Peanut Butter, Pecan & Caramel Brownies

If you ever need to justify buying a sugar thermometer, this is it!

Peanut Butter, Pecan & Caramel Brownies

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Ham & Cheese Puff Pastry Tartlets

Rules are meant to be broken. Don’t you agree?

Ham & Cheese Puff Pastry Tartlets

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Cornish Saffron Custard Tarts

Who knew saffron was once grown in Cornwall?

Cornish Saffron Custard Tarts

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Malvapoeding A.K.A Marshmallow Pudding

Malvapoeding A.K.A Marshmallow Pudding

Unlike Italian and French cooking, South African cuisine features on restaurant menus very seldom. When will the world catch up?

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Vanilla Shrewsbury Biscuits with Caramel Filling

Vanilla Shrewsbury Biscuits with Caramel Filling

When was the last time you enjoyed caramel, otherwise known as dulce de leche?

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Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

There is simply no stopping summer from slipping away. Thankfully, autumn brings along some goodies to comfort us.

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Chocolate and Courgette Cake

Chocolate and Courgette Cake

What do you get when you let a toddler loose in the kitchen? A royal mess! Seriously, has anyone tried baking with a two year old?

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Carrot Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream

Carrot Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream

Having spent most of his birthday bored to death in the car as we drove from The Lake District all the way back to Essex, I thought I should make it up to little Gabriel. Like a lot of mothers, I wanted to be the best and in one area I excel is food. For a very small party I came up with ideas for chicken spring rolls, cheese and leek tart, salad and carrot cupcakes. The rest of the family thought I was nuts.

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Chocolate Brandy Torte

Chocolate Brandy Torte

On Valentine’s Day I put on my baking mitts and got to work. While neither Neil nor I are obsessed with the commercialised “special” day we thought it wouldn’t hurt to treat ourselves to something sweet. What I loved most about this cake was its contrast. Outside it was cracked, hard and almost crunchy and then inside a sweet, moist sponge. A word of warning though, the cake dries out extremely fast and should preferably be eaten really quickly. What a perfect excuse because within 24 hours between the three of us the cake was no more…

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Caramel Coconut Cake with Caramel Butter Frosting & Pecans

Caramel Coconut Cake with Caramel Butter Frosting & Pecans

“Is it your birthday?”

All eyes were on me at the Scrabble club.

“Nope.”

“What are you celebrating?”

“Nothing.”

“Then what’s the occasion?”

“There’s no special occasion.”

“Is there something you’re not telling us?”

From the back of the room an old lady yells, “It can’t be, she just lost all her baby weight!”

Why oh why are people so suspicious when you bring a cake along? Must there always be an excuse like a special occasion to enjoy a good slice of scrumptious cake?

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