I popped along to the National Wedding Show at Earls Court over the weekend to see if I could find any inspiration to share with my Peach Trees readers and it really didn’t disappoint. The wedding industry is pretty crazy at the best of times, but it’s always interesting to see what the latest trends and fashions are. As a...
No-churn lemon ice cream – the perfect dinner party saviour! This recipe defies most of the laws of ice cream making and it does not need churning, turning, or a fancy ice cream maker. It’s basically the easiest recipe in the world and yet equally one of the most delicious. It’s outrageously creamy. And seriously zingy. I’ve pinched it off...
I’m a bit obsessed with nut butter at the moment – I’ve been bulk buying jars in order to make scrummy fillings for macarons! I had some leftover hazelnut butter the other day so I thought it would be fun to experiment and make some hazelnut butter biscuits. The result was great – a crumbly yet soft biscuit with a...
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...
I love lemon drizzle cake, but sometimes I like to jazz it up a bit. Lemon and lime is a classic combination – this one is very moist and pleasantly zingy! Best of all it takes only a few mins to throw together and bung in the oven, and doesn’t require any rich, faffy frosting. For an 8″ round cake...
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...
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...
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...
Clare runs The Little Bear Cakery, an award winning cake business based in East London. I caught up with Clare recently and she told me all about what she does. I can vouch for her amazing skills – she makes the best macarons in the whole world and her wedding cakes are really something to behold. She also has a...
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...
Kedgeree is one of my favourite comfort foods. It’s also good for you, with plenty of spices and tasty oily fish. It’s easy to make, especially if you cheat and use pre-cooked microwave rice like Tilda or Uncle Ben. I have made my own rice a few times and I always end up over cooking it – the microwave rice...
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!