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Easter Mini Egg Chocolate Tiffin Recipe

In Cakes and Desserts On March 27, 2013 2 Comments

My Mum makes Chocolate Tiffin every Christmas, and every year I promise that I will steal her recipe and make it for myself. I always forget. However when… Read More »

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Hot Cross Muffin Buns

In Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Cakes and Desserts, Muffins On March 25, 2013 1 Comment

I have made a lot of hot cross buns in my time, for example these wholewheat hot cross buns and my even healthier hot cross buns a couple… Read More »

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The Connoisseur, Extra Thick Chocolate Easter Egg

In Cakes and Desserts On March 23, 2013 0 Comments

I was lucky enough to receive a “The Connoisseur” Easter Egg from Hotel Chocolat, earlier this month to try. The box was impressive, highlighting the quality of the… Read More »

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Mother’s Day Scones

In Breakfast, Brunch, Cakes and Desserts, Scottish Food On March 11, 2013 1 Comment

My mum is in New Zealand on holiday this mother’s day, sunning herself on a beach, whilst I sit in Edinburgh in surrounded by at least an inch… Read More »

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Christmas Cake: Iced

In Cakes and Desserts, Christmas On December 31, 2012 0 Comments

In the run up to Christmas I did eventually find the time to ice my cake, but only just enough time. In the end I went for a… Read More »

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Christmas Cake: Feeding the cake

In Cakes and Desserts, Christmas On December 23, 2012 1 Comment

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. Every couple of weeks I have been feeding my Chocolate Christmas Cake with Amaretto. Of course I can’t tell… Read More »

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Chocolate and Cherry Christmas Cake

In Cakes and Desserts, Christmas On November 10, 2012 4 Comments

At the end of December I wrote a post about how I had stopped cooking and baking during the stress of planning a wedding. How I had resolved… Read More »

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Rhubarb Muffins

In Cakes and Desserts, Muffins On July 29, 2012 3 Comments

Last summer I was growing a whole host of different veggies in my garden, but in the end I never got much of anything. Unless 3 cherry tomatoes… Read More »

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Cherry Popsicles

In Cakes and Desserts On July 29, 2012 0 Comments

The weather in the UK and especially Edinburgh has been pretty terrible. Yesterday Matt and I popped out for lunch in the sunshine (with no rain forecast) by… Read More »

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Baked Apples

In Cakes and Desserts On October 31, 2011 2 Comments

About this time of year I start to really crave sweet things after dinner. Ok I crave them all year round but maybe it’s just I give in… Read More »