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Super-Easy Bakewell Tart Recipe

By Wendy

Super-Easy Bakewell Tart Recipe

PROBLEM: Bakewell tart is yummy, but you think it must be tricky or takes a long time to make. SOLUTION: Our easy Bakewell Tart recipe! We could have also called this article “How to Make a Bakewell Scrunch”, as the pastry is scrunched into shape instead of using a proper tart case, but it tastes […]

Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes

By Wendy

Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes

“If these cakes have veggies in them, does it mean they are a healthy snack?” Ummm, no. These carrot cake cupcakes might be healthier than most, but they are still very much a treat food. However, making yummy cakes that use carrots and oil as two of the main ingredients, are definitely healthier than cakes […]

5 Tips to Perfect Pancakes this Pancake Day

By Wendy

5 Tips to Perfect Pancakes this Pancake Day

  Why do we only eat pancakes once a year? They are so yummy and easy to make that we really should eat them much more often. I think we get a bit scared about making them in case we end up with a big soggy mess, or we flip them so high they stick […]

Welsh Bara Brith: Yummy Cake for St. David’s Day

By Wendy

Welsh Bara Brith: Yummy Cake for St. David’s Day

Spring is here! I’m sure I just saw some sunshine, and there are definitely daffodils trying their best to push through all that boggy mud. And daffodils mean St. David’s Day, which means it’s time for some traditional Welsh food. Bara Brith, make your entrance… It’s not often that a recipe covers three Mini Yummers […]

The Perfect Lunchbox Cake: Simple Madeleines Recipe

By Wendy

The Perfect Lunchbox Cake: Simple Madeleines Recipe

I love cupcakes, but sometimes it would be nice to have a sweet treat that wasn’t covered in a ton of frosting and that was a bit more lunchbox friendly. Enter the French madeleine… Madeleines are small shell-shaped cakes that originate from the Lorraine region of France. They are a lighter cake than a regular […]

Easy Weekend Weetabix Cake (Fatless and High-Fibre)

By Wendy

Easy Weekend Weetabix Cake (Fatless and High-Fibre)

  This fat-free, easy-to-make Weetabix cake sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, I promise you it isn’t. It doesn’t even require a lot of mixing–it’s that easy. Really, Mr. Weetabix does the hard work here, acting as a superb glue for the rest of the ingredients (so you need no butter), he […]

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