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The best lemon loaf recipe
Loaves, Tea time cakes

Lemon Loaf

This is the best and easiest lemon loaf you can make. With regular ingredients and just a little bit of a toss and mix, you can make this delicious lemon loaf with just about 10 ingredients. It’s not sweet or tangy or sour and balances flavours with the right amount of lemon coming through. I […]

Cookies, No-Bake

Biscuit Bars

This is the simplest yet most versatile recipe. Biscuit bars made with just 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of cooking time. Versatile, because you can switch them up, by changing the biscuits you’re using or the dry fruits you’re adding to them. Use them as a snack, dessert, and yes, in my ideal world, I’d […]

Pastry

Chocolate Buns

These Chocolate Buns are pillowy soft and an indulgent chocolate filling makes them moreish. A match made in the oven as I like to say. Baking with yeast is my latest obsession and even then, I like to keep it simple and easy. This recipe is both. With a fail-proof dough recipe, giving you options […]

Cake, Christmas, Holiday Baking

Jamaican Fruit Cake

‘Tis the season for fruit cakes and if you’re looking for an extra rich and fruity Christmas Cake, this Jamaican Fruit Cake is the answer. Steeped in rich fruit, texture and colour, this fruit cake can be made without soaking the fruit for weeks in advance. Ingredients in the Jamaican Fruit Cake Jamaican fruit cake […]

Christmas, Cookies, Holiday Baking

Kiffles

In my continuing quest to try Christmas recipes from around the world, I made these Kiffles, which are Hungarian Christmas Cookies. These biscuits are made from a buttery cream cheese dough and a fruity filling of apricot jam. You can use other fruity or nutty fillings are well, like walnuts, cherry, almonds etc. Making the […]

Desserts, Holiday Baking

Om Ali

Om Ali or Umali as some call it is a traditional Egyptian dessert, made with crunchy bits of pastry, dry fruits and a milk mixture. I think of it as a sophisticated bread pudding. It’s rich, festive and a sure crowd-pleaser. I’ve tasted Om Ali only once before and it was years ago. But I […]

Loaves, Tea time cakes

Orange Coconut Cake

This Orange Coconut cake is what tea time dreams are made of. Soft and buttery, with a subtle crunch from the coconut, this cake is not only decadent but also non-fussy to make. I love making simple loaves like this one and you’ll find plenty of those recipes on the blog. Ingredients in the Orange […]