Granny’s Banana Loaf Cake

This week I have finally got my baking mojo back!  Banana cake has got to be one of my favourites and it’s one of the cakes I remember from my childhood.  Sorry Mary Berry but your banana cake just doesn’t cut it in my home!  My recipe is one that…

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Gin cocktails for Christmas

If you have read my blog before you will know I’m a big fan of gin.  I can’t get enough, so obviously when Christmas comes around and there’s a lot of self indulgence, gin is high on my list of treats.  I love a cocktail, as I’m sure most people…

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My Love of Baking

Some of my earliest memories are baking related, my mum was always baking when I grew up and my sister and I always got involved in one way or another (even if it was just licking the spoon/bowl!).  My granny had been a semi-pro baker/chef, she won various competitions during…

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My Top 5 Gins

Over the past few years I have become somewhat of a gin connoisseur, partly aided by my gin loving mum.  Growing up I hated gin, looking back it’s probably because I tried my mums drink and she had about 3 shots of gin in there or just very little mixer!…

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Recipe: Lemon Swiss Roll

I love baking, and if you know me well you know that usually baked goods practically flow out of me.  My work used to get plenty of my latest bakes, and so did Stu’s.  I even made my own wedding cakes (120 cupcakes, because planning a wedding isn’t hard enough!).…

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