Recently, I've been slightly obsessed with my new stand mixer and used every excuse possible to sneak into the kitchen and bake something. In the past, I have mainly focused on sweet bakes such as cupcakes or tray bakes, but today I wanted to try something new. I had been playing with the idea of baking bread or bread rolls for a while, but could never be bothered with all the kneading. Now that I ...
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Quick and easy Nutella Swirls
I don't know why, but when I spotted a pack of puff pastry on the reduced shelf this morning, I chucked it into my trolley and made my way to the checkout. When I arrived at home, I had no clue what to do with it. A savoury tart, freeze it or maybe a sweet little afternoon treat for Amy and me? In the end, my sweet tooth won and I decided to make some Nutella Swirls for us. They are really quick ...
Winter warmer: Crunchy apple and berry crumble
Amy loves helping in the kitchen and whenever I ask her what we want to do for the day, she shouts "bake cake". Obviously I won't follow her requests every day, there's only so much cake you can eat, but as I had some apples and some berries to use up, I decided that we'd do some cooking/baking and make a crunchy apple and berry crumble with them. Having lived in Germany for the biggest part of ...
Blueberry and oat breakfast muffins
Today, Amy and I fancied a bit of a change, so we rustled up some delicious blueberry and oat breakfast muffins. They are really easy to make and a great alternative to porridge, cereal & Co. - plus they allow you to use up any leftover oats that you might have. Of course, you can eat them whenever you want, but I thought they would be lovely for a breakfast on the go, a lunch box, picnic or ...
Perfect Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Praise the powers that be! Autumn is upon us! For a number of reasons, autumn is my favourite season. Firstly, I’m the kind of girl that looks better in layers (by that I mean that I feel more comfortable in a thick cardigan and scarf than I do on a beach swaddled in lycra). The second reason is that autumn brings with it a bumper harvest of all of the best vegetables known to man and I can get ...
Black Forest Trifle
You might have already guessed it from the picture, this week, one of the Great British Bake Off themes was Trifle. The other options were Floating Islands or Petits Fours. Seeing that I don't like custard, floating islands weren't an option for me, although I did think of swapping the custard for a fruit soup at one point, and petits fours just sounded like a lot of frustration for me. I've got ...