Recipe 27: Chocolate Chip American Muffins

Hello everyone, I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted on my blog, but do please forgive me! The past 3 weeks have been incredibly testing due to exams, but I can now say that after learning 2 essays (4000 words) for one exam, and trying to learn about 8 different …

Recipe 22: Banana loaf/cake

Hello everyone, long time no speak! I hope you've missed me! I apologise for the lack of blogging (if anyone's noticed) but it's coming to that time in the university semester where everything is due...I'm writing this with tired eyes. However, since all work is nearly complete, I thought I'd take this opportunity to catch …

What a beauty: My first marble cake

For those of you who follow me, and those who don't, I welcome you to this blog - which is all about cooking/baking and trying new things. Until around May last year, I really couldn't bake at all, or if I could, I'd give it a go then give up because it didn't go quite …

Recipe 14: Meringue Nests

Bonjour bloggers! I made these meringue nests for pudding on Mother's Day here in the UK on Sunday. My mum is quite fussy about pudding; either: She's too full from her dinner She can't eat chocolate because of being a sufferer of migraines Same applies to nuts or coffee So I had a flick through the …

Mmm…melty chocolate (heaven) fondants

Now I don't know about you, but there is literally nothing better than a melty, gooey, yet crispy chocolate pudding. This is a foolproof recipe and I have now made it 4 times since last week since everyone has loved it so much. This really does work if you do it to the letter and …

Zing Zing, Lemon Meringue Pie!

Until I made this a couple of weeks ago, I'd never ever attempted to make this monster of a pudding. I used Mary Berry's recipe (unrelated to my book challenge) and just found it worked perfectly - as one would expect from such an esteemed lady!  Although it can seem that it isn't going to work, I …