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January 14, 2013

Fiona Cairns’ Very Lemony Crunch Cake

Although I am desperately trying to lose weight to fit back into my favourite red dress I do not want to give up my love of baking. I have not been taking on as many customer orders recently as I have had a lot on with family commitments and with my day job as a…

January 2, 2013

Christmas 2012

Happy New Year to you and I hope that 2013 brings you health, luck and happiness. It has been an extremely busy time in the SmartCookieSam household leading up to Christmas and I found myself not getting round to updating my blog due to the all the other things that needed doing. I had a…

November 11, 2012

Sticky Maple Apple Traybake

This Sticky Maple Apple Traybake has been a firm favourite in my house since I first discovered this recipe over a year ago. It originally comes from the second Great British Bake Off recipe book which was published last year to coincide with Series 2. It also features on the App that you can download…

November 10, 2012

The Great British Bake Off- Blueberry Banana Bread

After a busy week baking loads of sticky Parkin and brightly coloured Hallowe’en goodies, it was lovely to get back to other types of baking. I am trying so hard to lose a few pounds before Christmas but it’s a constant uphill struggle at the moment. This week I have now changed my working hours…

November 10, 2012

Hallowe’en Cupcakes and Cookies

You can tell I’m a bit behind with my blogging at the moment. It’s taken me well over a week to catch up and as I write I’m panicking that I shouldn’t be doing this, I should be dusting! Or so my husband tells me! Instead I am going to type this, walk the dog,…

November 10, 2012

A Passion For Baking- Chocolate Malteser Cake

In case you didn’t know I am just a teeny weeny bit obsessed by Maltesers. I don’t know why but all I do know is that a funsize bag is never enough. But why call it fun size as there’s no fun in something that is so small you hardly get anything to eat in…

November 10, 2012

Yorkshire Parkin

As soon as the clocks go back at the end of October is when I begin to think about my baking for Hallowe’en and for Bonfire Night. I grew up in a village just outside Nottingham and enjoyed Bonfire Night celebrations at the Junior School where the giant bonfire would have the Guy on it.…

November 10, 2012

Mary Berry’s Anzac Biscuits

I enjoy baking from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible and trying out recipes I have not made before. My husband is Australian (though he has lived in the UK since he was a child) and we were interested to try Anzac biscuits as we knew the history behind them. I had made the version of Anzac…

November 10, 2012

Rachel Allen’s Chocolate Marble Crumble Cake

I have been a bit at sixes and sevens with my blogging recently. It’s a shame as I really love writing my blog and reading others’ cakey exploits! Life seems to get in the way and by the time I sit down to write, I either get writer’s block or there’s something else to do!…

November 6, 2012

A Passion For Baking- Apricot Loaf

I have been baking quite a few of Jo Wheatley’s recipes from her book “A Passion For Baking” recently. I have found all of her recipes to be straightforward for both beginners and more experienced bakers. Every single recipe I have tried from her book, I want to bake over and over again. The same…