So we needed to whip up a quick pud for our second Christmas with the girls. We went for a tart au citron (lemon tart) because we didn’t want anything too rich or stodgy. Plus this was super super quick for us to make during our busy day. Everyone loves a traditional tart, especially a […]
This was one of the later additions to our christmas party buffet. We’d planned on making our fig and ginger frangipane tarts from the beginning, but after making quince jelly last week we knew we needed to use it in a bake of ours. So the quince and pear frangipane was born. To begin with, […]
This recipe is perfect for some last minute, cute, homemade pressies for Christmas! It’s so quick and so easy and tastes like a little bite of heaven… honestly. Literally all you need it do, is whip it up the day before and leave to set over night, either in the fridge – or at this time […]
So, for our Christmas party we decided on baking a Christmas cake alternative which was quicker and yummier, we aren’t huge fans of the traditional fruit cake. We chose to do a christmassy twist on our sticky toffee pudding cake using a hint of orange & cinnamon, covered in a brown sugar buttercream. First bake […]
When we say homemade mince pies we mean we actually made the filling too! And it’s much easier than you’d think. Lots of fruit, sugar & a bit of brandy – we added orange, apple and dried cranberries to ours for an extra kick of flavour. Yes okay its super easy and super yummy to […]
As some of you may remember, in the midst of our Glastonbury excitement we made some Ultimate Rice Crispy Treats, so now in the midst of excitement for christmas we’ve gone and made some festive ones, made with white chocolate and different (christmassy) treats inside. These are just as customisable as our regular rice crispy treats […]
Another preserve to add to our christmas gifts! We have loads of quinces knocking about so what better way to use it than make a lovely jelly to go with some cheese, yum. When you make quince jelly you only use the juice you get from boiling your quinces for a couple of hours and […]
Just making biscuits wasn’t enough for us this christmas, so we set ourself an architectural challenge of constructing an adorable gingerbread house! Now making a gingerbread house is super cute and fun but it’s also much more challenging than we originally thought! So we thought we would make it easier for you by including our template […]
To us, mulled anything is the best drink for over the festive period. These teabags can be used for mulling pretty much whatever you fancy… wine, cider, apple juice (boring/child friendly option). They’re also a lovely idea for a homemade gift! There are a few options for what to use to create your teabag. You can buy […]
Who doesn’t love a bun? Iced buns, chelsea buns, buns of steel… So we decided to make some christmas ones because everything should be a better, christmassy version at this time of year.These are a festive take on the traditional chelsea bun, we’ve swapped the currants for dried cranberries and added some more spices and […]
Now that it’s getting into the holidays and Christmas is round the corner, it’s time to decorate your already baked and fed Christmas cake. If you’ve not made one yet, there’s still time, you just won’t have as long to feed and mature it. This post has the recipes for all the basic components of christmas […]
So, WE LOVE CHEESE. And we find no cheese board is complete without bread and some good chutneys. Today we have decided to make a batch of onion chutney with a bit of a kick ready for all the Christmas activities (and cheese eating). Rather than your everyday red onion chutney we have decided to […]
So its been 2 weeks, we know, you’re all over the bake off finishing… but we aren’t okay?!? So we made mille feuille this week as an attempt at sweet, sweet nostalgia for our favourite program. Mille Feuille is french for ‘a thousand leaves’ or something like that, but all we really care about is that […]
So the great british bake off is over, and nobody really knows what to do on a Wednesday night, or with their lives for that matter… And therefore it’s unfortunately the end of our GBBO weekly inspired bakes, however we’ve decided to do all the bakes from the final because we can’t let go. This […]
It’s happened, its all over for another year, the winner has been crowned and massive amounts of cake baked and eaten. This week was the final of the Great British Bake Off, which for us means lots of excitement and dreams of yummy showstoppers. (if you have been living under a rock since 8pm on […]
Towards the beginning of our blog, we made Earl Grey & Lemon Shortbread & the flavour combination was great, so for our Tea Party extravaganza we have converted the shortbread into a cake. Rather than doing a standard cupcake we have gone for mini sandwiches, as we felt there would be too much icing with a […]
Naomi, the guest or honour at our tea party, is a huge fan of chocolate and peanut butter both on their own and together (and when I say huge, I mean huuuuge). So we thought what better cupcakes to make than peanut butter and chocolate combination! These are similar to our Kinder Bueno cupcakes as they […]
Week six on the bake off was pastry week! It started off with the signature dish, a frangipane tart, packed with delicious flavour combinations and a few soggy bottoms… Followed by a cypriot ‘flaouna’ for the technical challenge, a cheese & raisin filled pastry covered in sesame seeds, interesting? The recipe calls for mahlepi and […]
For the tea party we hosted for our friends birthday we decided to do another homemade take on a classic biscuit. Following on from our Drunk Jaffa Cakes this time we have done the chocolate bourbon, a favourite for most. We love how a bourbon has a salty chocolatey biscuit, sandwiched together with a sweet […]
Yesterday was our friend Naomi’s birthday and as a little surprise for her we put on an afternoon tea party with a selection of baked goods. Although this may have caused our stress levels to rise somewhat, it was a success and we all had a delightful (and food filled) evening. We made a whole […]
We find it hard to say no to ice cream, so when this weeks showstopper challenge involved exactly that we knew what we’d be making for this weeks GBBO post. The dairy-free element proposed a challenge but we used coconut milk, which is dairy free and still has the same creamy taste you will get from […]
Week 4 of The Great British Bake Off already and it is DESSERT WEEK. Oh the joy, who doesn’t love a good pudding. This weeks technical challenge was an Austrian classic.. the Spanische Windtorte, haven’t heard of it? Neither had we.. But I guess that’s why its called a challenge. We also decided not to do […]
We needed a quick recipe for a birthday cake. Rather than do something too basic like just chocolate or a victoria sponge, we did a twist with some orange extract – A chocolate orange cake if you will, a classic combination. This is a very quick & easy bake, great to satisfy a chocolate craving when […]
So it’s week 2 of the bake off and we’re still getting over excited by all the baked goods and innuendos. This week for our bake off themed bake we decided to attempt the technical challenge, Arlettes. Arlettes are a type of french biscuit made from puff pastry, rolled up with sugar and cinnamon. Once […]
