Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

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 ...

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 bought a large number of limes for my husband's birthday party, hoping for good weather and cocktail making. Unfortunately, the weathe...

We like ginger in our house. It is possible that we like ginger more than anything else when it comes to both sweet and savoury foods, so it...

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 ...

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...

I made a resolution at New Year to cook something new every week. Each new food would be something that I had not tried before, to increase ...