Christmas is not Christmas in the Hart household without gingerbread cookies. They’re worth baking for the wonderful smell alone. The raw cookie dough is pretty moreish too. I usually turn to my Peggy Porschen recipe which is authentic as it … Continue reading
Category Archives: Baking
Apple & banana cinnamon muffins
Mabel loves bananas (“narnas”) & she loves apples (“pappoos”). She has also become quite partial to a piece of cake, so the combination of apple & bananas in a muffin was sure to be a winner. This is the original … Continue reading
The click of the seasons. “Love the look of that pie!”
Mrs Warrick – Thirty & Fabulous!
A very special lady recently entered her 4th decade – my sis-in-law Soph. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Harts & Warricks gathered in her local, the White Horse (aka the “Sloaney Pony”) in Parsons Green to eat, drink & … Continue reading
Welcome to the World Seren!
My very dear friend, & better half of Harts & Carafts, became a Mummy herself this month! Precious little bundle Seren came into the World last week. Cara & I have often sat fantasising making plans about how we would … Continue reading
Celebrating 60 years (of life & Arsenal fandom!)
May & June are busy birthday months in our family. My little brother Tim & nephew Paul, followed by my hubby Nick then Keith, then Mama & finally Mabel’s Great Grandad Albert. It’s also Father’s Day. I couldn’t bake for … Continue reading
Always Coca Cola….Cake
Mr Boo has an obsession with Vanilla Coke. I knew he always had a liking for it, but since they’ve brought it back he drinks little else! So, I got to thinking, I wonder what recipes there are that use Coke. … Continue reading
Lemon & Poppy seed cake – drizzling during grizzling!
My Mum brought me back a selection of wonderful dried herbs from her holiday in Crete this year, which included a bag of poppy seeds. What better way to use them than in a lemon & poppy seed cake? Here’s … Continue reading
Asparagus and goats cheese tart up a picnic
There is nothing better than fresh, locally grown, in season asparagus. In fact it is such a world away from the foreign stems which have clocked up the air miles available on the supermarket shelves year-round that I only buy … Continue reading
Adventures in frosting
I tried something a bit different for the obligatory generic & inevitable cupcakes for Mabel’s birthday party. Whilst cupcakes are considered old hat by some & I can hear baking snobs proclaiming “Cupcakes are so 2010 dahling. Whoopie pies & … Continue reading