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    Category: Baking Adventures

    Edited highlights: Pancakes, date loaf and Swedish foodstuffs

    We like to make things in this house… well, not all the time, we can open packets and buy pre-prepared stuff with the best of them (chicken-on-a-stick,…… Read more “Edited highlights: Pancakes, date loaf and Swedish foodstuffs”

    June 1, 2019 by alexcellent

    Election day bake

    Well today is Election day and I’ll be going to our local primary school to vote and serve at the cake stall/sausage sizzle. This time, I didn’t…… Read more “Election day bake”

    May 18, 2019 by alexcellent

    7 Halloween cupcake recipes… an Alexcellent roundup.

    Halloween is tonight but you’ve just got time to bake some last-minute cupcakes. Here are some spooky-but-cute Halloween treats from around the web if you’re needing some…… Read more “7 Halloween cupcake recipes… an Alexcellent roundup.”

    October 30, 2015October 31, 2015 by alexcellent

    Recipe: Apricot and oat slice

    I aways want something sweet after dinner, or sometimes in the afternoon with a cup of tea. I found this recipe in The Biggest Loser trainer Tiffiny…… Read more “Recipe: Apricot and oat slice”

    October 16, 2015 by alexcellent

    Edited Highlights: Sugar, blossoms, cake and colouring-in

    Time to catch up on the past month with a series of snapshots that seem to be mostly food and floral. I snuck away from my desk…… Read more “Edited Highlights: Sugar, blossoms, cake and colouring-in”

    October 13, 2015 by alexcellent

    Fun with puff pastry: easy apricot turnovers and mini chocolate croissants

    On Winter weekends I like to do what I can to improve my baking skills.  This particular Sunday I decided to make apricot turnovers and a few…… Read more “Fun with puff pastry: easy apricot turnovers and mini chocolate croissants”

    June 28, 2015July 20, 2015 by alexcellent

    Warm choc-cherry coconut muffins

    The mornings are getting chillier and the days shorter, reminding me that Winter is almost here. That means muffin season! Either as a sneaky treat with hot…… Read more “Warm choc-cherry coconut muffins”

    May 31, 2015July 20, 2015 by alexcellent

    Baking with yoghurt: Mango and vanilla yoghurt cake with white chocolate ganache

    I love cake, but in my efforts to be healthier, I’ve been thinking about ways I could reduce the fat. No butter? Yes, it is possible to…… Read more “Baking with yoghurt: Mango and vanilla yoghurt cake with white chocolate ganache”

    February 16, 2015July 20, 2015 by alexcellent

    Edited highlights: chocolate pudding, snowdrops and other ordinary joys

    I realise I seem to have developed a theme here in the past few weeks, namely involving snow, fake or otherwise, and chocolate. Well it IS winter! With all…… Read more “Edited highlights: chocolate pudding, snowdrops and other ordinary joys”

    August 1, 2014 by alexcellent

    Easter 2014: in search of hot cross buns and cross ninja-bread men

    There are many things I love about Easter: all the new-life symbolism, holidays, seeing family and friends, the first hint of Autumn weather, the Easter show, the Easter Sunday…… Read more “Easter 2014: in search of hot cross buns and cross ninja-bread men”

    April 21, 2014 by alexcellent

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