Classic Victoria Sponge with Jam and Buttercream

Classic Victoria Sponge with jam and buttercream // VSPP

When I first found out I was going to be placed on furlough, I didn’t know how much I would crave normality, or at least the new normality we’ve found ourselves in during the coronavirus pandemic. I missed the routine of sliding out of bed to make a cup of tea, pulling on comfortable leggings… 

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NYC Style Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Cookies

NYC Style Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Cookies

As someone who bakes for a (partial) living, it may surprise you that over the past few months, I’ve been baking less and less for fun. A couple of years ago I would often have a weekend baking project or two on the go, but with a busy work schedule, nights out and impromptu after… 

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Looking back at 2019

Victoria Pease 2019

This is the year that I turn 30. As the countdown to the New Year and new decade began in the pub Chris and I packed ourselves into at 11.30pm on December 31, I didn’t feel sad or upset at the number. I felt excited, like this coming year will begin a new chapter in… 

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Blueberry Lavender Lemon Naked Layer Cake

Blueberry Lavender Lemon Naked Layer Cake

I’ve neglected my cake pans for too long. Curled up circles of baking parchment haven’t sat waiting to be smoothed onto the bottom of a tin with a smear of butter in some time. I haven’t scraped the sides of my metal mixing bowl clean with one wipe of my spatula, or dropped cake batter… 

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Giant Peanut Butter Oreo, Dark Chocolate and Marshmallow Cereal Stuffed Cookies

Giant Peanut Butter Oreo, Dark Chocolate and Marshmallow Cereal Stuffed Cookies

Dear New York What is it about you that intrigues me so much? Is it yellow streaks of taxis and crammed sidewalks and the abruptness of walk/don’t walk? Is it the tall buildings and skyscrapers from which to look out from observation decks, only to find a bright green postage stamp of grass in the… 

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White Chocolate Marshmallow Crispy Treats

White Chocolate Marshmallow Crispy Treats

Rice crispy treats are so easy, I thought to myself early on Saturday morning. The kettle was humming away to make my second coffee of the day as I stood dressed in a borrowed iPad tshirt and PJ shorts, scribbling down ingredient measurements and adjusting the blinds so that morning light saturated the living room…. 

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Nutella Brownie Cupcakes with Salted Chocolate Hazelnut Buttercream

Nutella Brownie Cupcakes with Salted Chocolate Hazelnut Buttercream

I’m not really one to delight in picking out a cupcake from behind a glass counter, peeling back the paper case and nibbling at the hidden fairy cake beneath it, only to inevitably smear a thick sugar cloud of buttercream on my nose. As C can attest at my behaviour in Paris, I would be… 

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