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Spiced Carrot Cake Loaf This Spiced Carrot Cake Loaf is full of flavour, thanks to the well-balanced blend of spices. The combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves enhances the natural sweetness of the carrots, creating a subtly spiced, delicious taste. The cake has a soft, moist crumb, that holds together well whether cut into thick or thin slices. Topped with a smooth cream cheese ... Read more

Finnish shortbread are not actually Finnish! Now that's out of the way they are shortbreads and 100% tasty. The Danes say they invented these traditional Christmas biscuits and call them Finnish bread (Finskbrød in Danish) where as the Swedes maintain that they invented these tasty Yuletide treats and call them Finnish sticks (Finska pinnar in Swedish). The Finns could not give a hoot, and ... Read more

Whoopie pies had a moment of fame just when my book Short & Sweet was coming out, so I dedicated several pages to recipes for chocolate and vanilla versions, with maybe five or six other flavour variations as well: enough to stock a cake stall at the next village fete! I wrote this recipe for Patrick at BakeryBits to show just how easy they are to make. If you're not quite sure what whoopie ... Read more

Tiramisu is the most famous Italian dessert, and such a classic I only wanted to enhance it gently. Great coffee has many complex flavours depending on the region it’s grown in, the bean varieties used, different altitudes and climates, farming methods, roasting techniques, so many factors. And one flavour I taste in some is a maltiness, so I though I’d enhance that with some ... Read more

I'm writing this in the run-up to Christmas, and if you're like me, you're probably wondering what to make beyond the usual mince pies and some fantastic loaves of bread: a big ol’ fruit cake, maybe, or a yule log? Perhaps you're also finding that it gets trickier every year to find the right gifts for the budding bakers in your family, or something to hint that you'd be more than happy to ... Read more