Lemon and Honey Marshmallows

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It takes a couple of moments of consideration before you realise that marshmallows, like asparagus and rhubarb, have their own short season. It seems obscure that a sweet should have a time and a place, for every moment is a good moment to enjoy the fluffy sweetness of a marshmallow, even just for a minute…. 

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Iced Strawberry Doughnuts

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When I was on study leave during high school, I would have a little lunchtime tradition for spurring me on/consoling my efforts/congratulating me on a good exam (delete as appropriate). I’d walk up to our local shop in the village to purchase a packet of chicken supernoodles (classy) and a pink doughnut from the bakery… 

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No Bake Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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I think I may have fallen slightly in love with my food processor. What started out as a hesitant attempt to use my new kitchen gadget has quickly become my go-to for just about everything. From healthy brownies to orange cakes, it seems that I am incapable of writing a recipe without sneakily whirring a… 

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Coffee and Walnut Healthy No Bake Brownies

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I would consider myself a fairly traditional baker. I suppose I had to be really, because I started this blog in my student days when my kitchen kit comprised of a cheap mixer, a scratched plastic bowl and an old fashioned set of spring scales. It was a kitchen of bare essentials, the real tool… 

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