

Country Walks and Eccles Cakes
This weekend is yet another bank holiday here in England - hooray. I am sure that whatever the weather, many people will be digging out their BBQ’s and enjoying the outdoors...well that’s my plan at least! I am going for a walk in the South Downs National Park this weekend, I am looking forward to seeing the springtime waking up all the plants, wildflowers and trees. There are a lot of hills and with this in mind I have planned this week’s blog to tie in with a long walk sn


Sunny Days and Bakewell Tart
I am enjoying the amount of light first thing in the morning when I wake up, it lifts my soul and it makes me feel like it’s going to be a good day. I have loved seeing all the floral posts on Instagram of people stopping to enjoy and capture photos of blossoms and blooms, I can never get enough. After a very chocolatey weekend of egg hunting and chocolate spread making from last week’s blog, I felt like baking something fruity and non chocolatey. I have mentioned before in


Hazelnut Chocolate Spread
Gosh - there is so much chocolate in the shops!! With all the Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies packing the aisles of the supermarket, it has been hard to avoid (not that I try!). If you fancy making something chocolatey yourself, maybe even to give as a gift, then this recipe has to be it - hazelnut chocolate spread. I know there are a million chocolate spreads available, but this one is the best I have ever had. Fact. The roasted golden hazelnuts and quality chocolate ta


Springtime Bunny Biscuits
Easter is fast approaching and I am enjoying all the pastel shades and spring blossom that’s about. To get into the swing of the springtime celebrations, I have made one of my seasonal favourites, spiced bunny biscuits. They burst with warm cinnamon and fresh zesty lemon flavours and are one of my spring highlights. You could play about with the shapes you choose to cut them out with, I did toy with the idea of using my chick biscuit cutter and my egg biscuit cutter, but I