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Lebkuchen
Lebkuchen is a German cookie, a soft gingerbread that is usually baked around Christmas time. This one is gingery, peppery and cinnamony and is topped with a sweet glaze and is drizzled with dark...
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White Chocolate Covered Oreo
These White Chocolate Covered Oreo cookies make lovely edible Christmas gifts. Like the chocolate advent calendar that I made a couple of weeks ago, the transfers that I used were purchased from this...
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Apple Mincemeat Cake
A number of weeks ago I made a large batch of mincemeat. Wanting to try some recipes to use it in, other than mince pies, I made this Apple Mincemeat Cake. It is adapted from a recipe for a pear and...
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Lussekatter
I’d never heard of Lussekatter until a couple of days ago when someone on social media said that they were spending the day making them in preparation for St Lucia Day/St Lucy’s day. These pretty...
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Mince Pies
These Mince Pies are made with a deliciously flaky (but plain) pastry which is offset well by the rich mincemeat filling! They are topped with a small pastry star and sprinkled with icing sugar. As...
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Fresh Ginger Syrup
This Fresh Ginger Syrup is so easy to make! It can be used in cocktails, added to smoothies or teas, can be drizzled over ice cream for a very grown up dessert or can just be added to soda water for a...
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Chocolate Dipped Viennese Biscuits
These chocolate dipped viennese biscuits are great both piped into fingers or swirled into bigger zigzag shapes. They can be dipped in dark, milk or white chocolate but the slightly sharp taste of...
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Orange and Ginger Marmalade
This recipe for Orange and Ginger Marmalade is adapted from a Nigel Slater recipe that can be found here. My only changes were slightly increasing the amount of ginger and reducing the lemons by one!...
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Good Morning Cookies
If you are anything like me, mornings are hectic. Anybody who knows me also knows that I am not good in the morning. I am especially not good before I have had a cup of tea and something to eat. That...
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Marmalade Cake
As you may know, I made a batch of Seville orange and ginger marmalade a couple of weeks ago and since then I have been looking for interesting ways to use it. I have made marmalade cake a number of...
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Guinness Brownies
I must admit I wasn’t too excited to learn that the brownies that my friend made me last month contained stout! I couldn’t understand what a cup of strong dark beer would add to a brownie. But never...
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Nutella Stuffed Waffles
Last year, when I was trying to cut down the amount of refined sugar that I was eating, I made these Refined Sugar Free Liege Waffles. They were good, in a refined sugar free kind of way, but waffles...
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Cherry Almond Cake
This cherry almond cake takes me right back to when I was a little girl. I loved it! It was by far my favorite cake when growing up. I haven’t made it for years but I wanted something quick and easy...
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Brioche
This large loaf of Brioche is light and soft with a rich buttery taste. It is made with a yeast dough that has been enriched with butter and eggs. It’s a kind of bread and cake hybrid. It is a little...
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PBJ Cupcakes
Like most people from Europe I didn’t grow up with peanut butter and jelly. I also didn’t grow up with cupcakes. So these PBJ cupcakes are novelty for me. They are also a departure from the normal kind...
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Banoffee Bread
The 23rd February is National Banana Bread day! Not being a huge fan of standard banana bread I decided to mix it up a bit and make a banoffee bread – basically banana bread with chocolate chips and...
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Hot Cross Buns
I adore Hot Cross Buns! The shops are full of them at the moment signifying that the time of the year when I eat way too much chocolate is almost upon us. This year, I have decided not to buy shop...
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Rocky Road
I had intended to make a fridge cake this morning. My niece had requested one as it is her new favourite but somewhere along the way the fridge cake has morphed into rocky road cake. Who knew that...
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Citrus Madeira Cake
I have seen recipes for iced citrus Madeira cake on many different web sites over the last year or so. Perhaps this is because it appeared on one of the series of the Great British Bake Off. This...
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Coffee Walnut Bundt Cake
Last week I took this HUGE Coffee Walnut Bundt Cake round to a close friend who had just given birth to the most beautiful little baby boy. He is a much longed for baby and I am so delighted that he is...
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