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    Summer Berry and Custard Tarts
  • A plain afternoon tea scone filled with strawberry jam and clotted cream. In the background there's a stack of scones, a jar of strawberry jam and a block of butter.
    Scones (The Perfect Afternoon Tea Treat)
  • Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake
  • Carrot cake topped with cream cheese buttercream and decorated with sugar carrots.
    Easy Carrot Cake
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    The Best Cheese Straws (and Three Extra Flavours)
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    Mini Strawberry Pavlova
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Don’t miss the best place to find all the UK and many international food-related national awareness days, weeks, months, holidays and major events.

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Baking & Desserts

  • Pumpkin Cupcakes
  • Homemade Pumpkin Spice
  • Simnel Cake
  • Mini Egg Cookies
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Biscuits & Bars

  • Gingerbread men decorated with royal icing on a wire rack.
    Gingerbread Men
  • A stack of three Christmas Amaretti Biscuits on a silver dish. The top biscuits is cut in half showing the hidden mincemeat centre.
    Christmas Amaretti Biscuits
  • M&Ms Cookies - A twist on my classic chocolate chip cookies with added colour and crunch from M&Ms (or Smarties).
    M&Ms Cookies (With Extra Chocolate Chips)
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    Triple Chocolate Cookies
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Cakes

  • A slice of Oreo sponge cake served with milk.
    Oreo Cake
  • Vanilla bundt cake on a white cake stand.
    Vanilla Bundt Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache
  • Biscoff Cake
  • A white chocolate cake on a cake stand.
    White Chocolate Cake
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Cheesecakes

  • Biscoff Cheesecake (No-Bake)
  • A no-bake Oreo cheesecake topped with whipped cream and Oreos.
    Oreo Cheesecake (No-Bake)
  • No bake white chocolate cheesecake decorated with white and milk chocolate buttons and chocolate sprinkles.
    White Chocolate Cheesecake (No-Bake)
  • The finished rum & raisin cheesecake on a wooden board. The cheesecake is topped with swirls of whipped cream and scattered rum-soaked raisins.
    Rum & Raisin Cheesecake (No-Bake)
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Chocolates

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    Orange Liqueur Truffles
  • mince-pie-chocolates
    Mince Pie Truffles
  • How To Temper Chocolate (Video Tutorial)
  • Cappuccino Truffles
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Cupcakes

  • Oreo cupcakes on a wooden board
    Oreo Cupcakes
  • A Biscoff cupcake topped with Biscoff buttercream and a Biscoff biscuit. There is a jar of Biscoff spread and a packet of Biscoff biscuits in the background. Behind them are more decorated Biscoff cupcakes.
    Biscoff Cupcakes
  • Lemon cupcakes topped with lemon buttercream.
    Lemon Cupcakes
  • Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes
ALL CUPCAKE RECIPES

Icing

  • Oreo cupcakes topped with Oreo buttercream and Oreo buttercream in a piping bag.
    Oreo Buttercream
  • Biscoff buttercream on a cupcake.
    Biscoff Buttercream
  • Whisky buttercream being piped onto a coffee cupcake.
    Whiskey Buttercream
  • Lemon Buttercream
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Ingredients

  • A half cup and a quarter cup of self-raising flour with baking powder on a silver spoon.
    How To Make Self-Raising Flour From Plain Flour
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    How To Make Pumpkin Purée
  • Butter-11
    Quick and Easy Homemade Butter
  • How to make Béchamel Sauce (White Sauce) - My simple step-by-step instructions for making Béchamel from scratch at home.
    Béchamel Sauce (White Sauce)
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Jams, Curds & Spreads

  • Two jars of grapefruit curd surrounded by cut pink grapefruits
    Grapefruit Curd
  • Two jars of homemade lime curd.
    Lime Curd
  • Lemon Curd
  • Two jars of lemon curd in front of a microwave.
    Microwave Lemon Curd
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Meringues

  • Black Forest Meringues
  • halloween meringues 6
    Halloween Meringues
  • Chocolate-Meringues-1
    Chocolate Meringue Nests
  • Chocolate-Biscuit-Meringues-6
    Chocolate Crunch Meringues
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Savoury Baking

