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Chocolate Mint Cake
I planned a little surprise birthday dinner for a friend recently. Luckily it went well and the birthday girl was indeed surprised and very happy! I asked the restaurant if I could bring a cake and...
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Salted Caramel Apple Hand Pies
I am really excited to share this recipe with you. I love autumn baking and have been baking non stop with apples. There's something so comforting about apples and cinnamon and it's even better when...
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AlphaBakes "M" Round up
Welcome to November's "M" Roundup. It's great to see so many of you joining in with AlphaBakes this month. We've had a wide variety of entries from sweet to savoury and a few new ingredients I've not...
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Mini Caramel Apple Cheesecakes with Streusel Topping
I can't believe it's December already! I probably say this every year but where has the year gone? This year seems to have flown by in a flash. I'm sure there's a lot of festive cooking and baking...
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Apple and raisin muffins with streusel topping
As mentioned before I've been baking a LOT with apples these past few weeks. These muffins came about as I had 1 ripe banana and some apples to use up. I started with a banana and apple muffin and...
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Nutella Nanaimo Bars
This month's AlphaBakes is the letter 'N'. I started thinking about 'N' recipes and decided on Nutella which I love. Â I've baked a lot with Nutella and wanted something a little different so when I...
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Spinach, Tomato and Mushroom Mini Frittatas
We had our neighbours round at the beginning of December for pre-Christmas drinks and nibbles. I made some festive bites which were quick and easy to do and tasted delicious. Initially I planned to...
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Baileys Chocolate Cheesecake Trifles
This is my last blogpost before the Christmas holidays. My blog will be taking a short break and normal services will resume towards the end of January. Â Baileys and Christmas are synonymous and it...
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AlphaBakes January 2016
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a nice festive break and are looking forward to seeing what 2016 brings. Thank you for all your festive entries to December's AlphaBakes "N" hosted by...
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Golden Syrup Cake
Happy New Year! I'm back from a long break and it's quite difficult to get back into the swing of things. I've not actually felt like baking which does happen from time to time. However, I wanted to...
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Courgette, Basil, Polenta and Cheese Wedges
This is a great recipe for a simple weeknight meal. It does take a little bit of prep time but it's well worth it. Â It's also vegetarian if you are looking to eat less meat of if you are a vegetarian....
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AlphaBakes "G" Round up
Welcome to January's "G" Roundup of AlphaBakes. It's hard to believe that we are at the end of January which has virtually disappeared! I'm guessing a lot of you have been busy and trying to get back...
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Chcocolate Peanut Butter Monkey Cake
Happy Chinese New Year! Today is the first day of the lunar calendar and it's the year of the Monkey. Wishing all my readers good health, prosperity and happiness. We had a little party at the weekend...
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Plum and Blueberry Yoghurt Cake
When Caroline announced that this month's AlphaBakes letter is 'Y',I immediately thought of yoghurt. I love baking with yoghurt and tend to use it in muffins and banana bread. I found this great...
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3 ingredient Nutella Brownies
I'm a little late to the game but better late than never. It was World Nutella day on Feb 5th so I baked some Nutella brownies but have not gotten round to blogging about them. This recipe has been...
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AlphaBakes March 2016
Welcome to March AlphaBakes. It's officially the start of spring and Easter is in March this year so lots to look forward to. If you haven't already seen the Yummy "Y" Roundup on Caroline's blog then...
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Ham and Cheese Pizza Pinweels
It's British Pie Week this week 7- 13 March and I've teamed up with Jus Rol Pastry who are the founders of British Pie Week to create a simple recipe. The inspiration for this idea came from wanting...
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Chocolate Easter Cake
Can you believe it's a week till Easter? I know it's early this year but it still seems to have come out of nowhere. I have great plans for Easter baking but I'm not sure if I'll get round to all of...
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AlphaBakes 'C' Roundup
Hi all, hope everyone had a good Easter. Sorry for the late roundup but it's just been a little crazy lately. Plus Easter was really early this year and we extended the deadline to accout for Easter....
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Toffee Crisp Cookies
These cookies are really simple to make yet extremely addictive and delicious. They are really crispy and crunchy and I love the melted toffee crisp inside. I made 2 batches of these as they were just...
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