular series of weekend non-recipe mini posts. Spring has sprung in London this week, I had the unfamiliar experience of saying, “Look Ted! The sky is blue.” My thoughts are turning to the summer holidays and how I am going to entertain the little person for six or seven weeks whilst […]
