Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

A few weeks back, everyone was talking about creme eggs, and how the chocolate wasn't as good any more. In the past there has been much ...

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...

A fair few months ago I went to a friend's baby shower and her sister-in-law had made a selection of delicious cakes. My favourite were ...

Today, I had promised Charlotte that I would make chocolate cupcakes with her. A friend of mine made some lovely chocolate cupcakes for the ...

By a convoluted route, I ended up on the website of Heavenly Treats and Treasures  looking at their Chocovado pudding recipe. I make a pudd...

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

Two children want to make cakes and inevitably both want to do everything themselves. I am fed up with saying who gets to crack the eggs or ...

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 made the cake for my friend's son yesterday. I finished off the icing today before taking it to the party. I had a flash of inspiratio...

Cut up and ready for the cake sale. I am on a baking mission this week. I made two  banana cakes yesterday and sent one in to nursery ...

It was the monthly cake sale at school today. I decided to go all out and make a Union flag cake and some chocolate crunchie cakes. Union ...

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...

It's my Mother-in-law's birthday this week, and I have made a cake to take with us when we go to see her. The general consensus in t...

I love those big, chewy chocolate chip cookies, but  I can hardly stuff my face with something while my dairy-allergic 5 year old looks on w...