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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Balsamic Brussel, Smoked Bacon & Red Onion Pizza

Brussels sprouts are funny old things. I tend to eat them boiled once a year on my Christmas dinner plate, and then they are forgotten about for another 12 months. I have never given these ‘baby cabbages’ much thought, aside from the odd food magazine rolling out the old ‘sprouts and pancetta’ line in their… 

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One Pot Curried Chicken with Coconut Rice

  Hi guys, remember me? I realise VSPP has gone slightly AWOL in the past couple of weeks due to my ineptitude with technology, accidentally breaking the Wi-Fi on my first night in my new flat. Luckily I live with a so-laidback-he’s-practically-horizontal flatmate, who hasn’t killed me much for my wonderful first-impression mistake. So my… 

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Skinny Raspberry Éclairs

Recently I had my first encounter with a Twitter troll over a small, ring shaped snack that began a debate over the term ‘food’. According to said troll, doughnuts cannot be classified as food because they are sugary, fatty and all round bad for you. Oh dear. My doughnut troll had me fuming for a… 

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4 Simple Goals (Before 2013)

I don’t know about you, but if I have a sudden idea for a new year’s resolution but the date is January 2nd, I automatically file it in my mind to be added to next year’s list. Crazy right? All those challenges, goals and good things that could be accomplished that year go straight in… 

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