All hail the chocolate chunk cookie! I love baking cookies and not just because they are the best snack known to mankind… they’re easy, require no decorating; make the house smell amazing; and taste fantastic even before cooking (not that I condone eating raw cookie dough from the bowl!). There are a few rules I … More Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Post-halloween I’m usually left with stacks of chocolate and sweets, so this year when it came to writing a brownie post, I thought it would be a good opportunity to throw even more chocolate into the mix. In my eyes, a brownie should be rich and fudgy, as opposed to cakey and crumbly. This is … More Halloween Chocolate Brownies

And so we have reached my first muffin post. When I began thinking about baking muffins I knew I wanted to create a muffin with a flavour that I really loved that wasn’t available anywhere for me to buy. Toffee and Apple is the perfect autumn pairing, Toffee is one of my favourite flavours to … More Toffee Apple Muffins

Welcome to the macaron zone, aka the dark side. Macarons have definitely become a bit of a craze right now… and rightly so! They are the perfect combination of a chewy shell and soft middle, the list of flavours you can create is endless. Here’s the bad news, if you are a macaron addict… they … More Vanilla Macarons

The vanilla cupcake was the second recipe I ever wrote myself. Having tried a few ‘famous’ recipes and never being able to get on board with their methods or quantities, I chose to start from scratch and baked a blind batch without any guidance – thank god cupcakes are forgiving. The brilliant thing about a basic vanilla sponge … More Vanilla Cupcakes