Meringue Yule log

Chocolate meringue yule log recipe – easy, delicious and also naturally gluten free

Breadstick stars

Christmas breadstick stars – based on my grissini recipe and made into cute festive star shapes

Mini panettone

Gorgeous chocolate and pistachio mini panettone (panettoncini) recipe. Full of festive flavours and surprisingly easy to make.

Drying hydrangeas

It’s so easy to dry hydrangea flower heads. They’re a beautiful, long lasting addition to home decorations.

Cinnamon buns

Cinnamon buns, with glaze cherries and a syrup and marmalade glaze

Christmas cookie swap: festive caraway and cinnamon biscuit recipe

Warmly spiced Christmas biscuits, ideal for gifting and sharing. Flavoured with four spices, vanilla, orange zest and using black treacle and olive oil

Sticky crumble topped gingerbread

Searching for a gingerbread recipe can be a bit confusing – for a start gingerbread can be a rich loaf cake, a pain d’epices, or it can be a crisp biscuit for gingerbread houses or little iced biscuits (see my own recipe for Gingerbread foxes). This is neither! Inspired in part by Grassmere gingerbread (a

Wholemeal maple syrup, date and pecan sticky buns

Wholemeal maple syrup, date and pecan sticky buns

Pan d’oro – using fresh and sourdough yeast

A full, laminated rich and delicious Pan D’Oro recipe using a sourdough starter enlivened with fresh yeast. This tricky and complex recipe is timed to fit around my working life (so you don’t have to be chained to the kitchen to complete this). An ultimate tick-off-my-bucket-list bake