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Battenberg cake
I've had a massive craving for battenberg cake for weeks, likely due to it appearing as a challenge in the first week of the latest series of the Great British Bake Off on tv, but somehow I only got...
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Sticky ginger and orange cake
I take all my blog photos with my phone these days. In fact all my blogging is now done from my phone since my laptop barely functions anymore. It's something I wasn't comfortable with for a long time...
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Linzer cookies
My first festive post of 2020! Hopefully I'll manage more but I'll see how things go. This year I was determined to try a couple of new recipes for baked Christmas gifts instead of defaulting to my...
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Pickled beetroot and beetroot and apple chutney
This likely isn't the most interesting post for the cake lovers but it'll be handy for me to refer to if I make these again, which I think I will do. Also, we all eat savoury things occasionally,...
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Gingerbread truffles
Every Christmas I make grand plans to try out a few new recipes. . . And every year I pretty much fail. At least I'm consistent!I managed one new recipe last year, linzer cookies, but I had also...
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Chocolate and coconut squares
As soon as I saw these chocolate and coconut squares appear on Lynn's blog, Traditional Home Baking, (back in March) I immediately scribbled down the recipe to try.Usually I'm not overly drawn to...
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Rhubarb and custard cake
This cake sadly did not turn out like the cake in the recipe book, but disappointing visuals aside it was a very tasty cake.It's essentially a standard sponge cake with a layer of custard and stewed...
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an alternative lemon cake
Some may stunned to learn that I, the lady with a raging sweet tooth, am with a man who doesn't eat refined sugar or gluten. He follows a keto diet which has led me down a rabbit hole of keto-friendly...
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Courgette and walnut cake
One would be forgiven for thinking I no longer baked judging by the rolling tumble weed on this blog, but look! Here's a cake I baked recently and remembered to photograph. Also, check out my beautiful...
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Gingerbread isn't just for Christmas
Every Christmas for at least the last 5 years I've declared "this is the year I'll finally make a gingerbread house" and it never happens. Last year was no exception.However I was determined not to let...
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Curry cake
Baking birthday cakes for family members leads to some strange creations such as this chicken curry inspired cake for my curry loving middle nephew.It's only when you say out loud that yes, you did...
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Adventures with rhubarb part 1: stewed rhubarb and orange
I moved house at the end of last year. (I don't recommend selling, buying and moving house three days before Christmas, it was stressful.)The garden at the new house, rather excitingly, has mature...
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Adventures with rhubarb part 2: the trials and tribulations of making jam
"You should enter The Great British Bake Off", they say.Little do they know I can basically only bake cakes. I would barely last a week in the tent as I am rubbish at jam and scones and have pretty...
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Adventures with rhubarb part 3: a failed loaf cake
Well this is embarrassing. After declaring in my last post that the only thing I was decent at baking was cake, here I am with a dud.I suspected there was far too much fruit/liquid going into the cake...
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world flags cake
I interrupt the Adventures with Rhubarb series with a flag cake I made for my youngest nephew's birthday last month. He's absolutely obsessed with flags so requested a flag themed cake, the only...
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Strawberry and rhubarb trifle
Yes, I am still wading my way through all the rhubarb in my garden. I might as well rename the blog "what do you make of my rhubarb?"In my effort to find more ways to use rhubarb I stumbled across a...
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lemon and blackcurrant cake
I've had the lemon and blackcurrant cake from the Clandestine Cake Club book bookmarked since it came out 10 years ago but have always been unable to make it as I couldn't get my hands on any...
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rugby ball birthday cake
I'm back with the next installment of "weird things I end up making as cakes for my nephews' birthdays." Last year for middle nephew it was rolling individual grains of rice from fondant for a curry...
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lemon and blueberry layer cake
Man turned 40 a few weeks ago so a grand cake was required. Like myself he is a lemon cake fan and after running ideas past him we decided on a lemon and blueberry cake sandwiched with with lemon curd...
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hummingbird cake with orange cream cheese icing
I remember "semi-naked" cakes being all the rage online about 10 years ago and the term felt too "hipster" for my liking. I'm a contrary sod so needless to say I did not jump on the bandwagon. Until...
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rhubarb gingerbread pudding
"And so it begins...", said King Théoden (R.I.P. Bernard Hill.)Also myself upon looking at my garden. Rhubarb season has begun and the "rhubarb empire" is growing larger with each passing...
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Yet another rugby cake
Youngest nephew also requested a rugby themed birthday cake this year. My nerves still felt frazzled after the gravity defying rugby ball cake I created for his brother in March so I went down an...
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Orange, rhubarb and almond cake
This cake is the lovechild of two BBC Good Food recipes: Berry Bakewell cake and Stewed Rhubarb. I've made the Bakewell (almond) cake countless times over the years with various berries and...
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Rhubarb and custard kisses
Years ago (here, actually) I made delicious custard biscuits which incorporated custard powder into the dough. The other week in one of my baking related ponderings I wondered if I could substitute the...
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Banana and rhubarb streuselcake
Yes, I know, it's another rhubarb cake, but damn this is a good one!It's another recipe from the "Rhubarbaria" I received last Christmas from the Man. I had never come across the pairing of rhubarb and...
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