This is it, I’ve peaked. I’m making arrangements to retire in the south of France as many men of my now intimidating stature do. I will regale the locals with…
My wonderful wife gifted me a great book in the form of The Artful Baker. It is truely beautiful, and although, by sheer bad luck I was unimpressed with the…
This is the third time I’ve made these beauties and it’s the best, not least because they are moulded. So they may not look as good as the piped but…
The best chocolate cake I have personally tasted
Ok every single baking blog says they have the best chocolate cake recipe. Of course it doesn’t really matter which one is the best, it matters that it’s worth the…
Italian Meringue goes into so many recipes I make. Walnut Whips, Teacakes and Lemon Meringue Cake are the things I make the most. First few times it worked out perfectly…
As a recovering and mostly still suffering overweight person, calories are always on my mind. Cakes etc have got to be worth the calories. I must be one of the…
Is there a more delightful flavour than Lemon! Well I think not, so it was always going to be the front runner for the flavour of my wedding cake. This…
Here we have a plain Victoria Sponge (even though a Victoria sponge is actually a pound cake). I made it simply as practice for an upcoming order. It cost about…
Normal flapjack tastes great but it just doesn’t look the part. This is possibly the most well received bake I do. I started making it after seeing something similar…