Tag: baking

Surrender

I’d planned a ‘Bits & Pieces’ post for today, but honestly, it’s been a doozy of a week, there have been lots of grumpy moods around here, lots of arguements...

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Easy, no-rise bread dough

Happy Monday friends! I had a lovely weekend, unplugged – avoiding the noise and business of this online world – it was bliss :) Back to work mode today, and...

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Raspberry & Almond Cake

Happy Monday! It was a wet, overcast autumn day here yesterday, the kiddos and I spent the morning snuggled on the sofa, watching some cartoons and eating pancakes. Sundays often...

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Cherry Almond Cake

Oh what a perfect weekend it was! Sunshine., friends, bbq’s, music, paddling pools, chilling – everything you could want! Life seems so much more laid back when the sun is...

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Lime Cheesecake bites

Weekends are for cakes, right? We have a little more time, and often have friends round, so for us, the weekend is the time to bake and have fun! This...

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Organic Muffins

The recipe for this weekends cakes came from EcoMarket.com‘s blog. They have some great DIY ideas on there. Miss Lola whipped up a batch for our picnic dinner by the...

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Today We….

Made cheese scones and ate them in the sunshine! Perfect comfort food when you’re full of cold like I am! What did you do today?

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Chocolate Brownies

Kiddos favourites – chocolate brownies! Miss Lola made these and they lasted, um, about five minutes!! SO good! Warm with ice-cream or cold with a cup of tea – perfect!...

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Cinnamon Swirl Cake

Another long bank holiday weekend here. we made the most of a couple days beautiful sunshine. Playdates, BBQ’s, gardening, park trips, art clubs, movie night, discos and a long afternoon...

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Carrot Cake

Weekends in our house are about relaxing, gardening, family time, but mostly cake… I’ve posted a recipe for carrot cake before, but I got handed this one by a friend,...

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Honey Cake

Weekends are always good for baking a cake, especially when you have a mountain of eggs thanks to the chickens in your backyard! The kiddos made some chocolate muffins and...

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Homemade digestive biscuits

the good ol’ digestive… plain, un-fancy maybe… but they taste so good! i’ve tried to make them once before, but they didn’t come out great… this time? oh boy were...

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Cherry buttermilk cake

cherry cake is one of my guilty pleasures. since the kiddos don’t really like it, i tend not to make it often {if i do, i end up eating the...

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Cherry & Coconut muffins

ingredients {makes 12} 300g self raising flour 50g butter 150g glace cherries 100g desiccated coconut 1 tbsp caster sugar 1/4 tsp salt 2 eggs, beaten 225ml milk * preheat the...

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