A Dash of Ginger

UK Food Blog

Creme Egg Cookie Cups

I don’t even know how to begin this post, I’m so excited. Creme eggs! Cookies! Frosting! I’d been dying to bake something, anything, with creme eggs this Easter but my imagination wasn’t stretching much further than brownies. And, delicious as they’d undoubtedly be, I’m not sure the internet really needs another creme egg brownie recipe. Creme egg cookie cups, on the other hand – the internet Read Post

Homemade Hot Cross Buns

The last (and first) time I made any kind of bun was when I made these brioche burger buns. Appearance wise, they turned out pretty well – nice and round and fairly uniform. Unfortunately it seems that this success has gone to my head. I had visions of turning out perfect little homemade hot cross buns that would make bakers the world over green with Read Post

Mini Gingerbread Loaves

How cute are these mini gingerbread loaves? Almost too cute to eat. Almost. It’s basically  a scientific fact* that anything in miniature looks and tastes about 5x better than full sized versions. Mainly because it’s totally justifiable to eat 5 in one go. They’re only little, after all… I made these mini gingerbread loaves for a charity bake sale at work a couple of weeks Read Post

Pancake Day: Homemade Crepes

This time of year is one of my favourites, food-wise. It’ll soon be Easter which means mini eggs, hot cross buns and malteaster bunnies. But first, Pancake Day! I’ve only just learned how to make homemade crepes. As luck would have it, they’re really easy and quick to whip up! The key to getting super thin crepes is swirling the batter around your pan as soon as Read Post

Strawberry Sugar Cookies

In case the numerous heart shaped boxes of chocolates and overpriced cards floating around hasn’t tipped you off, it’s Valentine’s Day this Saturday. Naturally, I couldn’t miss an opportunity to do some themed baking. I might not be into big soppy cards, but freshly baked strawberry sugar cookies are definitely something I can get behind! One of my very first (and favourite!) recipes was for ginger nut biscuits. Read Post

Roasted Cauliflower Salad

This salad right here has been an absolute revelation to me. I’m a big cauliflower fan (gimme aaaall the cauliflower cheese) but I’ve never tried cooking it like this before. If you haven’t either, give this roasted cauliflower salad a go! There are two key steps to making this warm salad super satisfying. Firstly, blitzing the cauliflower + broccoli into tiny little bits gives it a Read Post

Nutella Frosted Coffee Cake

Uuh guys, can we just take a minute to appreciate the beauty of nutella frosting!? I can’t believe it’s taken me until now to make it, but this nutella frosted coffee cake is honestly incredible. Saturday was Ricky’s birthday so obviously I couldn’t let that pass without baking a ridiculously indulgent cake. His only request was that said cake involved nutella. Yep, that’s a request Read Post

Roast Parsnip Parmesan Soup

This past weekend has been cold, windy and wet so a big bowl of this roast parsnip parmesan soup was the perfect way to warm up! Honey roast parsnips are one of my favourite foods ever but since I pretty much ate my weight in them over Christmas I thought I’d share a slightly different version of them. The parmesan in this recipe was a bit of Read Post

Cinnamon Maple Pecan Granola

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