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July 2, 2014

Chocolate and vanilla macarons

You can’t beat a good homemade macaron. My all time favourite are hazelnut praline macarons – a recipe I got from my dear friend Clare of the Little Bear Cakery. She taught me everything I know about macarons, and I credit my continuing success with them to her utterly brilliant recipe below. I made these ones with a very dark...

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June 11, 2014

Chocolate chip cookies

I’ve been fiddled with another recipe for chocolate chip cookies in my continuing quest for the perfect chewy cookie. These are pretty darn good, if I don’t say so myself. I’ve taken inspiration from a recipe on a cookie book, and this one is influenced by a recipe on BBC Good Food too. I think the trick to a really...

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June 5, 2014

Eton Mess

Eton Mess is a summer classic – you can’t go wrong! I like to make colourful meringues to go with it, for that extra special touch. Eton Mess traditionally features cream and crushed up meringue – I prefer to serve my meringues on top so that people can crush it all up together themselves. I find it keeps the meringue...

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May 9, 2014

Apple crumble cake

I love apple cake – when it’s done right it’s moist and delicious! And I absolutely love putting streusel topping on a loaf – it gives a wonderfully buttery crunch to the cake! This cake is easy to make and you can use any variety of apple. It’s not too sweet, so it’s ideal to have for a tea party...

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April 16, 2014

Cranberry hot cross buns

Happy Easter! I love a good hot cross bun and homemade buns are a hundred miles better than shop-bought. Though they’re made using an enriched dough, they’re not hard and they’re one of the first yeasted buns I made successfully! This is a different twist on the classic mixed fruit variety – the cranberries have a lovely sweet tanginess that...

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March 18, 2014

Hazelnut praline macarons

My friend Clare, who runs the amazing Little Bear Cakery, has always made the most incredible macarons, so I asked her for a lesson. And the results were AMAZING. I finally feel able to make delicious macarons! I’ve shared the recipe for these gorgeous macarons on The Greedy Girls today – check it out!

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March 11, 2014

Plum oat crumble

I absolutely love a good crumble. You can’t beat it for an easy but hearty pudding. I make my plum oat crumble for people regularly when I want a fuss free crowd pleaser. My favourite crumble topping is oat-based – in Canada, they call it a ‘crisp’. It’s a delicious mix of oats, brown sugar, butter and flour and...

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March 4, 2014

Pancake topping ideas

Pancake Day is one of my favourite days of the year. I absolutely love pancakes – I’ve been making them since I was a kid and they remind me of Saturday mornings in the kitchen with my dad. The pancakes above are oaty blueberry pancakes and they’re up on The Greedy Girls. These suggestions are designed to go with basic...

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March 3, 2014

How to flip pancakes

Happy almost Pancake Day! I thought I’d give you a heads up this year and share with you a little video on how to flip pancakes. I’ve been making pancakes since I was tiny – I used to make them every Saturday with my dad and sister. They’re one of the easiest things in the world to make and flipping...

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January 2, 2014

Stollen

Alright, so I know I’m starting the new year with a distinctly Christmassy recipe, but I made a few stollens over Christmas and I think I’ve perfected my recipe. So I have to share it with you now in case I’ve forgotten it or lost my notes by December. Besides, stollen is so tasty that I think it should be...

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December 11, 2013

Gingerbread men

I used this recipe to make gingerbread houses with Amy last week and I was really impressed with how it out. I’ve since tweaked the recipe a fair bit and have come up with my own version, which creates beautifully gingery cookies. You can either cook them for a shorter time and get soft chewy gingerbread, or cook them for...

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December 8, 2013

Ombre cake

Ombre cakes are ALL over Pinterest. The ombre effect is made from layers of graduating colour, starting from the lightest to the darkest. This is a mini one made from three layers of vanilla bean sponge coloured with red food dye, going from dark pink to medium pink to pale pink. They’re easy to make and they look impressive, so...

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