Plum cardamom loaf cake

Hello. Hi. How are you? We in much of the U.K. are going through what my friend Maggie calls “fake bullshit summer.” It’s almost a week until autumn really begins and there are absolutely no signs of it cooling down; perhaps this is compensation for our earlier British summertime, where it was hot and sunny all at once for 5 … Continue reading →

Small Japanese cheesecake in a loaf pan

This is so fluffy and gentle. You could bed yourself down right into it. Japanese cheesecake is a treat which needs to be judged on its own merits. What they share with their European and American counterparts is a body largely comprising cream cheese, but rather than a dense baked custard, the making of them requires a good beating for fine, airy … Continue reading →

Deb’s jacked-up banana bread with wonderfully unnecessary chocolate chunks

Dear me. It has come to my attention that there isn’t a banana bread recipe on my blog. I’ve got a fluffy banana cake, two iterations of banoffee pie, a rhubarb-banana jam, but not one recipe for sweet, comforting banana bread. Let me fix that by giving you a recipe for a one-bowl banana bread with spices and … Continue reading →

Banana brown butter snacking cake, lighter and fluffier

A simple, fragrant banana sponge cake which is just sweet enough. We all love sturdy and comforting banana bread, but sometimes I want something which is lighter yet still rich-tasting and homey. This cake fits the bill. This recipe is such a relief, too–I spent an inordinate amount of time last month trying to scale down a … Continue reading →

Mincemeat loaf cake

I hope you’ve all had excellent winter holidays, celebrated in all the ways which made your hearts sing and your bellies full. Tell me what you ate and what you made. I celebrated Christmas up in Sheffield with my friend Mary, a large ginger striped housecat called Whiskers, and Mr. Pear. For the main meal … Continue reading →

Pistachio Citrus Pound Cake

Lately, as part of ＳＰＲＩＮＧ ＣＬＥＡＮＩＮＧ, I have been involving myself in a newfound romance with bicarbonate soda crystals which come in 1 kilogram packs. That’s a lot, you know, a WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN’ TO BE DONE: I have also been making things. My Marylove came and stayed with me for her last two days … Continue reading →