Duffins

  What is a Duffin, I hear you ask? The answer is: a donut-like muffin! I hadn’t heard of them either until the other week when I was reviewing a café near Holborn , who had a tray of freshly baked ‘Duffins’ on their counter. I was instantly intrigued by the sweet smelling muffins rolled […]

Christmas Cranberry & Almond Cakes

Frohe Weihnachten! I am writing this from Germany where I am spending Christmas with my family. Here, Christmas has already started as today is Christmas Eve and that is the day where we go to church, have a special Christmas dinner and get to open the presents with which the children get to play until […]

Mulled Wine Cake

Last weekend I met up with an old school friend from Germany who was visiting London for a few days. It was great to see her again and delve into some school time memories … Talking about our old high school reminded me of all sorts of things, one of them being the cakes people […]

Quark Pancakes with Spiced Apples

Now, that autumn has started it’s time to get some new season apples from the farmer’s market – don’t they look great, all rosy! They’ll make a nice accompaniment, sweetly spiced with cinnamon, to Quark Pancakes. When I decided to start this blog, I knew my Quark Pancakes would be one of my first posts. […]