If you’re looking to buy extra special Valentines Day Gifts for Him or Her Hotel Chocolat can always be relied upon for a great selection of luxury chocolate assortments presented in a beautiful fashion.
Ranging from their Chocolate Hearts at just £5 all the way up to decadent cabinets of truffles for £160, Hotel Chocolat have got something for you whether you’re the type of couple who exchange a Forever Friends card and some flowers from the petrol station or who whip yourselves away for a romantic city break complete with champagne in ice buckets and roses on pillows.
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Do you fancy being pampered? Maybe treat yourself to some beauty treatments? Would you like to go out to a great restaurant? Better still for it not to cost as much as usual? One lucky Maison Cupcake reader can win a £50 voucher to treat themselves to whichever offer they fancy on Groupon. If [Read on...]
Rare is the treat a book that will not only impress your friends on your coffee table but teach you something valuable as well. Couture Chocolate gives detailed information how to undertake chocolate making skills at very highest level but remains a readable joy to flick through and drool over. If you love it, [Read on...]
January traditionally sees new found dedication to healthy diets and weight control, what better time for Weight Watchers to launch their new book. The Complete Kitchen features 145 simple-to-follow recipes within nine chapters – ranging from basic stocks & dressings to Sunday roasts, leftovers & sides, to the more budget conscious ‘Everyday Value.’ If [Read on...]
A comforting winter pudding that won’t spoil your new year’s diet resolutions. [Read on...]
Making a giant iced dinosaur cookie. The sugar dough tastes surprisingly appealing and Ted was very pleased with the end result. [Read on...]
Chances are if you read this site that you’re already fond of cooking and like to eat meals made from scratch. We all have off weeks though when we’re up against deadlines and can’t be bothered to shop properly and plan meals. If you know you’ve got a busy period ahead and don’t want [Read on...]
I don’t deserve the lovely readers I have, I really don’t. I mess you about, I disappear, I kind of shrug back and then loaf off again with little more than an occasional tweet. I try to avoid “me me me” outpourings on here but feel I owe my regular readers an explanation for [Read on...]
This isn’t the first time I’ve spent part of New Year’s Eve writing a blog post (I loathe going out on New Year’s Eve) but I’m going to make sure I am swifter than the previous occasion. I have promised my husband I will be downstairs to join him no later than 10pm so [Read on...]
Christmas may nearly be upon us but with the mild weather we’ve had until the past week, autumn is still very much in my head. If you love it, share it! [Read on...]
Ever since we met, my husband has waxed lyrical about his personal Shangri-la, a restaurant with STOP and GO signs on the tables indicate to the waiter you would like meat, meat and yet more meat to be served. That was Brazil twenty years ago but now the concept has reached London. Cabana is [Read on...]
I have been slack I know, whilst I’ve been slogging over my manuscript and appearing to ignore people most of you have probably forgotten about Forever Nigella so beloved in her hey day of 40-50 entries per month. I have neglected dear Nigella for too long and therefore, this will be the last Forever [Read on...]
First let me say that I am not the coffee drinker in our house; my husband is. However when the offer to try out a Bosch Tassimo came my way, I was tempted by the range of branded drinks discs you could easily pop into it. Coffee obviously, with Kenco and Carte Noire varieties [Read on...]
Afternoon tea is all very well but it’s a strange time of day to eat. Not lunch, not dinner and the Duchess of Bedford’s 19th century excuse that one should squeeze in a full blown meal before suppertime quite ridiculous. If you love it, share it! [Read on...]
Dr Oetker products are a familiar sight on both this site and the supermarket shelf; the range of sprinkles and cake decorations available from local shops without having to shop online has expanded massively since I started this site in 2009. If you love it, share it! [Read on...]
Going out for the night to make your own dinner isn’t something you’d normally do but that’s what a group of bloggers and online writers did last night. If you love it, share it! [Read on...]
In the past week or so I’ve swamped you with a wish list of books for Christmas gifts but today I have a mixed bag of handpicked goodies to inspire your stocking selections and an opportunity to win this childrens’ toy Kenwood mixer. I have no ulterior motives in sharing these with you, just two [Read on...]
Today sees the final part of the Maison Cupcake Bumper Books Christmas Gift Guide which has been served in SIX digestible parts. And you have the chance to win this scrumptious Interflora Christmas Cracker Hamper worth £60: Most of these books below came out, or where re-issued during 2011, some I own, some I’ve gazed [Read on...]
Welcome back to this week’s Maison Cupcake Bumper Books Christmas Gift Guide served in SIX digestible parts. No fluffy cupcakes today, today it’s proper serious bread and pastry in the spotlight. Most of these titles below came out, or where re-issued during 2011, some I own, some I’ve gazed at in bookstores, all would make [Read on...]
Part 4 of the Maison Cupcake Bumper Christmas Books Gift Guide continues and you also have the chance to win a hamper of Linda McCartney vegetarian foods. But back to the books for now; today I’m featuring family friendly food. If you love it, share it! [Read on...]
Making panettone in the middle of October felt a bit strange but it was a necessity to be prepared to host this month’s Fresh From The Oven. Panettone is a traditional Italian Christmas bake, a bready, eggy, buttery, fruity dome usually sold in a pretty cardboard box. My Florentine housemates introduced me to it [Read on...]
December 1st is World AIDS Day and the UK’s leading HIV charity dedicated to transforming society’s response to HIV, the National AIDS Trust asked me to spread the message amongst keen home bakers about their fundraiser, Bake Aware. I put together these sparkly red ribbon cookies… they remind me of Dorothy’s shoes in the [Read on...]
Welcome back to the Maison Cupcake Bumper Books Christmas Gift Guide served in SIX digestible parts. Most of these titles below came out, or where re-issued during 2011, some I own, some I’ve gazed at in bookstores, all would make an ideal gift for someone. Today I’m featuring books for teens and twenty somethings Below [Read on...]
Welcome back to the Maison Cupcake Bumper Books Christmas Gift Guide served in SIX digestible parts. Most of these titles below came out, or where re-issued during 2011, some I own, some I’ve gazed at in bookstores, all would make an ideal gift for someone. Today I’m kicking off with books for cake and confectionery [Read on...]
Mystified by which books to give for Christmas? Don’t want to resort to the latest Jamie offering? (Great as it may be) Never fear, this week I present to you the Maison Cupcake Bumper Books for Christmas Gifts Guide to be served in SIX digestible parts – each with their own giveaway. Most of [Read on...]
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