These don’t look like the fudgiest brownies ever but that’s cause I left them in the oven too long and they resemble chocolate cake. Since I overcooked these babies by accident I made the...
Jenny Colgan’s new novel Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop of Dreams is a refreshing light summer read full of childhood nostalgia for traditional sweets. I enjoyed reading the book and having my mind wander...
In the UK the upcoming weekend will celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Queen Elizabeth will be celebrating 60 years on the throne of the United Kingdom. Good for her, but it also means bump...
Ever wonder what the Queen has for breakfast? I doubt she wanders bleary eyed to the kitchen in the morning and drops a couple Pop Tarts into the toaster. What does a woman have to celebrate 60 years...
We all know how much I love tea and coffee. I make my own amazing and sometimes out there coffee syrups. I also make my own blended teas! I’ve taken that love and poured it into a cookie (had t...
You’d think with all the baking I do the house would be flooded with baked goods. I don’t know where it all goes sometimes! We found ourselves dessert less on a Saturday night and I wante...
This is the second recipe I made from Eric Landlard’s Home Bake. Read my review of the book here. Eric calls this recipe “Malteser Squares”. Typically in the UK these types of bars ...
Home Bake is Eric Landlard’s collection of recipes that the master patissier uses to entertain in his home. These recipes are billed as practical and beautiful for the home baker. The book conc...
I’d never made lemon bars before and I got really excited when I saw them in the Leon Baking & Pudding book. Alex is a huge fan of fruit desserts and these have rocketed to the his favorite...
This is the first recipe I made from Leon Baking & Puddings. You can read my review of the book here. It’s a simple chocolate mousse but I jazzed it up by adding shards of homemade honeycom...
I’d like to thank every one that read Semi Sweet for the first Cupcake Book Club. I realize it’s a big task to both bake and read a book with everyone’s busy schedules. I had a few ...
May 20th is World Baking Day (sponsored by Stork) to celebrate all cooks. Baking is pretty popular these days and for those that don’t know where to get started I picked an easy and impressive ...
Leon Baking & Puddings is the third book in the Leon series. The book follows the principle of the Leon restaurants that “what tastes good can also do you good”. The book is a massive...
The first thing I do in the morning is make a cup of tea. Alex isn’t even allowed to talk to me until I have my mug of tea in one hand and bowl of Rice Krispies in the other hand. I also get a ...
Last month I launch The Cupcake Book Club. Several people read Semi Sweet and a few baked inspired treats (round up coming next week). I’m glad everyone enjoyed the first book and I hope you al...
I found some Raspberry M&M’s at Cyber Candy and I felt they were too fun to just eat on their own. I already made some chocolate chip cookies recently so I decided to use the chewy chocolat...
These Rice Krispie Treats are so much fun! I made them awhile ago using my leftover Kool Aid Pop Rocks Marshmallows but they seem more suited to spring and summer. I sprinkled the top with crushed me...
I love long weekends. I get one or two extra days to bake something special! The past Easter weekend was no exception. I had a list as long as my arm and from there picked a few things that were actu...
(c) Carl Warner A World of Food is a brilliant and colorful book from acclaimed photographer Carl Warner. The book contains 12 whimsical miniature landscapes made entirely out of food. Arranged by co...
This Limoncello Lemon Curd is amazing. Rich, tangy and colorful. I made it especially for my Peggy Poschen Lemon Limoncello Layer Cake. The addition of Limoncello at the end gives the curd an extra l...
This is the second recipe from Peggy Porschen Boutqiue Baking that I made. Make sure to read my review of the book here and check out the Lemon Limoncello Layer Cake. Peggy’s previous books can...
I was so excited when my Peggy Porschen book arrived I started making this cake the very next day. Click here to read my review of the book. This cake tastes heavenly. Make sure to take your time mak...
Boutique Baking is the new offering from popular and celebrity cake maker Peggy Porschen. Peggy’s previous books all focus heavily on decorated cakes and desserts (click here to see my review o...
Hershey kisses are only good for one thing, thumbprint cookies! My mom used to make Peanut Butter Blossoms every Christmas. I could only find these cookie n’ creme variety this time. So I decid...
I made these S’mores cupcakes along with the Nutella Cupcakes to take into work for a charity bake sale. I debated about making these as no one at work had any idea what a S’mores was. Wh...
These are the first treat from my new Cupcake Book Club. The first book is Semi Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes. The main character in the novel, Hannah, opens a cupcake shop in a small Irish tow...
Last week the Food Network UK hosted a Bingo evening at the glamorous Porchester Hall in West London. The Food Network UK has a lot to celebrate of course! In the two years since the channel launched...
Who needs a boring cup of coffee each morning? I think I’ve taken the latte to a new level here with this creation. I’ve managed to transform a red velvet cupcake into a Brownie, Rice Kri...
I am a donut fiend. I’m that embarrassing person that when someone sends out an email at work saying they bought donuts I’m the first one over there so I can have the one with the sprinkl...
Semi Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes by Rosin Meaney is the first book in the brand new Cupcake Book Club! I was so excited that my copy arrived in time for the long Easter weekend. It was a grea...
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