Claire Huston's Blog, page 7
June 18, 2021
Recipe | Coffee sponge cake with cappuccino buttercream
Coffee sponge cake topped with delicious cappuccino buttercream This cake has a terrific coffee flavour and I say that as someone who struggles to drink the stuff! Ingredients (makes 12-18 slices of coffee sponge cake) For the coffee sponge cake: 200 g / 7 oz butter 200 g / 7 oz caster sugar 200 g […]
June 4, 2021
Recipe | Pecan and almond loaf cake
Yummy loaf cake chockfull of almonds and pecans! I had pecans to use up and found this recipe at lovefoodies. I left out the salt and almond essence from the original recipe. I never think the salt is necessary and I find almond essence makes things taste like marzipan and I don’t like marzipan! If […]
May 21, 2021
Recipe | Malteser chocolate biscuit bars (no bake!)
Maltesers, dark and white chocolate, plus crushed biscuit. The sweetest of no-bake treats! I got the original recipe from allrecipes but made a couple of tweaks to it. A very easy no-bake option for fans of Maltesers with a very sweet tooth. Ingredients 150 g / 5.3 oz butter or baking margarine. 4 tablespoons golden […]
May 7, 2021
Recipe | Banana, raisin, oat and honey muffins
An easy recipe for banana, raisin, oat and honey muffins. No mixer required. I found this recipe for easy banana, raisin, oat and honey muffins at delicious. They are a tasty way of using up overripe bananas and a good breakfast muffin option. This is a particularly good recipe if you don’t have a stand […]
April 27, 2021
Review | Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Beautiful writing but lacking some pace and drama. 3.5/5. Thank you to Headline/Wildfire for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley. The blurb: As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the […]
April 23, 2021
Happy Book Birthday to me! Art and Soul is one today! #ArtandSoul #RomanceBooks
Phew! That went fast! Happy 1st book birthday to me! My debut novel, Art and Soul, came out a year ago today! Thank you to everyone who has shared, read, reviewed and been so supportive over the past twelve months. It’s been an odd, difficult year for everyone and I truly appreciate you taking any […]
April 19, 2021
Recipe | Lemon curd swirl sponge cake
This lemon curd swirl sponge cake is easy to make and has great lemon flavour I wanted to make a lemon cake, but I’ve been disappointed in the past with recipes which produce a sponge with only a hint of citrus rather than a decent lemon flavour. So I decided to experiment and come up […]
February 2, 2021
Recipe | Two-layer, jammy heart biscuits
Two-layer, heart-shaped biscuits with a jam centre: an easy Valentine’s bake I used my easy biscuit recipe to make the dough for these two-layer, heart-shaped biscuits with a jam centre. In addition to the ingredients below, you’ll also need two heart-shaped biscuit/cookie cutters, one about twice the size of the other, as shown in the […]
January 26, 2021
Review | The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
Another twisty gothic tale that Purcell’s fans are sure to love. 4/5. Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing/Raven Books for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley. The blurb: As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a […]
January 8, 2021
Uplifting escapism for just 99p/99c! Art and Soul is on worldwide sale | #ArtandSoul #RomanceReads #booksale
My contemporary romance, Art and Soul, is on worldwide 99p/99c sale until 9am GMT on Monday 11th January. It’s a cheerful, uplifting story featuring romance, art and cake which will provide hours of happy escapism for just 99p/99c! Please help me spread the word – if you have friends you think would enjoy it, please […]
