Monthly Archives: March 2015

Easter Baking

Today I thought I should make some Easter-themed goodies. I decided to go with a traditional favourite – and they’re simple to make! I used this recipe and filled the chocolate cornflake nests with some mini eggs and mini creme … Continue reading

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Rocky Road

This ALWAYS goes down well at work! I used Nigella’s recipe from her book ‘Nigella Express’. They are fairly easy to make as they only have a few ingredients; butter, chocolate, golden syrup, rich tea biscuits and marshmallows. They look … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day biscuits

I made these coffee and walnut biscuits for my Mum for Mother’s Day. They are light and crispy. I used letter stamps (you can buy them from Lakeland) to stamp ‘Happy Mothers Day’ on the larger biscuits.  

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Chocolate banana muffins

These are a favourite; quick and easy to make – as well as eat! Plus I still have some very ripe bananas to use up…. The recipe is adapted from one of Nigella’s. I made some with a spoonful of … Continue reading

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Chocolate marble banana bread

So I needed a recipe to use up some overripe bananas and also the chocolate ganache frosting from my birthday cake yesterday. This banana loaf seemed ideal to share with my colleagues: http://roxanashomebaking.com/chocolate-marble-banana-bread-recipe/ It has a generous helping of chocolate … Continue reading

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My Birthday cake

To celebrate my birthday some of my friends were coming round for tea, cake & prosecco so I wanted to make a special cake to celebrate. I chose the Hummingbird Bakery’s ‘Sweet and salty chocolate cake’ and luckily had some … Continue reading

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