Recipe 84: Treacle Spice Traybake

I made this a couple of weeks ago but since I've been so busy, I hadn't had time to blog it for all of you, my lovely readers. As you are aware, I am on a bit of a 'no cake' allowed couple of weeks but since this was before I started, I can say …

Recipe 83: Special fruit scones

Scones, for me, really are the staple of the afternoon tea experience, wouldn't you agree? If done right, they're light and fluffy; when warm and served with lashings of cream and jam, it's really something you don't want to miss. We all know they're naughty, we all know that we should have one instead of two but, …

Recipe 81: Classic Sticky Gingerbread

I had been wanting to make this cake for such a long time but had never got around to it, and when I finally did, it didn't disappoint. This has been devoured by my family and definitely enjoyed! It keeps for quite a while too when in an airtight container. It has a strong taste …

Low-fat banana bread, good for new year resolutions!

Every week I plan the meals we are going to have at home and for each of us to take to work or uni etc, and since we are trying to keep true to our new year's resolutions, I had to scour the internet to find a recipe and I finally did! For this version, …

Recipe 74: Marmalade Loaf

Hello everyone!I have been baking non-stop recently, but I thought I would share this past bake as number 74! Since trying Mackay's Seville orange marmalade, I have a real taste for it - marmalade tended to be something I avoided like the plague but using it in Mary's recipes has been perfect. It is very …

Recipe 68: Marmalade Traybake

Hi everyone, sorry about my absence from the blogging world but it has been such a hectic week this week. Getting two case studies written up and handed in is no walk in the park. One more assessment to go and then it's exams exams exams! Another downside to this work lark is that I've …

Recipe 67: Cornish Fairings

Good morning everyone, I hope you're having a nice Sunday relaxing or baking! Me on the other hand - one essay finished, another one must begin today, sad and busy times. Anyway! For this blog post, I've got Mary's Cornish Fairings to share, a delicious spicy biscuit with my added drizzle of dark chocolate - …

Recipe 64: Melting Moments

Hello hello! Yes, I'm back with another Mary Berry bake today, and this time it's biscuits. My last post for biscuits were the 'special shortbread', given a Christmassy twist. This time, it's a relatively simple biscuit with few ingredients, resulting in a crisp and delicious treat. They're plain and they're not fancy, but perfect if …

It’s the season for soup!

Good morning everyone, it's me and I'm back as I had promised! For this blog post, I thought I'd do something a bit different from my usual baking - it's not all that I can do! As you have seen from my meal plans that I have finally started posting online, I enjoy making soup …

Recipe 59: Cut and come again cake

Good morning readers and bloggers out there, it's been a while since my last Mary Berry post so I thought I'd kick off my backlog of recipes with this one, her Cut and Come Again Cake. I've been a bit cheeky here and combined the recipe from the Baking Bible and from her latest book, …