Cakes

How to make a Traditional Christmas Cake

“Cut and Come Again” Farmhouse Fruit Cake

Hazelnut & Chocolate Chip Cappuccino Cake

Creme Egg Cheesecake for Easter!

Clementine & Almond Cake

Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

Guilt-Free Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)Three Ways!

Confetti “Funfetti” Chiffon Cake for Easter Sunday Tea

A Vintage Recipe: Queen Cakes for Mothering Sunday

Going Bananas: Banana Bread Cake with Buttercream

Frosted Ginger Cake with Crystallised Ginger

Cardamom, Honey and Lemon Madeleines

Bereavement and the Festive Period

Spiced Cranberry & Walnut Bundt Cake

Welcome! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…