Blueberry muffins

What to do with a punnet of blueberries that otherwise might not get eaten? Make old school blueberry muffins in time for breakfast. These are so quick to make that this morning, having been woken up early by a very loud dawn chorus (ie a loud crow sitting on the window ledge) I knocked these

Cherry Lamingtons

Umm, these little Australian cakes are delicious, but wow are they messy to make. If you’ve got little children I can imagine they’d have tons of fun with these – no wonder Lamington drives and bake offs are very popular in Australia and New Zealand. I’ve made these twice before (a traditional recipe and a

Orange and chocolate friands

These are based on the Orange-chocolate cake recipe in the ‘La Mere De La Famille’ recipe book by Julien Merceron. The original recipe is for two large-ish loaf tin cakes. I have tweaked the recipe a little so that it can be baked perfectly as smaller individual cakes. There are two absolutely essential changes: the

Shark infested coconut cupcakes

Well, apparently it’s just been national cupcake week (or should that be fairy cake week as it’s the UK?) Not sure if this has been going on for some time, but I only spotted it in my local supermarché when I realised they were trying to flog more cupcake cases and fondant icing than normal.

Chocolate, nut and lime Financiers

Financiers are one of those types of cakes that really could be made in any small tins and be just as yummy, however like madeleines they simply aren’t quite the same if they’re not done to the correct shape. Their ‘correct’ shape is to resemble a gold ingot. They’re often glazed too, to make them