About a month ago I was asked if I could make a Minion cake for the 3rd birthday of Finn, the son of one of …
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Beetroot brownies
We were at home in Devon last weekend celebrating Mr Birdie’s grandparent’s diamond wedding anniversary – what an achievement! Whilst there we also visited his …
Chocolate raspberry brownies
Summer is well and truly here and with that comes lots of delicious summer fruit. We have recently been visiting our local greengrocers and stocking …
Double baked chocolate meringue brownie
I saw this recipe on Twitter ages ago and immediately knew I wanted to make it. Brownie and meringue as a cake – what a …
Chocolate banana upside-down cake
Hooray for half term! It’s an opportunity to catch up with friends and a chance to enjoy some of my favourite things. Today I was …
Salted Caramel Billionaire’s Flapjack
This post comes with a warning. If you are on a diet, trying to avoid fat, trying to avoid sugar or trying to avoid your …
Chococcino Cake
This was a bake for a charity bake sale at Mr Birdie’s work. One of his colleagues, Keith Spicer, has just completed the amazing feat …
Chocolate & banana cake
Chocolate and banana. A combination that can’t go wrong. I only like bananas when they are just ripe and never get round to eating them …
Chocolate Banana Streusel Muffins
This is a bit of a belated post as I made these about 3 weeks ago. I always seem to have some overripe bananas hanging around as I’m not a fan of them when they start to go brown on the outside. This means I’m always on the lookout for recipes that will use them up. I spotted this recipe on Pinterest a couple of months ago and decided to give it a go as I had all the ingredients already. Chocolate and banana is a combination that can’t go wrong and if you add an oaty topping you can almost believe they’re good for you! I think these would be great for brunch but they will work just as well at any other time of the day with a cup of tea or coffee.
This recipe will make 8 muffins. As it is an American recipe the measurements are in cups. With hindsight after tasting these I think you could probably up the amount of banana as when I tried one the banana isn’t that strong so if you like a stronger banana flavour maybe try adding two bananas.
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Chocolate & Pear Torte
Our friends Simon & Louisa came round for lunch today (accompanied by their super cute son Finn). Following on from my carrot cake post where …