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Recipe | Chocolate tiffin traybake – no bake biscuit cake

This classic no bake cake is a delicious mixture of crushed biscuit and chocolate. A fridge cake which is ideal to make with children This chocolate tiffin is a classic family traybake recipe. I decided to decorate the top with sprinkles on one side for the kids and drizzles of white chocolate on the other […]

Recipe | Bounty bars – homemade chocolate coconut treats

Bounty bars: homemade chocolate coconut treats! If you love desiccated coconut and chocolate and are a fan of store-bought Bounty bars, then why not have a go at making your own? Ingredients (makes 14-28 bounty bars depending on how big you choose to make them) 225 g/ 8 oz fine desiccated coconut 55 g / […]

Recipe | Chocolate fudge crinkle cookies

Sweet chocolate fudge (almost brownie-like) cookies, coated in icing sugar to give a dramatic cracked, crinkled appearance This recipe came to me from my Mum who in turn got it from my sister. You can find the original over at the BBC goodfood website. These chocolate fudge cookies are very easy to make and particularly […]

Recipe | Almond and coconut cake

So easy to make, this gluten-free almond and coconut cake is simply delicious I found this recipe at Bake Play Smile. There’s a video there too if you’d like to check it out! The texture of this cake is dense, chewy and just lovely. It slices well and the taste is somewhere between a macaroon […]

Recipe | Peppermint creams – classic fondant sweets

Peppermint creams are a true classic. Many of us will have memories of making these sweets at school! Does anyone else remember making peppermint creams at school? I think we also had to make little boxes to put them in. You can see why it’s a great recipe for kids: only three ingredients (with green […]

Recipe | No bake chocolate cheesecake with mini eggs

A simple no bake chocolate cheesecake which should serve 12 comfortably. Mini eggs optional! I adapted the recipe from one I found for individual mini chocolate cheesecakes. You can use any crumbly biscuits you like for the base, even chocolate ones, but I find chocolate cheesecake so rich I think it’s better to have a […]

Recipe | Chocolate hazelnut button slice

A similar texture to a shortbread, a slice of this chocolate hazelnut biscuit is perfect with a cup of tea and the chocolate buttons make it extra child-friendly Another easy recipe I found on GoodtoKnow which is very child-friendly. The finished biscuit tastes a lot like a shortbread, although it’s not as crumbly and has […]

Recipe | Tomato, basil and goat’s cheese loaf

So easy to make, this is a deliciously savoury goat’s cheese, basil and tomato loaf. A belated Happy New Year to you all! My mum saved this recipe for tomato, basil and goat’s cheese loaf from the 2011 Good Food calendar. You could say it’s taken me a little while to get round to making […]

Review | The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman (The Invisible Library 8)

A great final (for now) book in this highly enjoyable series. 4/5 stars. I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher (Pan Macmillan) via NetGalley in return of an honest review. The blurb: Return to the world of the Invisible Library for Irene’s most perilous mission yet . . . Librarian Spy Irene […]

UK Christmas Giveaway! Win a rainbow coin purse and a paperback copy of Elle’s A to Z of Love

TEN paperback copies of Elle’s A to Z of Love are up for grabs to UK-based readers. And one lucky entrant will also win this lovely rainbow coin purse! Thank you all for your support with my second novel, Elle’s A to Z of Love. To everyone who has bought, downloaded, read, reviewed, spread the […]