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...
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...
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...
I love homemade pizza – it’s SO much fun to make and – if you start with a good base – you can end up with a really fabulous meal. I’ve been working on my own pizza dough recipe for a while now and I have finally cracked it! My recipe is easy to make, doesn’t require any great bread...
I made this sweet potato, coconut, and balsamic risotto as a bit of an experiment for a dinner party and it was a big success! It’s a delicious combination of sweet and sharp, with an added saltiness if you serve with with crispy grilled pancetta. It went down very well with all my guests (including my vegetarian guest who had it...
Curried lentil – or mulligatawny – soup is my favourite soup ever. I make a huge vat of soup every Sunday night to eat throughout the week and this one is just the best. It’s rich, spicy, and super filling, especially if you serve it with rice, which is traditional. Mulligatawny is usually a chicken soup, but the version on...
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...
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...
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...
I have to confess, I’m pretty darn chuffed with this recipe. I made it for my boyfriend’s mum’s birthday this year (having made a French flag cake last year) so I wanted it to be quite big and fancy. I was inspired after seeing a recipe for lemon meringue cupcakes in the Hummingbird Bakery’s book, Cake Days (definitely the best...
Cream cheese frosting is one of my favourites – it’s wonderfully smooth and rich without being too sweet. My easy cream cheese frosting works beautifully with carrot cakes, banana cakes, red velvet – pretty much anything. Best of all, my recipe is easy and foolproof – it hasn’t let me down yet! To cover and fill a medium (2 layer...
Chocolate fudge cake is a real weakness of mine and this recipe will produce a delicious, moist, and light cake. I make it in 3 layers in 6″ cake tins but you could use this recipe to make 2 layers of 8″ cake. I like the smaller size as it creates a tall, proud little cake that’s still robust enough...