Autumn and beyond...
We’ve just had Harvest Festival, the school Halloween Disco is imminent and all I can think about is Christmas Cake!...
Inspiration and Recipes
A picnic is still a picnic
We have a family tradition - once a year in the summer our stepmother Edith packs a beautiful picnic for us to enjoy.
Fuss free & fabulous wedding cakes!
Once upon a time we did offer wedding cakes but Dad (whose job it was to deliver and set up said cakes at the wedding venues) was always a nervous wreck with the pressure of driving and assembling such precious cargo. With the help of Jess and Felicity we have convinced him to offer wedding cakes by post...as soon as he knew he wouldn’t be the designated delivery driver he was on board!
Spreading HOPE & JOY with our new Hamper collection
These beautiful gift hampers have been my personal project for the last few months and I’m thrilled with the final results! All of your favourite gift occasions are still covered (Birthday, New Baby etc) but going forward and encouraged by the hugely positive feedback we had at Christmas, all of our gift hampers now include a donation to our charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust.
Ingredients - Choosing the Best
We are proud to have always used free range eggs and these come from a farm just one mile away from the bakery.
Recipe : Wheat Free Rich Fruit Cake
Perfect for chilly autumn afternoons this is one of our oldest and most popular cakes, this version is wheat free, which makes it a little more crumbly when sliced than our wheat version, having said that, it tastes every bit as good. It takes some commitment - you need to start it two days before you want to bake it and let it rest for at least 24hours before eating! It will absolutely be worth it.
Baking for Glory
My sister recently sent me this brilliant photo of my nieces busy baking in the kitchen at home. Their school summer fete was coming up and alongside the competition for a jam jar full of weeds (!) was a plate of four homemade biscuits.
Shortbread recipe included!
Recipe : Hokey Pokey Biscuits
From our book : Hokey Pokey Biscuits
This recipe is one we gained from a young New Zealander who came to stay with us one summer. Like Marty, the biscuits soon became a family favourite. Marty described them as ‘world famous in New Zealand’. Quick and easy to make, this a good recipe to get children involved with.
Recipe : Lemon Polenta Cake
Perfect For Summer Gatherings - Polenta flour gives cakes a wonderful yellow colour with a pleasing grainy texture and has the added bonus of being suitable for those with an intolerance to wheat flour. Fresh lemon juice and zest act as a nice counterpoint to the dense, buttery flavour of this cake.
