Sweet things

Yummy cake and sweet things.

Apple and Walnut Cake Fresh from the success of my oat and raisin cookies and still having a love affair with cinnamon scented baked goods, I came up with this cake. Really, I was also becoming accustomed to a little afternoon treat to perk me up and needed something to fill the cookie gap. While this cake is definitely […]

Oat and Raisin Cookies I like chocolate in the right context – a dark and fugy brownie, thick and gloopy for dunking churros or an intense chocolate cake. But when it comes to most sweet things, ice cream, cakes etc. I prefer something a little plainer. I like the simplicity of these oat and raisins cookies. To be honest, […]

Sticky Toffee Pudding Yes, yes, yes. Possibly one of the best puddings ever and it’s so much better homemade. Not only that but it’s worringly easy to make, do it once and prepare to become obsessed. Perfect, tooth-achingly sweet comfort food. Dates and dark brown sugar give this it’s butterscotch stickiness with a divine caramel sauce to pour […]

Chocolate and Pistachio Fudge I normally give people food related presents at Christmas, partly because they love it, and partly (mostly) because its cheap! In the same vein, this year I decided to branch out from my usual brownies and try something different. Something different being this insanely easy fudge recipe from Nigella Express,, of course, its not really […]

Marmalade I’m not particualrly a fan of marmalade, except for in bread and butter pudding, where the aromatic bitterness is divine, especially with brioche… But, we did have a glut of oranges and with no other ideas for how to use them up, marmalade it was. I was thinking edible Christmas presents as the plan this […]

Breakfast Muffins Carrot muffins packed with plump juicy raisins, walnuts and oats.

Damp Chocolate Cake Incredibly damp, intense and worryingly moreish: this is perfect on its own with tea or coffee or made more elaborate with the addition of some berries and ice cream or custard.

Carrot, Orange and Pistachio Cake Carrot cake freshened with orange zest and a little texture from pistachio nibs comes together to make an altogether grown up carrot cake.

Lemon Drizzle Cake I’m a big fan of plainer cakes, the kind that you can bake at the beginning of the week and have a slice (or two) everyday with a cup of tea. Lemon drizzle cake is a classic example of this genre, the syrup adds a little extra gooeyness to the cake.

Summer Fruit Tart Mmm.. this tart just tasted of summer (despite the weather…)Its a base similar to a cheesecake, pressed into a tart tin and then filled with a creamy mascarpone filling and topped with peaches, I only used peaches because I had them, but you can use whatever fruit you have or indeed a mixture. The contrast […]