Z is for Zingy Blueberry Brownies

I’m sure most of you are aware of the #TwitterBakeAlong challenge, but if not it’s a weekly challenge set by two people, @Rob_C_Allen and @thebakingnanna1 via Twitter or Instagram. They set a competition every week of a bake to make. …

Y is for Yummy 21st Birthday Cake

I know it’s a cop-out – the cake I was going to write about seemed so uninteresting after I found a wonderful recipe for a Chocolate Oreo Cake for my son’s 21st birthday. I just had to think of a …

X is for Xmas Pudding Cheesecake

Sorry, I haven’t been around for a while, other things have taken over and I haven’t found time to type anything up.  The challenge is now complete, but I still have X, Y and Z to blog about. This is …

W is for Windfall & Hedgerow Cake

In other words Apple and Blackberry Upside Down Cake – I couldn’t find anything that I really fancied baking for the letter ‘W’.  It’s also been ages and ages since I’ve been on here publishing anything.  I have been baking, …

The Newbury – Tasting Menu Evening

I was invited by The Newbury to join them for a special VIP event to promote their new A La Carte Menu.  Having eaten at The Newbury many times before and enjoyed their food very much, I couldn’t possibly refuse. …

V is for Vasilopita

I honestly thought I would have finished my ‘alphabet challenge’ by now, but due to hurting my knee in the middle of January, I have been off my feet for at least 6 weeks and am only just back to …

U is for Upside Down Fudgy Raspberry & White Chocolate Cake

What a nightmare it was finding a cake beginning with the letter U.  I knew, in the end, it would have to be an ‘upside down’ cake.  I didn’t want to do an Upside Down Pineapple Cake, I very nearly …

T is for Tarte Au Citron Cake

Anyone who knows me well, will know that one of my favourite flavours in a cake is lemon, so when I came across this recipe in Miranda Gore Browne’s book Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can, I …

Ingenious Flatbread – Rana’s Artisan Bread Mixes – Review

I’m slightly late in posting this review, but I’ve been busy with work, but have finally found time this rainy morning to write this up. My second bread mix arrived in the post during the first week of September, it …

S is for Spinach Cake

Spinach Cake I hear you all say, really, that must be disgusting surely.  I must admit I too thought the same when I first came across this recipe. Apparently Spinach Cake is a real cake and originates from Turkey where …