Lemon Drizzle Cake
Light, fluffy, moist and buttery sponge loaf bursting with lemon, drizzled with a sweet and tangy lemon syrup and topped with a crispy, zesty lemon icing. Fresh and delicious, it is no surprise that Lemon Drizzle is…
Vegan Lemon Drizzle Cake
Light, soft, moist, vegan lemon sponge cake drizzled in a sweet but sharp lemon syrup and topped with a zingy lemon icing. This vegan cake won many fans when Charlotte took it into work recently – it…
Coconut Loaf Cake with Salted Milk Chocolate Ganache
Light, fluffy, moist coconut sponge loaf cake slathered with a salted milk chocolate ganache. Enough said! Absolute heaven and my new obsession. I had made the cake before and the chocolate ganache but this is the first…
Welsh Shearing Cake or Cacen Gneifo
Cacen Gneifo is a cake made for farm workers and shearers during the sheep shearing and dipping season. There are many versions throughout the world – in Wales it is a simple yet soft and moist caraway…
Chocolate Lump Cake
A moist and richly flavoured chocolate loaf cake, dotted with delectable, luscious lumps of chocolate hidden, like a delicious secret, throughout the sponge. The soft, moist sponge is gorgeous as it is, but when you hit upon…
Lemon and Rosemary Drizzle Cake
Delicious, moist, light as a feather, lemon and rosemary sponge cake, drizzled in a lemon and rosemary syrup and topped with a sweet, delicious layer of icing. The fresh, zesty tang of a soft, luscious Lemon Drizzle…
Bara Nadolig
Bara Nadolig, translated as Christmas Bread, is my version of a festive Bara Brith. Famous in Wales, Bara Brith was originally a yeasted dough speckled with dried fruits, but it is now more commonly made as a…
Coffee and Chocolate Chunk Pecan Nut Loaf Cake
Loaded with roast pecan nuts and chunks of chocolate, this traditional loaf cake is bursting with the flavours of coffee and roast pecan nuts. The contrasting textures from crispy pecan nuts, creamy chocolate and a light and…
Bara Brith
Bara Brith, translated as Speckled Bread, is a traditional moist Welsh fruit loaf cooked with delicious spices and loaded with dried vine fruits. More of a cake than bread these days, Bara Brith is traditionally a yeasted…