Flour, Cake and Pastry

Easter Weekend is just one week away! How quickly has that come round? Christmas honestly feels like it was 2 weeks ago, let alone 3 months! Another week means another 5 Inspirations for your Easter Weekend tables, and what better way to round off a delicious homemade meal than with a homemade pie for pud? Good Housekeeping recently made a 20 recipe guide on the best Easter Pies, and while they all look DELICIOUS, I thought I'd share my favourite 5 to get you inspired. There's even a vegan friendly recipe which is also gluten-free, so no matter who you're catering for, there's always a recipe. Without further a do... Pear Crumb Pie We have a never ending debate in our house of whether to have a crumble or a pie, mainly because half of us prefer pie, while the other half prefer a crumble. So you can never win. Unless you combine the two...served with warm custard, or a little vanilla ice cream, this pie satisfies the sweetest of teeth, as well as using some...

Aloha! This week is my second recipe in Sugar Free February, and you wouldn't think for one second that it has 0 grams of sugar! For the entirety of this month I'm giving up sugar to raise money for Cancer Research UK, you can head over to read more about why, what the money is going towards, and to donate, here . This means that I'm having to find recipes to share with you guys, and at home, that have 0 sugar, and so natural sugars are a go! SUGAR FREE LEMON AND HONEY CAKE So lemon cake is basically the best. Like I love it, a lot. But the downside to a good old lemon drizzle is that its 100% sugar overload, and that would just not do this month.  And then I stumbled upon this recipe , and to be honest, I don't think I'll go back to using my normal lemon drizzle recipe (sorry Bake Off). Ingredients 175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing 215g runny honey Zest of 3 lemons Juice of 1 lemon 75g ground almonds 3 eggs 100g self r...

So I have a new found love of Granola. Served with vanilla yoghurt and some fresh berries, you can't really get a better breakfast in my opinion. The only downside is that supermarket bought Granola is RIDICULOULY EXPENSIVE. Like seriously. So here's my recipe for an incredibly quick homemade granola, that doesn't break the bank. In fact, you yield about four times as much in this recipe as you would with just buying a bag from the supermarket, and at just a fraction of the cost! Ingredients 3 cups of porridge oats 3tbsp. light brown sugar 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 1/3 cup honey 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp. vanilla essence Optional Ingredients 1/2 cup small-dice dried fruit 1/2 cup coarsely chopped raw or toasted nuts or seeds Method Pre-heat your oven to 150C, and place a shelf in the middle of the oven. Mix together the oats, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the honey, vegetable oil and vanilla essence, ...