Gingerbread Loaves
It’s no secret that I adore gingerbread. While I’m very partial to crisp gingersnaps, my real favourite is the spicy, sticky, thick sort my Nana used to make. Usually, I employ a traditional 7″ square tin with a loose bottom, but this novelty pan...
Chocolate Chocolate Cake
Some occasions demand the chocolatiest of chocolate. Like birthdays, special celebrations, and those days where nothing else will do but melt into a deliciously tender and moist slice of chocolate cake: no elaborate decoration, just swirls of silky Chocolate French...
Better-Than-Crack-Brownie Cake
Another joint birthday has come and gone. My youngest daughter, Lauren, and I both have birthdays in February, only two days apart; we have been sharing a cake ever since she was a tot. Back in the day, before Lauren became a professional chef trained by Marc Thuet,...
Classic Sticky Gingerbread
Moist and spicy, this toothsome concoction is a wintertime delight. Enjoy it sitting by the fire with a hot cup of tea as we peruse the nature notes from the month of January by Edith Holden, better known as the Edwardian Lady of Country Diary fame. Print...
A Dreamy Wedgwood-Style Fruitcake
A few years ago, visiting the Chatsworth Farm Shop during the Christmas Market reignited my love affair with moist, luscious, brandy-soaked fruitcake. The genuine article, not the sawdust brick masquerading as such, which is distressingly common. I could only...Follow Us
