Banana bread is a type of sweet bread made with mashed ripe bananas as the main ingredient. It’s typically made with a combination of flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda, and salt and sometimes includes additional ingredients like nuts, chocolate chips, or spices. The mashed bananas add sweetness, moisture, and a distinct banana flavour to the bread. Banana bread is ...

How To Make Mini ‘No Cook’ Strawberry Cheesecakes Ingredients BISCUIT BASE: 75g digestive biscuits 25g butter 2 tsp golden syrup CHEESECAKE: 300g full-fat cream cheese 65g caster sugar 1 lime, zest and juice 200ml double cream TOPPING: 1 tsp cornflour Juice of ½ lime 2 tbsp water 40g caster sugar 200g strawberries, chopped and hulled Method Add the biscuits to ...

Ingredients For the Cake: 230g butter, at room temperature 350g granulated sugar 2 tbsp fresh lemon zest 300g all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 4 large eggs 80ml fresh lemon juice 250ml buttermilk 10 large strawberries, hulled and sliced For the Icing: 230g butter, softened 625g icing sugar sugar 2 tbsp whole milk ...

There’s nothing better than the warm smell of freshly baked muffins, right? These easy peach muffins smell incredible but they taste even better. They’re really soft and sweet, they definitely promise to be a hit! Something to keep in mind – When you make any muffin recipe, remember this: Mix dry ingredients as much as you want, mix wet ingredients ...

I thought I’d share with you one of my all time favourite apple dessert recipes. Light & Fluffy Apple Cinnamon Cake is a great all rounder that almost everyone appreciates, even the little ones. It’s a super easy recipe that’s great to get the kids involved with too. I’ve been doing this special and remarkably easy recipe for years. The ...

This may be surprising but yes, you can indeed make meringues in the microwave! Personally, I’m always on the look out for recipes that are nut, dairy free and low in fat. What makes these little beauties even better, is that they can easily be made ahead of time and they are super fun to get the kids involved too! ...

This is one of my all time absolute favourites, for whenever you may need chocolate cake in a hurry. I use it for last minute bake sales, coffee mornings and of course, the annual summer fête that always comes around way sooner than I am prepared for. Much like Christmas, birthdays and most other annual things to be honest. This ...

A galette is a flat, free-form (no special tray needed) pie or tart that can be made sweet or savoury. They usually have very simple fillings, and don’t require any fancy bakeware. Our Cherry Cream Cheese Galette is not too sweet. I don’t like overly sweet desserts so didn’t use a lot of sugar. If you prefer more sweetness, you ...

Looking for what to do with those ripe bananas you’ve got sitting around? How about these Double Chocolate Banana Muffins? I think they’re the perfect treat that I can keep in my freezer for super busy mornings when we’re rushing out the door! Be sure to use over ripe bananas to make this recipe. Over ripe bananas are sweeter and ...

You ever have one of those days where you just need some cake? To be honest I never used to be much of a fan of mug cakes because most of the ones I made had a weird texture. They ultimately ended up being something not very appealing. That was until this one of course!  The  “I Need Cake” Mug ...

How to Make Baked Lemon Custards If you’re interested in freezing these baked lemon custards, you can find the freezable version of this recipe here! Ingredients 4 large eggs 2 large egg yolks 185g caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract 500ml milk 250ml cream 2tbsp limoncello liqueur Grated zest of 1 lemon Method Heat the oven to 150ºC. Place a tea ...

St Patrick’s Day Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes Ingredients • 95g unsweetened cocoa, plus more for dusting finished cupcakes • 400g sugar • 240g all-purpose flour • 1 tsp baking soda • Pinch of salt • 1 bottle Guinness • 250g butter, melted • 1 tbsp vanilla extract • 3 large eggs • 190ml sour cream • 230g cream cheese, softened at ...