Rachel Allen Chocolate Melting Moments

Rachel Allen describes these melting moments as “intensely chocolately and utterly moreish”. I was sceptical, afterall there was only 1oz of cocoa in the recipe. She’s not wrong though. [Read on...]

Rachel Allen Rhubarb Breakfast Muffins

Rhubarb Muffins by Sarah Trivuncic

How often do you bake? For me it varies. You may find it hard to believe from the frequency I’ve blogged lately but I sometimes go nearly a fortnight without baking anything. Then I’ll have a mad burst and bake 3 or 4 things over the space of 1 or 2 days. These muffins [Read on...]

Rachel Allen’s Red Velvet Cake

Although this is my last Bake Five blog using Rachel Allen’s Bake, I can honestly say that I will go out and buy this book. It’s been a while since I picked up a book and wanted to cook and cook with it but this one ticks that box. I wanted my fifth Bake Five [Read on...]

Beef, Stout and Anchovy Pie

Rachel Allen Beef Stout and Anchovy Pie from Bake

Fourth installment of my August Bake Five challenge, using Rachel Allen’s “Bake”. Today I have made her Beef, Stout and Anchovy Pie with hot water pastry crust in honour of my fifth wedding anniversary. I had some casserole steaks from Sainsburys that I carefully cut into cubes. I browned them very carefully in batches – [Read on...]

Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Cake

Third installment of Bake Five with Rachel Allen’s Bake . Today I am making Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Cake. The recipes in this book seem to be for quite large quantities or sizes of cake. Here an 8 inch springform pan was required but I only had a 7 inch one to hand. I [Read on...]

Oat & Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

Pressing ahead quickly with this month’s Bake Five featuring Rachel Allen’s “Bake”, “Oat and Vanilla Shortbread Cookies”. I was very impressed with this recipe. I made the cookie dough in the Magimix and left it in the fridge before taking my son to playgroup. When we got back they were just right for slicing [Read on...]

Sweet Potato and Pecan Bread

This is the first installment of my Bake Five challenge where I cook five recipes from one book in a month and tell you about them on my blog. We are already halfway through the month before I present to you my first one – I’ll make a confession, I only thought of this [Read on...]

Rachel Allen “Bake”

A feature I admire in USA cookery blogs is that bloggers often set themselves challenges. As an obsessive list writer, these challenges appeal to me and I decided I should have one of my own for the Maison Cupcake Blog. My challenge is called “Bake Five” and every month I will set myself the [Read on...]

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    Possibly healthiest burger ever. Olive & shittake! #wildfoodcafe #nealsyard (Taken with instagram)


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    In love! #lecrueset #valentines ramekins in M&S #westfield (Taken with instagram)


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    Am being taunted by pictures of Parisian hotel bars in press releases. The 34th floor La Vue bar at Hotel Concorde La Fayette. #Paris #hotels


    01/23/12

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    Busy editing the book today - tantalising sneak peak! (Taken with instagram)


    01/16/12

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    KitKat Chunky frenzy! I’m nabbing the peanut butter ones, which would you choose? #chocolate 

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    01/16/12

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    Valentine’s treat using Renshaw’s red Ready to Roll coloured icing.


    01/11/12

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    Two limited edition Valentine’s cupcake flavours available from Peggy Porschen Parlour, Belgravia:

    Strawberry & Champagne and Chocolate Raspberry Kiss make the perfect cupcake couple for Valentine’s Day. Cupcakes priced at £3.50 each, available to pre-order for collection online at www.peggyporschen.com from February 1st 2012.


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