Channeling some tropical inspiration (which is much needed as it has been a grey old week) I have looked to the fresh flavours of lime and ginger. This is such a tasty cheesecake and has stood the test of time. I first started making a version of this when I was a teenager, for whenever we would have a family dinner party, it is the perfect thing to finish a meal with. The lime gives a refreshing burst or flavour and the ginger provides the warming spicy depth. Cheesecake i

A visit to the allotment this week resulted in the discovery that after all this lovely sunshine, the rhubarb has sprouted. Embracing all the seasonality of this crop, it made perfect sense to make the pink stalks the centre of this weeks blog. It was very tempting to make a tart, sorbet, infused gin, crumble or cake - but sometimes simplicity wins. In this case I wanted the first crop of rhubarb to be celebrating all its sour, fruity flavours and not distill it into somethi

With all these colds flying about at the moment, I thought I would turn to the warming flavours of ginger and orange and make some buttery oat biscuits. I am eagerly looking out of my window as the weather report said we may have snow…but at the moment, just a lot of rain. Still it is perfect weather to curl up inside with a hot drink and a yummy biscuit. If you joined in with last week's granola, this is another way to use up some of the bags of oats you might have hiding

I am still feeling more autumnal than wintery this week, which got me thinking about warm spices and comforting bakes. This immediately conjured up thoughts of ginger and cinnamon spices, because not only are they, for me, the taste of autumn - they also give the most gorgeous fragrance when baked. I chose to use a bear biscuit cutter, but go for any shape or size you fancy. Maybe I was drawn to the bear shape thinking about all the bears tucked up in their dens for winter