Come rain or shine

November 18, 2019Alice Wragg

Weather. It’s a topic we never tire of discussing in Britain and boy have we had some weather these past few weeks! Despite the torrential rain here in the Cotswolds the whole team made it through the flooded villages to keep baking, icing and packing our beautiful Christmas cakes and shortbreads!...

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Autumn and beyond...

October 23, 2019Alice Wragg

We’ve just had Harvest Festival, the school Halloween Disco is imminent and all I can think about is Christmas Cake!...

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A picnic is still a picnic

June 27, 2019Alice Wragg

We have a family tradition - once a year in the summer our stepmother Edith packs a beautiful picnic for us to enjoy.

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Fuss free & fabulous wedding cakes!

June 07, 2019Alice Wragg

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!

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Spreading HOPE & JOY with our new Hamper collection

May 30, 2019Jessica White

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.

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Ingredients - Choosing the Best

March 27, 2019Alice Wragg

We are proud to have always used free range eggs and these come from a farm just one mile away from the bakery.

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Recipe : Wheat Free Rich Fruit Cake

September 06, 2018Jessica White

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.

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Baking for Glory

July 13, 2018Jessica White

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! 

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Recipe : Hokey Pokey Biscuits

June 26, 2018Jessica White1 comment

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.

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Recipe : Lemon Polenta Cake

June 22, 2018Jessica White

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.

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