The first time I ever had a moist orange and poppy seed cake with cream cheese frosting was in Australia in the 1990s. I was temping in an office in Sydney at the time, and someone brought in this vast, round creation slathered in pale …
One of my go-to desserts when I eat out, chocolate brownies are irresistible when you crave something sweet and cocoa-rich. Perfect chocolate brownie recipes result in freshly baked brownies that are slightly crisp on the top. While the soft, gooey centre provides an instant flavour …
As I wrote this baked Baileys cheesecake recipe, it was twelfth day of Christmas and I was going to a girls’ night (yay). I’d promised to take a pudding, and thought that this cheesecake – with just a nod, a final farewell, to Christmas, in the …
I remembered having a fragrant, elegant almond and orange cake at a local cafe some time ago, when I’d been planning to make an orange and poppy seed cake. I’d wondered, however, if my youngster would like the seeds, being quite fussy about her food. I had some …
This is my take on the Royal Wedding lemon and elderflower drizzle cake. We were going to an all-day party to celebrate Harry and Meghan’s nuptials, and I offered to take a cake. Due to the timing, of course I had to try to replicate theirs …
Hands up if you remember those slabs of cake that you used to eat at school dinner time? Swimming in a shallow bowl of custard? The idea of this old school cake recipe is to replicate those squares of sponge cake that we used to …
An absolute classic from my childhood, these pretty butterfly cakes adorned the buffet table at every child’s birthday party in the 1970s and 80s. Before anyone had heard of cupcakes. You can miss out the jam-and-sprinkles stage in this butterfly fairy cakes recipe and simply …
Making a cherry cake recipe – or any other kind of baking – is always a good way to keep Missy occupied. For all of about five minutes. Then she’s off doing something else, leaving me to grease the cake tins, add the mixture, put …
This basic biscuit recipe for kids is the indirect result of coronavirus, as schools being closed meant we had to keep Missy busy day in, day out. She’d seen someone baking biscuits on TV, and wanted to try it herself. I operated the food processor …
