easter cupcakes

I had some coconut left over from baking some amazing sweet and sticky brown sugar brownies earlier this week so I decided to make the coconut lime cupcakes that I’d torn out of this month’s Tesco magazine (picked up when Jen and I went to get pizza last weekend). They are yummy! I think they…

Valentine’s Day Shortbread

Valentine’s Day Shortbread Originally uploaded by fionalynne Any holiday is a good excuse to bake, right?! So last night at about 10pm I made these shortbread from Mum’s recipe. My hands were far to warm so I had to stick the mix in the fridge for half an hour to make it stick together. And…

pancake day party

…only a little early. Joanna came up with the great idea of having a pancake party on Shrove Tuesday (tomorrow) so we sent out all the invitations via text and the wonderful facebook, only to realise we were busy on Tuesday. Luckily the promise of pancakes is a big incentive for visitors and nearly all…