It’s been a while, eh? Turns out I massively underestimated how hectic life would get in the run-up to Christmas and so my plans to post a load of Christmas themed recipes kinda went out the window. Oops! Have you all had a lovely Christmas? Mine was filled with cheeseboards, Baileys, family and old friends so basically, it was perfect. Whilst Christmas may have passed, Read Post
Chocolate Orange Parfait + Hazelnut Crumb
Is there a better combination than chocolate and orange? No, no there is not. (I’ll probably make this claim about several food pairings over the course of this blog, but we’ll just skim over that…). This chocolate orange parfait is rich and creamy and melt-in-your-mouth good! Add to that a crunchy hazelnut crumb and you’ve got a well rounded, but simple, dessert. The chocolate orange Read Post
Brown Butter Pumpkin Loaf + Maple Frosting
Oh look, another recipe with cinnamon! I hope you guys like it as much as I do because this certainly won’t be the last one for a while… This brown butter pumpkin loaf is a proper, hearty sponge topped with rich, decadent maple frosting. Yum! If you’ve never tried anything made with brown butter, you’re missing out. It lends a wonderfully rich, nutty flavour to any Read Post
Nutella Pecan Pie Bars
If the Amaretto Pumpkin Pie Bars didn’t tip you off, this should tell you that I’ve got a bit of a thing for American seasonal desserts at the moment. This recipe is one of the first desserts I ever cooked from scratch, 3 years ago in my student kitchen which, inexplicably, was bigger than my current one is! For some insane reason I haven’t actually made it Read Post
Homemade Brioche Burger Buns
Who’s ready to have their kitchen filled with the sweet scent of homemade brioche burger buns?? My first foray into baking with yeast was sort of thrust upon me after agreeing to bake something along with the Great British Bake Off them each week. I made cinnamon rolls, which turned out to be both easy and delicious. I know that a lot of people (myself Read Post
Amaretto Pumpkin Pie Bars
Pumpkin pie is definitely more of an American tradition than a British one, but after making it last year and receiving hearty nods of approval from my then-flatmates, it seemed only right to give it another go. The warming spices make these amaretto pumpkin pie bars the perfect dessert for chilly winter nights. I’ve made a few changes to my original recipe this time round. Firstly, I’ve Read Post
Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the beauty that is peanut butter frosting? Buttercream frosting is already one of the most wonderful creations to grace this earth but when you add PB it becomes all kinds of delicious. SERIOUSLY. Now that I’m done gushing over peanut butter (LOL jokes, I’m never done gushing over this stuff), let’s talk cake. I know I’ve started saying Read Post
Hazelnut Chocolate Mille Feuille
This morning I finished the last of my exams (for a few months at least) so I’ve basically spent the afternoon scoffing these to commiserate myself for how badly they went celebrate them being over! Mille feuille are always my pick from a patisserie, despite them being notoriously unattractive to eat so this week’s GBBO theme didn’t have me scratching my head too much. This recipe Read Post
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
I’m not going to lie, as a baking novice I just about had a panic attack when I saw that this week’s GBBO theme was ‘advanced dough’! Once I pulled myself together though, I realised that this was the perfect opportunity to try out something I’ve been meaning to make for far too long. I’m not really sure what constitutes advanced dough for Paul and Read Post
Pecan Pinwheels with Cinnamon Glaze
This week I took on the feat of making danish pastry from scratch and, well, it didn’t go so great. Had I realised beforehand just how time consuming and complicated this particular type of pastry is I probably would have saved it for another time, but once I’d got my mind set on these pecan pinwheels there was no going back! Now don’t get me Read Post