  • Savoury muffins on a cooling rack.
    Savoury Lunchbox Muffins from Get Your Kids To Eat Anything
  • Beef and Pickled Walnut Pie – A rich and delicious beef, mushroom and pickled walnut pie topped with a homemade cheesy flaky pastry crust.
    Beef and Pickled Walnut Pie with a Cheesy Flaky Pastry Crust
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    Lamb and Feta Filo Parcels with Mint Yogurt Dip
  • Naan-Pitta-1
    Naan Pitta Breads
ALL SAVOURY BAKING RECIPES

Scones

  • Gin-&-Tonic-Scones-2
    Gin & Lemon Scones
  • Coconut Scones AKA The Best Vegan Scones Ever!
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    Christmas Scones
  • very berry scones 2
    Very Berry Scones
ALL SCONES RECIPES

Sweet Sauces

  • STOP! Don't buy ready made custard. It's really simple to make vanilla custard at home from simple everyday ingredients.
    Homemade Custard
  • Chocolate Custard
  • Chocolate-Sauce-11
    Easy Chocolate Fudge Sauce
  • Butterscotch-Sauce-11
    Butterscotch Sauce
ALL SWEET SAUCE RECIPES

Cake Decorating Tutorials

  • A fondant corgi cupcake with The Queen Corgi DVD cover in the background
    The Queen’s Corgi Cupcakes (and a Giveaway!)
  • The Cake Gallery
  • character cake topper
    How To Make A Character Cake Topper
  • birthday present cake
    Birthday Present Cake Decorating Tutorial
ALL CAKE DECORATING TUTORIALS

Vegan Baking

  • A grid of nine recipes made with aquafaba.
    20 Vegan Sweet Treats And Bakes To Make With Aquafaba
  • A slice of vegan vanilla cake with the rest of the cake in the background.
    Vegan Birthday Cake (Vegan Vanilla Sponge Cake)
  • Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes
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    Vegan Vanilla Buttercream
ALL VEGAN RECIPES

Breakfast & Brunch

  • Grana Padano Pancakes
    Grana Padano & Potato Pancakes with Prosciutto di San Daniele
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    Coffee, Oat and Banana Smoothie
  • Fruity-French-Toast
    Fruity French Toast
  • Tropical Smoothie
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Lunch & Dinner

  • Three Mediterranean Lamb Stuffed Tomatoes on a serving board.
    Mediterranean Lamb Stuffed Tomatoes
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    Spaghetti Carbonara with Grana Padano & Prosciutto di San Daniele
  • christmas roast lamb-4
    Festive Roast Leg of Lamb
  • Lamb Hotpot
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Sides & Sauces

  • honey roasted sprouts-4
    Honey Roasted Sprouts with Pancetta
  • patatas-bravas-2
    Smokey Tomato Roast Potatoes (Roast Patatas Bravas)
  • Potato-Salad-1
    Roasted Cornish New Potato Salad
  • Spam-Potato-Skins-6
    SPAM® Potato Skins
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Drinks

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    The Ultimate Healthy Hot Chocolate
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    A Festive Snowball Cocktail
  • Banana, Peanut Butter & Mint Green Smoothie
  • Coconut, Banana & Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie
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Latest Posts

  • A cartoon calendar with the text The Food Calendar UK Food Days, Weeks and Months
    The Food Calendar 2023 – International & UK Food Days, Weeks and Months
  • A jar of homemade cake release, a plain vanilla bundt cake and cake release being crushed onto the inside of a bundt tin.
    Homemade Cake Release
  • Eggs: Does Size Matter?
  • Chocolate Orange Cake
    Chocolate Orange Cake
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  • Lemon cake topper with lemon buttercream on a white cake stand.
    Easy Lemon Cake (All-In-One Lemon Sponge)
  • No-bake lemon cheesecake
    Easy Lemon Cheesecake (No Bake)
  • Easy Coffee Cake - A delicious all-in-one coffee sponge topped with smooth coffee buttercream. Simple to make and packed full of flavour. PLUS - How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin. 
    Easy Coffee Cake
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    White Chocolate Buttercream
  • A close up of a coffee cupcake topped with a swirl of coffee buttercream on a cooling rack with more cupcakes behind.
    Coffee Buttercream

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