I’m really enjoying The Great British Bake Off this year.  The ‘Spice’ episode from a couple of weeks ago was right up my street and left me desperate to make a Gingerbread cake!  I turned to one of my favourite bloggers (Jane’s Patisserie) for inspiration!  Here I’ve followed Jane’s recipe (Christmas Gingerbread Cake) for the
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This year I was determined to use my garden apple windfall!  And of course the first thing that sprang to mind was….. Apple Gin!  (Yes, I know, most people would probably have gone for apple pie!)  I have tweaked the recipe for ‘Spiced Apple Gin’ from infusapalooza.co.uk to create a Winter Warmer Apple Gin.  Lots
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October is a time for pumpkins and therefore pumpkin cupcakes! This recipe uses tinned pumpkin puree (available in supermarkets) and pumpkin pie spice, which can be bought ready mixed online, or you can mix your own.  For 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice, mix 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp allspice and 1/4
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This is a recipe that I’ve been making for years.  It’s easy, and you’ve more than likely got all of the ingredients to hand.  It’s ideal to make if you have a sorry, past their best, pair of bananas looking at you from the fruit bowl! Ingredients: 225g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2
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With the Summer well and truly behind us, my Spanish holidays are but a distant memory!  Thank goodness for this recipe!  The flavours transport me back to Spain, yet it also has a lovely ‘Winter Warmer’ quality to it.  Perfect to banish the Winter blues. This recipe is adapted from ‘The Hairy Dieters’ by Dave
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Another apple recipe!  This is a cupcake that I always make in the Autumn.  It’s ideal for Halloween or Bonfire Night, and with the weather taking a rather Autumnal turn this week (and the fact that I am still working my way through the garden apples!) I thought I would make them!  The sponge recipe
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I know!  I’ve mentioned the C word and it’s only September!  But this a recipe that needs to be prepared in advance!  I am determined to use my glut of garden apples this year, so brace yourselves for a few apple recipes….. This is a recipe for a spiced apple chutney that has a sweet
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The Affogato is an Italian coffee based dessert, with the standard recipe being a scoop of cold vanilla gelato topped  with a shot of hot, dark roast espresso.  ‘Affogato’ is Italian for “drowned”, with is apt as you are drowning your ice cream with coffee!  This is an effortless recipe, which is simple yet fulfilling!
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If like me you love your coffee, but are finding it too warm to drink your coffee hot, I may have found some solutions for you!  Surprisingly there are a number of ways to enjoy you coffee cold.  There are two broad categories, the first being ‘iced coffees’ where the coffee is brewed with hot
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I do love a theme!  And as the tennis reaches its climax, I’ve decided to make some Wimbledon inspired cupcakes, the inspiration being….. Pimms! Ingredients for 12 cupcakes: 165g caster sugar 165g self raising flour 165g soft margarine 3 medium eggs 1.5 tsp baking powder zest of half a lemon & half an orange Ingredients
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