My favourite dessert in individual cake form. I used to cupcake a lot pre little people, sometimes with pretty little sugarpaste flowers and butterflies, more often loaded with cream cheese frosting and chocolate. Any work birthday or event was punctuated by a new flavour or used as a guinea pig for a different recipe. Slowly,… Continue reading Sticky Toffee Cupcakes from Hummingbird Bakery’s ‘Cake Days’
Oozy, luscious tomato and tender meatballs – bowlfood turns soulfood. This recipe was top of my list from first thumb of At My Table; the kind of weekend autumn/winter one pot dish you make when the drizzle is non-stop and you want to be warmed from the inside out. The meatballs from Bites and turkey… Continue reading Meatballs with Orzo from Nigella Lawson’s ‘At My Table’
Resolution or revolution? January is a breeding ground for feelings of weakness, failure and guilt; the new year brings an inevitable (renewed) desire to do better, be better, to resolve and to what…change? Why do we feel we always need to? It’s not enough to survive and be content, you must improve and achieve, be… Continue reading New Year Old Me
When did every single element of Christmas get so big? It feels a bit like nothing is special enough anymore; I was into the Christmas jumpers, pyjamas and duvet covers, but when I saw Christmas table leg covers today I think my festive spirit took a hit. Christmas eve boxes, breakfast with Santa and every… Continue reading Our Reverse Advent Calendar
Where my mid-autumn hygge turns into pre-winter unhygge… I’m not really sure when or how, but my cosy optimism of stove-lit snug evenings developed into the doldrums somewhere between Halloween festivities and the onset of Christmas ads on TV. My grandmother passed away 3 weeks ago at the admirable age of 90, but slipped suddenly… Continue reading Cooking Away Malaise
Can you smell the garlic through the screen? If not, I have no idea how! I love a good traybake – I’ve said before how much I love to whack several things in the oven at one time and sit back and let the magic happen. One pot dishes and oven bake dinners speak to… Continue reading Indian-Spiced Chicken & Potato Traybake from Nigella Lawson’s At My Table
You had me at cake…a warmly-spiced, cosy bake for autumn. The onset of autumn and smoky backdrop of Halloween used to mean my grandfather carving out turnips – honestly I have no idea how he did it – in our kitchen at home, lit with the stubby ends of emergency candles wrapped in foil and… Continue reading Pumpkin Bundt Cake – Simply Nigella
