Interest in baking is at an all-time high here in the UK, and people are exercising their skills in the kitchen all the time – there’s no event that doesn’t improve immeasurably when cake is involved, and this gives amateur bakers ample opportunity to show off their skills with a mixing bowl and a batch … [Read more…]
Chocolates play a big part of Christmas really, don’t they? I mean, every supermarket sells those big tins full of assorted wrapped chocolates for you to buy early, and keep hidden away until Christmas. Mind you more often than not I end up buying two because one normally gets eaten way before advent starts!!!
Now I have to admit to using popcorn rather a bit recently in my cake recipes. it is simply for two reasons : 1. I have been sent lots by various companies this last month 2. It just works!
I love the fact that now we are at the end of November, I can start making and posting Christmas related recipes. Last week I made a chocolate traybake cake and seeing as I had some peppermint candy canes left in my cupboard, from making a peppermint cake a few weeks ago, I decided to … [Read more…]
Since the boys returned to school after half term, I have kind of lost my cake baking mojo. I think it is because I had a big gain at my slimming world that same week, and I did not want to make anything which I would be tempted to eat!! The good news is I … [Read more…]