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Cake

Strawberry and Thyme Layer Cake

October 28, 2021 by Elizabeth Atia

In this eggless birthday cake, three layers of vanilla sponge cake are infused with thyme syrup before being sandwiched together with a decadent strawberry cream cheese frosting. A not-too-sweet, visually striking birthday cake for a 70th birthday celebration. A 70th birthday cake for a man The challenge: to create a visually impressive, tasty, subtly indulgent …

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Image of a chocolate Halloween graveyard cake with three spooky graves surrounded by a chocolate matchmakers crooked fence.

Easy Halloween Graveyard Cake

October 26, 2020 by Elizabeth Atia

  This super easy Halloween graveyard cake features an effortless egg-free chocolate sponge topped with chocolate frosting and plenty of sweets to resemble a spooky graveyard. In collaboration with the Oakwood Theme Park.  

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Photo of spiced zucchini cupcake with cream cheese frosting on a wooden serving board surrounded in chopped nuts.

Spiced Courgette Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

September 13, 2020 by Elizabeth Atia

Use up some of that end-of-summer courgette glut with these light and fluffy spiced courgette cupcakes featuring the superior taste of Kerrygold butter. This post has been sponsored by Kerrygold. All thoughts and opinions are our own.

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This Bûche de Noël or Christmas Log is a rather delicious festive treat, and it's easy to make too! #christmas #BuchedeNoel #swissroll #baking

Bûche de Noël – a Christmas/Yule Log Recipe

December 13, 2019 by Elizabeth Atia

  Baked to perfection with Bacofoil® Non-Stick Baking Paper, this delicious Bûche de Noël, or Christmas log recipe, is a real showstopper. It is a white swiss roll sponge filled with decadent chocolate cream and frosted with a rich dark chocolate icing; a festive recipe in collaboration with Bacofoil®

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Layers of rich chocolate cake drizzled with cherry brandy sandwiched together with sweetened whipped cream and black cherry conserve. The cake is finished with more cream and some dark chocolate curls.

Black Forest Gateau

October 3, 2019 by Elizabeth Atia

This super easy black forest gateau recipe takes no time at all to whip up. It uses store-cupboard ingredients and with the new Breville HeatSoft™ hand mixer, you don’t have to wait for the butter to soften before baking the cakes. In collaboration with Breville. Black Forest Gateau – without fresh cherries… … because at …

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Perfect for summer, this strawberry Prosecco trifle recipe features strawberry jelly, Prosecco-soaked strawberries, homemade Madeira sponge cake, custard and sweetened whipped cream. #prosecco #trifle #strawberryrecipe #elizabethskitchendiary

Strawberry Prosecco Trifle

August 2, 2019 by Elizabeth Atia

Perfect for summer, this strawberry Prosecco trifle recipe features strawberry jelly, Prosecco-soaked strawberries, homemade Madeira sponge cake, custard and sweetened whipped cream. In collaboration with Tala. A strawberry trifle recipe – perfect for summer parties We have had the most extraordinary summer weather of late – people are going to be talking about that weekend …

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Easy Easter Egg Hunt Cupcake Recipe with mini candy eggs

Easy Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes

March 12, 2019 by Elizabeth Atia

These super easy Easter egg hunt cupcakes have a vanilla sponge cupcake base topped with green ‘grass’ frosting. They’re then finished off with a few mini candy Easter eggs. Ready in under an hour, they’re perfect for some Easter baking with the kids! Easy Recipes for Kids: Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes I can’t believe it’s …

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Pressure Cooker Christmas Cake

Pressure Cooker Apricot & Almond Christmas Cake

October 22, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

  This pressure cooker apricot and almond Christmas cake is an incredibly delicious and moist cake ready in just 2.5 hours! With no soaking and no feeding needed, it’s perfect if you’re needing a last-minute homemade Christmas cake (or two!). This recipe is brought to you in collaboration with CrockPot®.

