Faith. Family. Coeliac-Friendly Food
EDIT: I have changed the recipe below with slightly with a new, improved version. My family has complained more than once that I will make something tasty and then never make it again because I am on an endless quest to improve my baking or just get distracted with wanting to try turn new ideas… Continue reading Gluten-Free Vanilla Birthday Cake
Cake flour (by which I mean wheat-filled, gluten-filled cake flour) is a low protein flour that is great for making cakes because overmixing flour in cake batter can result in harder, less fluffy cakes. That means less gluten can actually be better for cakes. As a coeliac that makes me think that going gluten free… Continue reading Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-Free)
I have wanted to try making a cake with a crumble topping for quite a while. Then little S was born and time to do things like baking seemed to disappear into the far recesses of my mind. And then one day, quite unexpectedly, S slept for just about the entire day, waking up just… Continue reading Plum and Apple Crumble Cake
I don’t remember the first time I ate sticky toffee pudding. Most of the time when I’ve been tempted by it as a menu option, it has followed a hearty pub meal, and these are times when I am more tempted by options such as brownies and ice cream or lemon tart. However, once I… Continue reading Sticky Toffee Cake
There is something very comforting about old family recipes – the kind that you ate as a child, learnt to make as you got older, and then take into your own home to continue the tradition. This recipe is an old recipe from my family, and possibly one of my Dad’s favourite baked things. The… Continue reading Date and Walnut Loaf
