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Hazelnut cupcakes with dark chocolate buttercream
Light hazelnut cupcakes with dark chocolate buttercream I don’t know about you, but my baking goes through phases. While chocolate is a fairly reliable constant in my recipe repertoire, I love to try...
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Chocolate Cola Cupcakes with Fizzy Cola Frosting
These lovely little cupcakes have a not-so-secret ingredient . . . Do you have a sweet tooth? Given the content of this blog, the content of my kitchen cupboards and the way in which I can talk for...
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cupcakes with Blueberry Buttercream
This weekend I’m up in Yorkshire for various family festivities, so I’m keeping this post pretty short. And sweet (of course), which most of my posts tend to be. With a sprinkle of toasted poppy seeds...
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Peggy Porschen’s Sticky Toffee Cupcakes
Cupcakes rich with dates & walnuts with a sticky caramel core When was the last time you saw something on your plate and said it looked ‘too good to eat’? Usually intended as the highest form of...
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Raspberry Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Raspberry cupcakes topped with a chocolate ganache swirl Aga toast is probably the best toast in the world. Other than that, and the occasional slow-cooked one-pot wonder, I’m not an enormous fan of...
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Afternoon Tea Cupcakes {Cucumber + Champagne}
A simple cupcake with a hidden core of refreshing cucumber jam There are few things more British than a cucumber sandwich. Simple and delicate (and delicious when made properly – think paper-thin...
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Sticky Cider Pecan Cakes with Cinnamon Ice Cream & Salted Caramel
Individual nutty sponge cakes smothered in salted caramel sauce How to turn a cupcake into something just that little bit more special. Bake it straight into a non-stick muffin pan for contrast between...
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Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Edible engagement rings made from modelling chocolate This weekend just gone, we celebrated our engagement for the second time in as many months (with a big group of people, that is, I can’t even begin...
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Happy Easter from the little loaf
Life has been hectic lately, to say the least. Beyond the book – which is the best kind of busy – we’ve been up and down the M1 for family reasons and I’m afraid I don’t have a new recipe for you...
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the Little Loaf cookbook recipe testing
My first book deadline is just a couple of weeks away and my fridge and freezer are groaning with food, my recipes are out with an army of testers and I’m finalising the ingredients and anecdotes in...
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Pink Grapefruit + Rosemary Fizz (+ Celebration)
With the sun shining and the second May Bank Holiday just around the corner, it’s time to bring out the cocktails. That, plus the fact that I handed in the first draft of my cookbook this morning –...
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Iced Yoghurt, Peach & Pistachio Sundaes with Honeycomb
One of the strange things about writing a cookbook is wondering where my recipes will end up. I don’t necessarily mean the tables that they’ll grace or mouths that they’ll feed – although I’m...
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Scotch Quail’s Eggs
When I was little I loved helping my Mum out with drinks parties. It felt exciting and somehow glamorous to be staying up late, dressing up smart and pushing trays of canapés round a room of...
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Honeycomb Ice Cream
A little while back I mentioned our plans to buy a bigger flat which, unfortunately, have now fallen through. Rather than getting stuck on what just wasn’t meant to be, we’ve decided to stay where we...
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Grain-Free Fruit, Nut & Seed Breakfast Bowls
If there’s a meat-eating man in your life, you’ll likely have heard of the Paleo diet. My carnivorous husband is a fitness fanatic, always looking for new ways to incorporate protein into every meal...
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Lately . . .
. . . I’ve been working on the first round of edits for my book. Most of my spare baking time has been spent in front of the computer or scribbling myself notes and any time spent in the kitchen...
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Dark Chocolate Coconut ‘Bounty’ Bites
This time one week from now I’ll be hundreds of miles from home, sitting by the side of the pool at my parents’ house in Italy. We haven’t left the country since our honeymoon in Bali last year and...
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Caramelized pineapple, ginger + sour cream cupcakes
On Wednesday, I turn thirty. Being a summer baby is wonderful in many ways, but with weddings and holidays it’s always been tricky to get everyone in one place at one time to celebrate. This year –...
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The Little Loaf: Homemade Memories cookbook photoshoot (behind the scenes)
While I don’t have a new recipe for you this week, what I do have is a little insight into what I’ve been up to during my absence from this space. Last week we spent four days shooting the first set...
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One Year On
One year ago yesterday, this happened. In front of 150 of our nearest and dearest, I promised my favourite person in the whole wide world that I’d love and be there for him forever. We kissed and ate...
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