londonbakes in food
chocolate cake
This is a story about a cake. Well, it's actually a story about two cakes because I would be remiss if I didn't mention this chocolate buckwheat cake that I made at the weekend which was just perfect... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
almond and rosemary shortbread
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember" Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5 Like no other ingredient, rosemary is full of memories for me. It reminds me of hot summer evenings, breaking... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
rhubarb and white chocolate ice cream
I remarked to my boyfriend last week that we'd been going out for 2 1/2 years now. We met at a friend's birthday party. I was coming to the end of a couple of months of working abroad. Time at home... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
chocolate curry cupcakes with coconut buttercream
I thought that these cupcakes would be pretty unpleasant. A friend gave me a book of cupcake recipes for Christmas. As I was flicking through it, this recipe immediately caught my eye but not... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
chocolate chip spelt biscotti
There is something about eating a biscotti that is so evocative, transporting you to a sun drenched Italian piazza where cups of infeasibly strong espresso are served by broodingly handsome waiters.... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
rhubarb and basil galette
I make no apology for adding to the legion of rhubarb recipes that I've read recently. It is, after all, the time of year for for it and rhubarb is quite possibly the fruit that I get most excited... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
cashew nut and white chocolate chip cookies
I'm struggling really for anything much to say today. I think my 9am conference call has used up pretty much all my words for today. Instead, I'll just leave you with some pictures and a few brief... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
olive oil and walnut brownies
After all that hard work, I need a brownie. Actually, I need about seven brownies. Particularly after all the bags of rubbish that I carried from our second floor flat to the bins in the car park.... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
after
On the right is what my kitchen looked like mid-way through Sunday afternoon (incidentally, I think it would have made more sense to put the 'before' picture on the left but what's done is done...)... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
before
I don't normally post at the weekends and I don't normally post pictures of my giant mess but I'm hoping that it will character building. Or at least shame me into actually doing something. I hope... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
bread and butter pudding
I'm in a major re-organising mood at the moment. There's not a drawer or a cupboard in my flat that I don't have grand plans for over the weekend. Luckily, it's a three day weekend here so I can... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
april in a photo a day
Another month, another photo a day challenge. I am really quite glad that this was the post scheduled for today as last night involved a little too much wine and not quite enough sleep for a Tuesday.... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
honey tea loaf & foodie pen pals
This month I participated again in the UK (and now European!) Foodie Penpals scheme organised by Carol Anne. Every month, we get paired with another blogger and have to put together a fun box of... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
brown butter shortbread
Sometimes you just really need a cookie. Or, perhaps more accurately, I should say that sometimes you just really need to make a cookie. Although I am more of a cake person than a cookie person when... Continue reading »
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londonbakes in food
pasta with buffalo ragu
I am pretty much in awe of those people who carefully craft a weekly meal plan and can get by on a weekly trip to the supermarket. I am not one of those people. I do an online fortnightly grocery... Continue reading »
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buckwheat flour brownies
How is it Monday yet again? The problem with having a Monday just after the weekend is that I am always the most exhausted I can possibly be on a Monday morning. Not because, sadly, I've had a wild... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
flapjacks
These are, I should start off by saying, a flapjack of the most British kind. I know across various ponds that a flapjack is a type of pancake. While I am a big proponent of pancakes, these are quite... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
pizza al pesto
One of the sad truths of my life is that I don't really like to cook that much. Whilst I could quite happily spend every waking hour baking cookies, I find the whole process of actually having to... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
hazelnut butter & buckwheat flour chocolate chip cookies
I'm pretty sure that every time I make a new cookie recipe, it immediately becomes my favourite cookie. This inevitably happens with chocolate chip cookies and, even though I am still very much a fan... Continue reading »
londonbakes in food
sunflower seed pesto
I really do believe that things happen for a reason and that life, eventually, works itself out. It's probably the thing that I most wish I could tell my younger self and, more importantly, make my... Continue reading »
