baking

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White chocolate raspberry cookies

I have a certain feeling for snow. When you wake up to this; you can’t help but feel like it’s Christmas. On Saturday afternoon the snow started dancing in the lights of Leicester Square. We chuckled at the sight of everyone panic buying- and then ducked into Tesco and made sure we had enough food […]

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Coffee ricotta cake

This is a cake I made for May. We’re currently eating a piece at my dining room table, a pot of coffee between us. We’re eating  from a shared plate. We have a habit of  portioning out a bite each, carving down the final morsel to a stupid size; neither of us willing to take […]

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Fig, pear, oat and ginger loaf

I’ve been having a little déjà vu. I blame Ryan Gosling. More specifically, ‘feminist Ryan Gosling’. It’s a blog that’s been brightening my mornings for a few weeks now.  It tickles my funnies in a way that might be lost on some. I wasn’t sure if my entire undergraduate experience could be encapsulated in an […]

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Amaretti, fig and chocolate cheesecake

I’m not the kind of lass who watches a lot of sports. And I lucked into marrying a man who’s more likely to update his spreadsheet of where to get a decent espresso, than  mark a motorcross event into our shared diary.  But the Rugby World Cup is a little bit different. When it rolls […]

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Dorset apple cake

This is a lovely cake for a picnic. It’s so lovely it’s even made a picnic fan out of me. Yes, that’s right- you heard. I have a reputation as a picnic hater. This is a big thing. Admitting you dislike picnics is like saying you kick puppies. It’s just a bit wrong. Picnics are […]