In our house gingerbread is a treat all year round. There’s something about the smell and taste which I find very comforting. I’m always happy to mix up some dough and spend a happy afternoon cutting out shapes, I think gingerbread makes the best after school treat! Ages ago I discovered Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima…
Next week Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 90th birthday (April 21st 2016). She will be in Windsor on her birthday and in the evening she will light the principal beacon which will set in train a series of over 900 beacons across the country and worldwide. More events will be taking place in May including The…
My 6 year old has been working his way through the Roald Dahl books and the latest is The BFG. As soon as we started reading it he asked what crafts we could make, so we looked through our copy of Roald Dahl’s Completely Revolting Recipes and found a recipe for The BFG’s Grobswitchy Cake….
Sometimes my children ask to make things which I never think about . This shouldn’t surprise me as they love to craft and bake and it’s always fun to try something new. The other day my daughter asked to make bread which scared me a little as I normally stick to cakes and biscuits. She…
The children enjoy Easter almost as much as Christmas and we love to make Easter cards and decorations, bake Easter treats and go on an Easter egg hunt. This year Matalan kindly sent us a big basket full of their Easter range to show you. Over the last few days we have been busy trying…
I had never made Rocky Road until recently. My obsession with Tunnock’s products is continuing and, after the success of my last few baking experiments, I decided to add a couple of Tunnocks Caramel Wafer bars to Rocky Road and see what happened. I found a Nigella Lawson recipe for Rocky Road and followed that,…
Did you know that this year we are celebrating 150 Years of Beatrix Potter? She is most famous for the Peter Rabbit stories which she wrote and illustrated, but was also a successful businesswoman, botanist, conservationist and farmer. Later this month we will be taking part in a blog tour to help celebrate 150 years…
Did you have a favourite tv programme when you were a child? I loved the Clangers and Rentaghost and I’m glad the Clangers are still around for my children to enjoy. My 5 year old loves Tiny, Small and Major and somehow an episode of the Clangers has made it into his bedtime routine. Make…
A couple of weeks ago I tried baking with my favourite tea time snacks – Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers. The results were pretty special, definitely enough to warrant another baking session with another Tunnock’s products, Tunnock’s Tea Cakes. My Tunnocks’ habit began whilst I was at University and I still have a bit of a soft…