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
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
Banana Cinnamon Breakfast Smoothie
Yep, it’s that time of year where I put cinnamon in absolutely EVERYTHING. It’s amazing how one ingredient can change this from being a fresh summery smoothie to an autumn breakfast perfect for chilly mornings. Smoothies are fast becoming my go-to breakfast. If you’ve got a blender they’re so simple to whip together and the frozen banana almost makes it taste like a milkshake which frankly is 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
Cocoa Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Today I’m sharing a bit of a healthier snack for you. These little energy bites are packed full of good stuff and are great for satisfying a sweet tooth without putting you into a sugar coma (something that’s becoming a little too regular an occurence lately!). The dates make these beautifully fudgy and sweet, exactly how I like my healthy snacks 😉 I’ve kept it quite light 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
Sacher Torte
I have to be honest, when I saw that this week’s theme was ‘European Cakes’ I did have a bit of a mind blank. I mean, I’ve eaten plenty of cake whilst in European countries, but I couldn’t think of anything that was actually of distinct European origin. So, I took to Google, where this Austrian delight caught my eye above all the other European Read Post