Every year I go a little crazy picking chestnuts, shelling them and freezing them for eating throughout the year.
This year I have decided to go sweet treats with them so I have made a sweet chestnut puree.
The chestnut Puree can be added to a variety of bakes and treats.
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A Beautifully light and moist sponge cake with a cinnamon and walnut swirl with a crunchy topping.
It took me a while to get my head around this one. A coffee cake is a cake to be enjoyed with a coffee (or with tea or in my case a hot chocolate). This cake does not contain coffee, which is a relief to me as I don’t like coffee but distressing for all those coffee lovers out there!
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My lime drizzle cake is very similar to a lemon drizzle but with lime instead. Lime gives that extra zing.
I hope you like it too!
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Very similar to my Apple Crumble Cake but made with pears. I do think the pear is a very underrated fruit and not used nearly enough.
I grated the pears for this cake just like for my Apple Crumble Cake.
I have added chopped hazelnuts to the crumble topping of this cake it adds a nice bit of texture and goes nicely with the nutella I added to the cake.
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I love the look of an Irish coffee, the rich dark coffee with the white cream floating on top.
I have used my ultra yummy chocolate cake as a base and tweaked it a little to make this amazing three layer cake.
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I love pistachio and they give cakes such a wonderful colour, texture and of course flavour!
I used lemon in this cake as well and the combination is to die for.
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Strawberries and white chocolate in cookies is an amazing combination, and should be tried. These are also perfect for using up strawberries that are sagging. Chilled strawberries work best.
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Our beautiful English strawberries are in season! A time to celebrate indeed. However they have a very short shelf life once picked. So if you have a few that a sagging a little here is the perfect recipe for you.
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Black forest gateaux is always a firm favourite, I found making one in cake form is much easier and less fussy!
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When chocolate fingers are on offer I can not help myself but stock up!
So I made them into some Tiffin – I was not disappointed!
These make the perfect no bake treats.
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