I love bread. I do like eating gluten free at times but I could never go completely gluten free as I love bread (and cakes!) so much. I make and experiment with a lot of gluten free recipes for my sister which are great as she is intolerant to gluten and it also makes her … More Mediterranean Flat Bread
Figs are one of my favourite fruits, dried or fresh they are delicious. This cake uses dried figs as I was looking through our pantry and discovered a sad looking bag of dried figs that had been forgotten about. I also realised that I hadn’t made a cake since my niece’s birthday two weeks ago … More Pear, Fig and Almond Cake
This is now one of my all time favourite recipes. The addition of coconut into the enriched dough forms a wonderfully soft sweet dough. It is how I will make all enriched doughs from now on. The dough however is very wet to begin with, I would definitely recommend making this in a freestanding mixer … More Coconut Bread with Chocolate and Cardamom
After seven weeks my belongings will finally arrive from Norway, it will be incredibly sad seeing all of my belongings which were part of a home now in boxes being stored until I can move into my own place. I created this recipe to share with my family. Sharing wonderful food is something I enjoy … More Apple, Raspberry and Ginger Pie
It is with a broken heart I return to Scotland. My six and a half year relationship is over. I am not going to write details on here as I do not think that is fair on either myself or Jamie. What I will say is that I am deeply saddened and heartbroken. I am … More Cheese and Pickle Bread
I thought I would start off 2015 with a celebratory cake. This was the first birthday cake I made for my fiancée, for the first time in 6 years we were able to spend his birthday together so when I asked him what cake he would like and he replied pistachio and chocolate I had … More Pistachio and Dark Chocolate Cake
Pastry is one of my all of time favourite things. Whether it be made into something sweet, like a Bakewell tart, or a savoury pasty. One thing that I always think is hard to come across are good vegetarian pies. In Edinburgh and Orkney on a lazy night when I didn’t feel like cooking from … More Creamy Tarragon, Leek and Sweetcorn Pie
This is an all time favourite cake of my fiancée and mine. It is perfect for autumn and winter with all of the delicious pears around. It is a very earthy cake and isn’t overly sweet like a lot of cakes can be. It will lift your spirits on a cold, wet, drizzly day, especially … More Pear, Hazelnut and Dark Chocolate Cake
Everybody has a favourite recipe to make pumpkin pie and this is mine. I use double cream rather than condensed milk in order to get a creamier texture, it is a little like a cheesecake texture rather than a gelatinous texture. I brought four tins of Libby’s pumpkin puree with me to Norway and I … More Pumpkin Pie
These are beautifully light biscuits. They take flavour on really well, I tend to either do orange blossom or vanilla but lemon, lavender, cinnamon would be great too. I make these with my three year old nephew whenever I see him so they are really simple to make and great to make with children. They … More Orange Blossom Biscuits
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