I love adding secret ingredients to cake and seeing people’s faces when you reveal what went into your recipe! Here is a cake which uses roasted parsnips! Its got a lovely sweetness and moistness to the sponge and the crunch of walnuts, the warmth of the mixed spice and tangy orange really makes this a … [Read more…]
I have seen on google and pinterest lots of celebration cakes featuring Kit Kat fingers around the sponge with smarties on the top. Well, I wanted to make my own version and as we are big fans of Maltesers in my house, I created this Its a triple layered chocolate sponge cake and to make … [Read more…]
I love cooking meals from scratch and knowing what ingredients go into the food I make for my family. However, I so cheat a little sometimes and I have used ready made and ready to cook roast potatoes with a roast dinner, ready made frozen mash potato to top a cottage or shepherds pie and … [Read more…]
Having seen a couple of recipes for this recently (here and here) I decided to adapt my own version which I thought worked well. I made mine in the slow cooker which meant I could put it on first thing in the morning and it was ready for lunch. Obviously, this would work with pumpkin … [Read more…]
When I owned my own cafe pre Burton, every Halloween I would sell a flavoured coffee special of Pumpkin Chai Latte. Remembering how popular that drink was, it got me thinking about making a cake which included the flavour of the chai tea and pumpkin and here it is. A great way to use up … [Read more…]