With Burn's night tonight and two Scottish themed desserts already ticked off (Gingersnps and Dundee Cake), t

One week until Burns' Night and this rich fruit cake filled a gap in my baking theme. It's full of dried fruit

Burns' Night is fast approaching (25th January) and dessert themes are centered around whiskey and ginger - th

I'll be damned if I can wait for another month to start Valentine's baking. The Black Forest cupcakes are a st

Like German Chocolate Cake, these have nothing to do with Germany. They're a chocolate cookie with a caramel f

I never pass up the chance to use my mini loaf pans. Any kind of traybake which is remotely seasonal (cranberr

A coffee flavoured chocolate frosting which sets due to the high proportion of icing sugar. Before you spread

Soft, gooey chocolate chip muffins stuffed with creme Patissiere and banoffee sprinkles. I picked up the sprin

These are another Christmas staple that have to be eaten around Christmas. They're delicious though and homema

A chewy cookie with pieces of white chocolate and cranberries scattered throughout. You can swap the cranberri

You can leave the tequila out for a kid-safe version of these - they're crispy and taste strongly of lemon. Ma

PB&J goes well with anything - on a sandwich, in a cookie, or in this case as a brownie. Using a different

Lemon tarts are easy to make and there's always leftover lemon curd for toast. This makes enough for a 7" pie

It's rice flour that makes this 'Aztec'. Guatemalan versions are sometimes thickened with corn, the rice flour

With Easter approaching and a hatred of Simnel cake, I wanted to try something unusual. The rum in this goes w

A layer cake sandwiched together with Creme Patissiere and coated in chocolate ganache. The ingredients here

Almond shortbread base with caramel, sliced almonds and chocolate. 10"x8" of 0.5cm thick shortbread (I split o

A crunchy biscuit with nuts and chocolate. The type of nuts and chocolate can be swapped to match taste. Choco

Red velvet chocolate cake, filled with cream cheese frosting, coated in ganache, then sprinkled and topped wit

A crunchy caramel tart filled with juicy cranberries and swimming in caramel. Served with Creme anglaise. The

Bananas are one of the few fruits you can't just throw in a pan with some sugar and turn into jam. This is a g

The texture of this is similar to focaccia bread in that it's fairly dense, but is well complimented when sand

Boston Cream Pie is  usually a vanilla sponge cake with custard in the middle and chocolate ganache on top. T

A chocolate cake, covered in marshmallows, chocolate ganache and toasted nuts. This isn't overly rich or sickl

After a traumatic last batch of rock cakes I was reluctant to try again. The last batch didn't rise, probably

Two baking related XMas gifts I couldn't wait to try were a new mixer and a a tub of chocolate popping candy.

This was a great alternative to Christmas Pudding, which no one seems to eat. A light cheesecake on top of a g

One of the easiest desserts to make and full of the lemony goodness from the homemade lemon curd. The almond s

In keeping with the Christmas spirit, I made some yule logs. I have a reasonable tolerance for chocolate, but

Lebkuchen are an awesome Christmas cookie. There are different types, but these are the type without eggs. The

With Advent starting tomorrow, I wanted to do something Christmas themed: Peppermint buttercream filled chocol

These muffins are very chocolatey without being too sweet. You can also use any combination of standard drinki