Cakes and Bakes

3-ingredient gluten free cookies! 4
  I call these ‘magic cookies’. Not because they are  the best cookies I’ve ever had (they’re not), but because of my amazement that you can make biscuits without any flour or butter!   They are gluten and dairy free but more importantly they can be made using three simple and […]

Peanut cookies

Orange and Polenta cake 2
Oranges are versatile. A glass of chilled orange juice is refreshing on a hot day and no jug of Pimms is complete without a few slices.  But oranges also conjure up the smell of mulled wine on the stove, the memories of clasping a Christingle in my hands (and secretly […]

Orange and Polenta Cake (gluten-free!)

Simple but delicious recipe for Cardamon Shortbread 2
A very sophisticated biscuit    Because I have no oven and because homemade biscuits are five trillion times better than shop bought biccies, I made these in a saucepan.    This is not the most efficient way to make biscuits and there is really no reason to do it if […]

Cardamon Shortbread

Super simple no-bake treats 5
  Fridge cake is a mummy M classic. Along with flapjacks and welsh cakes, it is a staple in the cake tin and hers is usually packed with raisins and cherries, with a little splash of brandy.   The great thing about fridge cake is that you can just chuck […]

Fudging Fridge Cake

Simple no-bake flapjack recipe!
Ahh the humble flapjack. So often overlooked in favour over a double choc cookie but a brilliant companion to a good cuppa. I have always been a fan, perhaps because my mum has such a good recipe for them. These a not buttery baked flapjacks with a crunchy top. If […]

No-bake Flapjack

The BEST welsh cakes I've tasted...
    This is the only thing I remember my Nan baking or cooking but they are divine. Now also known as ‘Mum’s welsh cakes’ or ‘Aunty Carole’s welsh cakes’, they are a firm family favourite all year round.   Because welsh cakes are cooked on the hob rather than […]

Nanny’s welsh cakes

Shortbread2
  This was inspired the a surprisingly good rosemary shortbread. I’m not a huge biscuit fan but I do love shortbread so I decided to make a few variations. The flavours I went with were rosemary, earl grey and ‘nut and seed’ although I think lavender would also work very well. […]

Shortbread

Salted Caramel Cupcakes - to die for!
  If you’re looking for a crowd pleaser, look no further. This is one of the very few things that Matt has ever baked and if he can do it, so can you!  

Salted Caramel Cupcakes