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Welcome to my news section, this is where you can be kept up to date on my baking adventures.
Posted on June 4, 2012
It’s the Jubilee weekend and I’ve been busy baking! As always, I have to give my baking a little twist….so check out my scones. Not ordinary scones, but triple chocolate scones which are absolutely delicious when topped with either peanut butter or cream cheese! As usual, they are incredibly easy to make, use store cupboard […]
Posted on May 25, 2012
It’s too hot!!! I know this is not a very helpful comment to make – considering that recently I have been at the front of the ‘weather complaints queue’! However, it is too hot. In my house, the coolest place at the moment is the downstairs toilet and realistically how long can you spend in […]
Posted on May 20, 2012
I adore baking. I am however afraid that a lot of my baked goods look like a 6 year old made them (to be fair sometimes my 6 year old did). I have the utmost admiration for my fellow bakers who decorate their offerings as beautifully as if they were pieces of fine art! I […]
Posted on May 16, 2012
I’m confused. I went into B&Q today, and I was all set on a grey shaker style kitchen with a butler sink. I imagined myself clad in a cath kidston apron, hair in rollers, baking fresh bread in my new range cooker whilst my children ran around barefoot and laughing… However, I walked past the […]
Posted on May 13, 2012
Bonjourno!! Apologies for the radio silence but I have been in Italy for a friend’s wedding! Whilst there, I have been sampling A LOT of delicious Italian food (well it would be rude not to) and dusting off my summer dresses, as Florence was basking in 30 degree heat!! I managed to fit in a […]
Posted on May 7, 2012
So, today we had a photo shoot for the local paper and they wanted a picture of me baking with my kids. Now, no one is a bigger fan of my banana and chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting than me, but after making approximately 7,000 of them over the past few weeks, I wanted […]
Posted on May 5, 2012
There is a massive British baking revival at the moment, with the popularity of ‘The Great British Bake-Off’ and with the Queen’s Jubilee. People are starting to find a love for baking and there are victoria sponges and shortbreads being baked in houses up and down the country. I LOVE baking and I love British […]
Posted on May 4, 2012
Hello and welcome to my blog! First things first….THANK YOU so much to those of you that voted for me! I didn’t get a chance to thank everybody when I was on the show, but I want to take the opportunity to say how grateful I am for the incredible support that I have been […]