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The Food Calendar 2023 – International & UK Food Days, Weeks and Months

4 January 2023

A cartoon calendar with the text The Food Calendar UK Food Days, Weeks and Months

Welcome to the Food Calendar, the place to find International & UK food-related awareness days, week, months, holidays and major events for 2023.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

27 October 2021

45 minutes

Enjoy the taste of autumn with these fluffy, lightly spiced pumpkin cupcakes topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

Homemade Pumpkin Spice

30 September 2021

5 from 2 votes
2 minutes

Fill your bakes with the taste of autumn with my homemade pumpkin spice mix.

PLUS – 20+ ideas for using pumpkin spice mix in your cooking.

Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

1 May 2021

4.69 from 19 votes
1 hour 10 minutes

Fluffy, moist lemon sponge with the zing of lemon drizzle, decorated with lemon icing.

Simnel Cake

31 March 2021

5 from 2 votes
1 hour 50 minutes
+ SOAKING THE DRIED FRUIT 1 day

My version of this classic Easter cake, a light almond fruit cake filled and topped with marzipan.

Mini Egg Cookies

13 March 2021

5 from 2 votes
24 minutes
+ CHILLING 1 hour

An Easter twist on my delicious chocolate chip cookies, crunchy on the outside and soft in the centre, and packed with Cadbury’s Mini Eggs.

Oreo Cupcakes

20 February 2021

Oreo cupcakes on a wooden board
45 minutes

Fluffy vanilla cupcakes packed full of Oreo pieces, topped with Oreo buttercream and finished with an Oreo biscuit.

Oreo Buttercream

20 February 2021

Oreo cupcakes topped with Oreo buttercream and Oreo buttercream in a piping bag.
10 minutes

Smooth buttercream, packed full of Oreos. Perfect for decorating cupcakes, cakes, biscuits and macarons.

Oreo Cake

13 February 2021

A slice of Oreo sponge cake served with milk.
5 from 2 votes
55 minutes

Soft vanilla sponge cake packed full of Oreo chunks, topped with Oreo buttercream and finished with even more Oreos. The ultimate cake for Oreo lovers.

PLUS – Easily adapt this recipe to fit a range of round, square and rectangular tins.

20 Vegan Sweet Treats And Bakes To Make With Aquafaba

18 January 2021

A grid of nine recipes made with aquafaba.

Have a go at a spot of vegan baking with these 20 delicious aquafaba recipes, ranging from cakes to cookies, from mousse to ice cream.

BONUS – 20 recipes for baking with chickpeas.

Biscoff Buttercream

12 January 2021

Biscoff buttercream on a cupcake.
5 from 5 votes
5 minutes

Delicious, smooth buttercream packed with all the flavour of Lotus Biscoff biscuits. Perfect for decorating cakes, cupcakes, biscuits or macarons.

Vanilla Bundt Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache

28 November 2020

Vanilla bundt cake on a white cake stand.
5 from 2 votes
1 hour 10 minutes

A beautiful vanilla bundt cake topped with smooth milk chocolate ganache and finished with colourful sprinkles.

Homemade Cake Release

28 November 2020

A jar of homemade cake release, a plain vanilla bundt cake and cake release being crushed onto the inside of a bundt tin.
5 from 2 votes
5 minutes

How to make homemade cake release. Perfect for ensuring your cakes don’t stick in even the trickiest of tins.

Biscoff Cake

18 November 2020

4.73 from 29 votes
55 minutes

The ultimate cake for Biscoff lovers. Two layers of Biscoff sponge (which is made with both crushed Biscoff biscuits and Biscoff spread), sandwiched together with Biscoff buttercream and topped with Biscoff biscuits.

PLUS – How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

Gingerbread Men

11 November 2020

Gingerbread men decorated with royal icing on a wire rack.
5 from 4 votes
40 minutes
+ CHILLING 1 hour

How to make perfect gingerbread men (women, children, or whatever shape you like). They’re soft in the middle, crunchy at the edges, packed full of flavour and hold their shape beautifully.

