Banana and walnut loaf cake

I hadn’t realised how long it had been since I’ve posted on here! I’ve had a very busy few months – finishing placement, final exams, finishing uni, becoming a dietitian, 2 operations, going on holiday, getting a job! So, as you can imagine, with no time for baking I’d been getting withdrawal symptoms. I really …

Berry Bundt cake

This is the perfect summer bake – a mixture of sweet sponge, tangy lemon and fruity berry flavours – and is really easy to make! Firstly, make a standard sponge, mixing 3 eggs, 150g self-raising flour, 150g caster sugar, 150g butter and a drop of vanilla extract. Then I added a few handfuls of frozen …

Easter eggstravaganza cake

This week was my turn for cake Friday again in the office, although it was cake Thursday due to the Good Friday bank holiday. As it was Easter weekend I just had to do an Easter themed bake. After researching thoroughly on Pinterest (where else to get amazing cake inspo), I came up with a design. …

St. Patrick’s Day cake

Every Friday in the office is cake Friday, where different member of the team take it in turn to bring in cake. Makes Fridays so much more exciting! When I found out my week was also St Patricks day I was so excited with all the possibilities and of course started to research straight away. …

Fetatouille

Fetatouille! I made this name up as I was cooking the ratatouille and was quite proud of the portmanteau I had created! (Have to confess I only found out what portmanteau meant to put it in here to describe the word I had created!) I’ve only ever had ratatouille once before in a restaurant in Paris …

Chocolate orange cake

Me and my baking partner in crime Holly recieved The Great British Bake Off Big Book of Baking from one of our friends for Christmas and of course had to try it out. This cake is a mix between the chocolate orange tart on page 224 and the chocolate fudge sandwich cake on page 166. …

Garlic and parmesan ciabbatta bread

This was a twist on garlic bread and ciabatta. I based my ciabatta on one of Paul Hollywood's recipes (The king of bread). This can also be used to make the ciabatta for my bruschetta post, plain or with the garlic and parmesan! Firstly I mixed 500g strong white bread flour, 10g salt, 10g yeast in …

Cranberry, orange and raisin flapjacks

This is a mash up version of normal flapjacks. A lot of people don't like raisins in cakes/biscuits/bakes for some strange reason but I love them. Flapjacks are really easy and quick to make so are perfect for a sweet craving. To make the flapjacks I mixed 250g oats, 125g soft butter, 125g caster sugar, …

Jack of spades cake

This was a cake me and my housemate made for our friend Jack's birthday. We did themed birthday cakes for our group of friends, and as his name was Jack and he like card tricks/magic/card games it seemed like an obvious choice to make him a cake decorated to look like a playing card. The actual …

Millionaire shortbread

Millionaire caramel shortbread is one of my favourite treat tray bakes and it is surprisingly easy to make. It takes a few hours but only because each layer needs to cool before the next one is added so they don't merge. I made this one with my friend Catherine - https://catherinefranceslaws.wordpress.com/ Firstly you need to make …