After reading a blog post by the very lovely Kitchen Witch about her taking her husband for tea at Mrs Bridges’s Pantry those lemon & poppy seed scones have been playing on my mind ever since. I’m only disappointed that it had never occurred to me to make them before… just think of all those [...]
The lovely people over at Silver Spoon sent me some Cakecraft products and what better way to use them than baking gorgeous little Halloween cupcakes. The children had a great time baking these and an even better time decorating them!
What you need: (makes 12)
4oz unsalted butter
4oz caster sugar
4oz self raising flour
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla flavouring
2 [...]
There are some occasions when overripe bananas grace my fruit bowl and call out to me as I pass, begging to be made into banana loaf. Luckily today was one of those days.
What you need:
2 overripe bananas
6oz butter
6oz caster sugar
8oz self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
What to do:
Peel and mash [...]
What can I say, these muffins are just delicious they are moist, they ooooze yumminess, the haphazard frosting splurges over the edges…. they shout from the plate “put me in your mouth” – could you want anything more from a cake?
What you need: (for 12)
2 eggs
175g caster sugar
150ml olive oil
200g self raising flour
1 tsp cinnamon
2 [...]