Sweet things

Yummy cake and sweet things.

White Chocolate Brownies You must seriously make these, they’re a revelation – super sweet and gooey. The first time I tried them, I loved them so much I pretty much baked them continuously until they made me feel a bit sick. Now don’t do that, but do bake them.

Afternoon tea at The Breakfast Club I broke out my best china for a decadent afternoon tea. Dishes included delicious pumpkin pancakes, freshly baked scones and grapefruit macaroons

Carrot Cake This is the easiest, tastiest carrot cake recipe ever. Based on an American recipe, it uses sunflower oil instead of butter which gives it that dense and moist carrot cake character.

Spiced pumpkin ice cream I picked this out as a possible recipe for The Breakfast Club a while ago. As I would advise anyone cooking for an important dinner – make sure you’ve cooked the recipes before! I tried mine out on some friends after a leisurely Saturday afternoon lunch, which by the way, is such a good idea. […]

Limoncello macaroons While these macaroons aren’t as pretty as the French versions they’re certainly as tasty: lemony, almondy and chewy. I’m planning on serving them with coffee at the next breakfast club, but they’d also make a perfect mid-afternoon nibble. The only problem being that you can’t (or rather I couldn’t) stop at just one. If you can […]

Easy peasy chocolate cake This is the easiest recipe for chocolate cake and it leaves you with a fudgy, dense moist cake. Smothered in a simple chocolate ganache, this makes the perfect birthday cake, or just a Monday afternoon cake.

Pistachio macaroons Lovely pale green macaroon shells sandwiched together with a pistachio buttercream.

The wedding cake – part I One of my favourite people is getting married to an equally lovely boy and in a moment of madness(?), my friend Kat (of Breakfast Club fame) and I offered to make the wedding cake. Clearly I love food, but I’ve never made any kind of cake covered in marzipan and royal icing and I certainly don’t […]

Coconut bread and lime marmalade This is addictive stuff and a Breakfast Club favourite. Make sure you toast it first for golden flecks of coconut and slather in butter.

Breakfast muffins Carrot, apple and pecan muffins topped with a buttery, seedy, crumble topping. Sweet enough to eat at any time of day, but wholesome enough for breakfast.