Black Forest Meringues

23 September 2020

1 hour 50 minutes

Crisp meringue swirled with dark chocolate, layered together with kirsch-soaked cherries and whipped Chantilly cream.

White Chocolate Cake

26 August 2020

A white chocolate cake on a cake stand.
5 from 9 votes
45 minutes

White chocolate cake – A delicious, soft sponge cake packed full of white chocolate chips and topped with smooth white chocolate buttercream.

How To Make Self-Raising Flour From Plain Flour

30 May 2020

A half cup and a quarter cup of self-raising flour with baking powder on a silver spoon.
5 from 18 votes
2 minutes

How to make self-raising flour from plain (or all-purpose) flour and baking powder.

Biscoff Cupcakes

23 May 2020

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.
4.66 from 26 votes
45 minutes

Delicious Biscoff cupcakes (made with both Biscoff biscuits and spread to really pack in the flavour) topped with smooth Biscoff buttercream and finished with a crunchy Biscoff Biscuit.

Biscoff Cheesecake (No-Bake)

14 March 2020

4.70 from 10 votes
20 minutes
+ CHILLING 2 hours

A crunchy Biscoff biscuit base, topped with a creamy Biscoff cheesecake filling and finished with swirls of whipped cream, and even more Biscoff biscuits – It’s a Biscoff lovers dream dessert.

Eggs: Does Size Matter?

9 March 2020

Can I substitute medium eggs for large (or vice versa)? How much do eggs weigh? How do I convert between medium and large eggs? and more egg-related baking questions answered.

Oreo Cheesecake (No-Bake)

1 February 2020

A no-bake Oreo cheesecake topped with whipped cream and Oreos.
4.82 from 27 votes
20 minutes
+ CHILLING 2 hours

No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake – A crunchy Oreo base, smooth Oreo cheesecake filling and even more Oreos on top – The ultimate dessert for Oreo lovers!

Grapefruit Curd

18 January 2020

Two jars of grapefruit curd surrounded by cut pink grapefruits
15 minutes

How to make delicious, smooth grapefruit curd.

Christmas Amaretti Biscuits

19 December 2019

A stack of three Christmas Amaretti Biscuits on a silver dish. The top biscuits is cut in half showing the hidden mincemeat centre.
35 minutes

A festive twist on my classic amaretti biscuits, with spices, brandy, walnuts and a hidden mincemeat centre.

Easy Carrot Cake

23 November 2019

Carrot cake topped with cream cheese buttercream and decorated with sugar carrots.
4.67 from 27 votes
1 hour

A delicious spiced carrot cake filled with raisins and topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

The Queen’s Corgi Cupcakes (and a Giveaway!)

21 October 2019

A fondant corgi cupcake with The Queen Corgi DVD cover in the background
4.84 from 36 votes

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Celebrate the launch of The Queen’s Corgi on digital download, DVD and Blu-Ray™ with these cute Corgi Cupcakes.

PLUS – Win a copy of The Queen’s Corgi on DVD and a cuddly corgi toy.

Chocolate Orange Cake

14 September 2019

Chocolate Orange Cake
4.60 from 40 votes
55 minutes

An easy to bake chocolate orange sponge filled with chocolate orange buttercream and topped with slices of Terry’s Chocolate Orange.

PLUS – The ingredients and instructions you need to bake this in pretty much any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

White Chocolate Cheesecake (No-Bake)

25 July 2019

No bake white chocolate cheesecake decorated with white and milk chocolate buttons and chocolate sprinkles.
4.75 from 8 votes
20 minutes
+ Chilling 6 hours

A delicious and easy to make no-bake white chocolate cheesecake. A crunchy biscuit base topped with smooth, creamy and indulgent white chocolate.

Lime Curd

4 July 2019

Two jars of homemade lime curd.
5 from 5 votes
15 minutes

How to make delicious, smooth lime curd.

Lemon Curd

24 June 2019

5 from 11 votes
15 minutes

How to make lemon curd, plus lots of extra tips and tricks to get it just perfect.

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