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French-Style Strawberry Yogurt Cake

French-Style Strawberry Yogurt Cake

September 29, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

This French-style strawberry yogurt cake is incredibly easy to make and is a great way to use up the last of a pot of yogurt. It’s a perfect weekend bake, and great with a cuppa! In collaboration with Onken. This is the perfect cake for a lazy Saturday afternoon baking session with the kids. One …

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Swedish Tosca Cake Recipe - The Little Swedish Kitchen

Swedish Cherry Tosca Cake Recipe (Toscakaka)

July 29, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

Sweden’s favourite cake, toscakaka, combines a soft tender crumb with a crispy, chewy top. Recipe reprinted with permission from The Little Swedish Kitchen by Rachel Khoo. Cherries are in season just now, and I can’t resist buying them at the supermarket. Truth be told, this year, for some reason, the cherries seem to be even …

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'Midnight Magic' 3-Layer Unicorn Candy Bark Birthday Cake

‘Midnight Magic’ Unicorn Cake with Candy Bark

May 31, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

This dark rainbow unicorn cake is the perfect centrepiece for a unicorn themed party. Three layers of vanilla buttermilk cake are frosted with purple-tinted white chocolate buttercream and decorated with Midnight Magic Sprinkles. Shards of unicorn candy bark and a purple candy melt drip finish it off perfectly. Unicorn Cake Inspiration I made a cake! …

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Royal Wedding Lemon & Elderflower Meringue Swiss Roll

Royal Wedding Lemon & Elderflower Meringue Swiss Roll Recipe

May 19, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

A celebration cake made in honour of Henry and Meghan’s Royal Wedding. A swiss roll sponge is filled with sharp lemon curd and decorated with an elderflower scented whipped cream frosting and crumbled meringue pieces. I confess, I really wasn’t that fussed about the Royal Wedding up until this week. Celebrity and Royal goings-ons are …

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Raspberry Filled Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

Raspberry-Filled Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

March 18, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia

Because life’s too short not to take out the fine china. I’ve become a lady who lunches, on occasion now. I’ve been regularly meeting up with a few other ladies in the village for coffee, cake, soup, that sort of thing, over the last few months. I’ve really been enjoying our chats and get-togethers. It’s …

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Chocolate and Coffee Cupcakes with Swirl Frosting

Chocolate & Coffee Cupcakes with Coffee Swirl Frosting

October 31, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with a2 Milk™ & Percol Coffee. I have to confess, I am a bit of a coffee addict. I love my morning cuppa(s), plus one more to help keep me going around mid-afternoon. I love coffee flavoured things too, cakes, sweets, cupcakes, you name it. The only thing better than coffee is a …

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Swede Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Spiced Swede (Rutabaga) Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

October 29, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

A delicious, spiced cake made with the humble swede (rutabaga). Did you know that the humble swede (aka. rutabaga, neep or Swedish turnip) can make a rather excellent flavoured cake? Think carrot cake, but with a more subtle vegetable flavour. Warming spices like ginger and nutmeg make it for the perfect Autumn bake, excellent with an …

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Torta Sbrisolona - Italian Almond Cake

Torta Sbrisolona – an Italian Almond Cake Recipe

September 10, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with the Garda Trentino S.p.A. Tourism Board. I watched the landscape change while on the train from Milan to Lake Garda a few months ago, during my first ever visit to the Italian mainland. I found the apartment buildings on the outskirts of Milan hugely fascinating, their tall, earthy hued walls dotted with …

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Pea and Vanilla Cake with Lemon Icing by Kate Hackworthy

Pea and Vanilla Cake with Lemon Icing

August 11, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

An original recipe from Kate Hackworthy’s debut cookbook Veggie Desserts + Cake. Vegetable desserts can be so much more than just carrot cake, as food-writer Kate Hackworthy of award-winning Veggie Desserts shows us with her debut cookbook Veggie Desserts + Cakes. Published by Pavilion Books on the 3rd of August 2017 this stunning manuscript pushes …

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Strawberry Shortcake with Balsamic & Black Pepper Syrup

Strawberry Shortcakes with Balsamic & Black Pepper Syrup

June 18, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

Fresh strawberries and balsamic vinegar are a match made in heaven. These quick and easy strawberry shortcakes take no time to whip up and they taste utterly amazing! Perfect for a summer picnic! “Mum, do you know what I really, really want?” our youngest son (aged 8 and 1/4) asked recently. “What’s that?” I enquired. …

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Piña Colada Cupcakes

Piña Colada Cupcakes

June 5, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

Bring a taste of the Caribbean to your dessert table with this cocktail-inspired cupcake recipe! It’s funny how recipe inspiration can strike in the most random places. I fancied baking something sweet for my family the other day when I spied half a fresh pineapple desperately needing using up in the fridge and remembered that …

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Mini Lemon Drizzle Pound Cakes

March 20, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

In collaboration with We Bake, the community that rewards you for baking.  When I was a little girl growing up in rural Canada we had a small village shop that sold just about anything you could ever need. There was a meat counter where you watch them cut thick slices of bologna for your dinner …

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