A few weeks ago, Boyfriend’s parents treated us to a staycation in Kerry. The trip promised to be relaxing retreat, where we’d spend some QT with Boyfriend’s family. It was a no-brainer. We booked the time off work, packed for all weather types, planned our …
It happened like this: all day I had been thinking about what I could bake during my glorious two days of spontaneous time off. I more or less settled on a layer cake. Maybe six inches or so, stacked high into the air, with some …
It took me a while to get into the whole naked cakes thing. They started popping up everywhere – food blogs, cookbooks, TV – and I honestly just didn’t get it. Even my mom has been asking why I bother with lavish decorations when a …
I was going to go with a title more along the gluten free lines, but as a gluten lover, I decided against it. Whenever I see the words gluten free, I immediately think it’ll be dry & boring. There have been a few exceptions, but not …
If you follow me on Instagram, this Earl Grey Tea Cake is not new for your eyes to behold. Back in the day when I was a dedicated food blogger, a photo shared to my insta would have been quickly followed with recipe here. That …
Today’s post was originally an incredibly delicious Maple Syrup Apple Upside-down Cake, but it was just so damn ugly that I simply couldn’t bring myself to actually share it. I’d already edited the photos & written the post, but I just couldn’t post it. Is …
Now that the Pumpkin Pie post is out of the way, we can finally talk about pie that actually tastes as good as it looks. Hallelujah! Welcome to part three of the apple fest, friends! Like all good things, it’s salted and pumped full of autumnal …
Welcome to part two of the apple fest! Part one saw us making some Apple Spiced Doughnuts, and this time I bring you cake! Glorious Rustic Apple Cake. It originally started as ‘Cinnamon Apple Cake with Browned Butter Frosting’, but thankfully I realised I needed a …
Well, I warned you in my last post, but I have a hell of a lot of apple bakes coming your way. First up: Spiced Apple Doughnuts. I really tried to stay away from my usual apple bakes, because there’s already a lot of apple …
For months now, I’ve been envious of anyone who has gone on either a photography or cooking workshop. Or worse yet: a food photography workshop. I sit here, thinking about it, talking about it.. and then never actually doing it. No more! I’ve taken the …
Friends, hello! How are you? It’s been over a month & I seem to have a good excuse for once: Boyfriend & I moved! We’ve spent the last month moving into our new home & trying to make it, well, homely. Arranging belongings one way, …
Okay, here’s the whole truth: today’s post was meant to be Blueberry Muffins from my fancy expensive cookbook, but somehow everything went horribly wrong. I burned the muffins, they got stuck in the tin and then fell apart when I tried to un-stick them. And …
Friends, I’m going to be completely honest with you here. In order to get this post written I’m working on a task & reward system. See, I had the best of intentions to write a witty & entertaining post all about these smoked sea salt …
Here’s the thing: I love food. I especially love baked goods, anything to do with chocolate, fancy desserts, or anything involving ice cream. I eat everything, and it works out well for me because here’s the other thing: I run a food blog. Nobody wants …
Friends, I don’t know where to begin. Okay, here goes. Boyfriend loves baked cheesecake. He loves it so much that he decided to bring me to Florence – apparently home to the best cheesecake in the world. Not unreasonable, right? So, off we go to …
Just the other week I wrote about adulting, and how great it feels when you actually take control of your life. Well, I have been adulting all over the place lately. You know when you have a kind of vague idea of what you want …
