An easy to make Basic Crepe Recipe that can be whipped up from simple pantry ingredients. These French style crepes are sure to please. Sitting down to a lovely stack of warm crepes brings back such fond memories of my childhood, when mum would whip up a batch of thin pancakes on a Sunday afternoon. Enjoyed with dollops of Dulce de…
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If you feel like making a sweet treat with the kids for afternoon tea, these easy Mini Strawberry Jam Tarts use only two simple ingredients and take only minutes to bake. Emma and I have been baking up a storm now that we are spending all our time at home. We’ve made banana cake, and cookies, but the simplicity of…
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Nothing tastes as good as a homemade sausage roll straight out of the oven. When the Mr suggested I pop over to the local bakery to pick up some sausage rolls for lunch, I whipped up a batch of my Super Easy Sausage Rolls instead, with just a few ingredients already sitting in my fridge. There’s hardly any prep worked…
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It’s very rare that we don’t have a few brownish bananas sitting in our fruit bowl. I honestly think most of the household leaves them to over-ripen on purpose, just so I can bake banana cake! This past weekend our fruit bowl was laden with bananas just about to hit the ‘point of no return’, where they needed to be…
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When was the last time you had a good catch up with your friends? For me it had been way too long, so when my new NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto machine arrived, I knew it was time to make some calls and get the gang together for a coffee fueled afternoon of crafting. Better known as a ‘crafternoon’. It didn’t take…
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These Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies combine two great childhood food memories – yummy Jam Drop biscuits and the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I remember making many batches of Jam Drop biscuits as a kid when I was first allowed to start using the kitchen on my own. They are so fun to bake, and making a little…
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Pears are in season and abundant at the moment, so it’s the perfect opportunity to use them in some baking and whip up a batch of these delicious Vanilla & Pear Muffins. This muffin recipe is so easy to bake, and the results are always yummy! Enjoy as an afternoon tea treat, they are perfect with a cup of tea….
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Bake these easy Butterbeer Cupcakes for your next Harry Potter themed party or event. A few choice pre-made ingredients help you magic up these cupcakes quicker than a House Elf! What is Butterbeer? No Harry Potter party is complete without one of the wizarding world’s favourite beverage treats, Butterbeer! It’s a sweet drink sold at taverns in the Harry Potter…
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Anything from the trolley dears? Pumpkin Pastie? Chocolate Frog? Cauldron Cakes? – Trolley Witch, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. You can’t have a Harry Potter party without the favourite snack of the wizarding world – Pumpkin Pasties! Sold on the Hogwarts Express food trolley by the very sassy ‘trolley witch’ (you’ll know what I’m talking about if you’ve read…
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I’d never heard of Treacle Tart before I encountered it in the Harry Potter books. Apparently it’s Harry’s favourite food and after tasting it for myself I can see why. You won’t need any magical powers to whip up this dessert, it’s surprisingly easy to make, even for a muggle like me. A moment later the desserts appeared. Blocks of…
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