Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

Been away for a year, how did that happen? I've been baking and making but not blogging and I want to get back into it, so here is a gre...

It is Children in Need time, and today at school we held a cake sale to raise some money. I was determined to theme my baking, and what bett...

I made my most delicious concoction to date yesterday. It was the combination of a few different ideas that came together beautifully for th...

I have been merrily baking what I know my children will eat, and a lot of the time paying little attention to the nutritional qualities of t...

After trying out the "graham cracker and chocolate chip muffin" recipe recently, I decided I would try to adapt my basic cupcake ...

I came across a recipe the other day for Graham cracker chocolate chip muffins  and they looked and sounded delicious. I couldn't get ho...

I saw a recipe the other day ( via Ree Drummond ) for graham cracker chocolate chip muffins , and was intrigued. They looked absolutely deli...

My mum always used to buy us fig rolls when we were little, or that's how it seems to me now. I loved them, even though I didn't lik...

I have been making apple, oat and cinnamon cookies for a while, and although they are delicious, I thought I might try a new twist on them t...

Yesterday, I thought I'd make something quick to tide us over until the big cake making session on Monday. We will have our village tea ...

I love peanut butter. The best use for peanut butter (crunchy, not the smooth stuff) is in a fluffernutter . Made with 2 slices of white toa...

We make gingerbread biscuits a lot. The girls like big ones that they can take for packed lunches, but we also make lots of little ones fo...