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Egg-free Chocolate Chip Cookies- soft, chewy, chocolate chip cookies with no eggs required. Very easy to make- a great solution for those who can't eat eggs or when you just don't have any eggs to hand. Jump to Recipe I'm obviously a bit obsessed by eggs and baking at the moment. I recently published a round up of recipes that only need one egg and now here I am with an egg-free cookie recipe! This recipe was born out of a situation where I wanted to take cookies to a friend who had just had a baby, but I realised at the last moment that I didn't have any eggs left. This happens to me all the time, but I normally have time to nip to the shops. Not this time... I thought about egg substitutes I could use, and decided, that as eggs in a cookie mainly provide the moisture and bind the dough together, milk would work. The resulting cookies, have a very slightly different texture, are just a little bit more fragile and only go slightly golden. They hold together well, espec...

10 Baking Recipes that only need one egg- whenever you get that baking urge, or you need something sweet, and one egg is all you have, these recipes are just what you need! I can't tell you how often I get the urge to bake something, go to find the ingredients and discover that I only have one egg. I then usually do a bit of searching online, get frustrated that I can't find anything and end up not baking at all. But now that I have this amazing list of one egg recipes, I can bake away to my heart's content with my one egg! Why do we need eggs in baking? Eggs are so important in baking- essentially they give the bake good structure and add moisture. Eve more importantly, the yolk of the egg helps bind ingredients together stop them from separating or splitting. Can you replace eggs in baking? Yes you can, many people with egg allergies or who are following a vegan diet, do this all the time. If you're doing it because you've just run out of eggs, be aware that the...

Glazed Raspberry and Lemon Muffins- These muffins are simple to make, dotted with fresh raspberries, flavoured with real lemon and glazed with a lemon glaze. A delicious breakfast treat or perfect for your next picnic! Jump to Recipe I'm a big fan of raspberries. I love their sweet, sharp zing and I'll happily sit and eat a whole punnet of them! Occasionally though, I'll have some leftover that start to go a little bit soggy. These muffins are the absolute best way to make sure those raspberries don't go to waste. The muffins are beautifully moist and have the fresh raspberries going through them, additional zing from lemon zest and a lovely lemon sugar glaze on the top. They are delicious for a breakfast treat, perfect for popping in lunchboxes and handy for a picnic. You can't really go wrong! Top Tips Don't over mix. Muffin mixture shouldn't be beautifully smooth like cake batter. It will end up tough when cooked if so. Cut up the raspberries. Whole raspb...

Large Victoria Sponge Cake- a recipe for a classic Victoria Sponge with whipped cream, using 9 inch cake tins. This recipe will give you 12, thick slices of cake. Jump to Recipe Every, single year (except one), my husband requests Victoria Sponge cake for his birthday. It's his absolute favourite cake and he's now started requesting it for our anniversary! I don't mind too much; it's pretty much the perfect cake. Light vanilla sponge, whipped cream and strawberry jam make it a very safe bet when you're choosing a cake. I'm not a fan of buttercream being used as a filling for Victoria Sponge, personally. I find it makes the cake far too sweet when paired with the jam. This recipe is for a large, 9 inch Victoria sponge, just the size when you need enough for 12 people. It will provide pretty generous slices at that number, so you could even squeeze a couple of extra slices out of it, if you need to.

Cranberry Yoghurt Bundt Cake- a light sponge cake dotted with fresh cranberries and decorated with glace icing. An easy alternative to Christmas cake. This cranberry cake uses fresh cranberries, not dried. It came about because I bought a bag of fresh cranberries and was keen to find something (other than cranberry sauce) to make with them. I searched and searched and found virtually no cake recipes with fresh cranberries. So, I adapted a yoghurt cake recipe of mine to create this cake. Cranberries are tart in their fresh state. They are usually dried with sugar, but, when fresh, they are packed full of anti-oxidents and Vitamins A, C and K. This cake is light and only slightly sweet in taste, helped by the tart cranberries. I decided to cook the fresh cranberries into a quick jam, just to take the edge off the cranberries sharp taste and to make it easier to spread the cranberries through the cake. I then topped it off with a little plain glace icing and the result was delicious! Cran...

Mince Pie Duffins- a mince pie twist on the classic duffin. Doughnut muffins spiced with cinnamon and filled with traditional mincemeat. A delicious Christmas treat. Doughnut Muffin plus cinnamon, plus mince pie filling is the gist of this Christmas baked treat. If you've ever fancied mince pie in cake form, this is your recipe! The classic duffin is soft, moist and filled with jam usually. For this recipe, I have used the same batter but I have added a good whack of cinnamon and changed the filling to spiced mincemeat. Add some cinnamon sugar on top and your done. Quick and easy if you're looking for a new Christmas baking idea. Taking just 40 minutes to prepare and bake, they are quick to get ready when you have guests over the festive season. Serve them warm or keep in a tin for a few days. You can heat them up with some custard too, for a dessert. Mince Pie fans- hope you enjoy!

Easy Ginger Cake- a very easy recipe for ginger cake which only requires one egg. Foolproof and works every time to make soft, moist, sticky ginger loaf cake, with golden syrup. I love Ginger Cake. LOVE it. It's so sticky and delicious. It gives me fond memories of eating the Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup Cake in childhood. We would have it either as a slice to snack on after school or covered in custard for pudding. Amazing both ways. This Easy Ginger Cake is essentially the same style as that syrup cake but with added ginger. It's so light and moist, with a slightly sugary crust, that it's really hard to stop at just the one slice! You also only need one egg to make this cake which is a bonus, as I always seem to want to bake when I only have one egg. As promised, it's a very easy cake to make. You don't need any fancy cooking skills. In fact, if you've never made a cake before, this is a great one to start with.

Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes- all the flavour of a traditional hot cross bun in a cupcake- cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice and raisins. Easy to make treats for Easter. How much do you love Hot Cross Buns? They're a real seasonal treat (although seasonal for Easter seems to start straight after Christmas now!) There are so many varieties these days, chocolate, apple, ginger etc. I love the apple ones personally, if I'm veering from the traditional. So, I thought, why not add Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes to the mix? My Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes have all the spice and flavour of a hot cross bun, but with a cake base. They have a plain cupcake base with the hot cross bun spices and raisins added. The spices make the cake taste almost as though it's been made with wholemeal flour. I tend to go heavier on the cinnamon than the other spices, because I love that flavour more than the others, but you can play with the balance of spices however you prefer. So if you've had enough of all the Easte...

Valentine's Day Treat and Dessert Recipes- a round up of 10 valentine's Day recipes I have rounded up 10 delicious, Valentine's Day treat recipes from fellow food bloggers, that are perfect for finishing off your meal, sending into school or making with the kids. If you need a Valentine's Day treat or dessert idea, you're sure to find one on this list. Read on!

Prepare yourselves for the wonder that is puff pastry mince pies with whipped cream. They are something special and I am really excited to share the recipe with you. It's so simple- anyone can make them! It's now officially mince pie season. I know they've been in the shops since late September, but for me, all things Christmas really begin on December 1st. There's such an array of mince pies these days, that trying to choose which ones to buy can be a bit of a challenge. I thought that my husband, top mince pie-lover that he is, had tried every different type available. Then m y mother-in-law bought him a kind of mince pie that I have never seen before- puff pastry mince pies with whipped cream inside. They were an absolute revelation and we spent the next couple of weeks trying to find them again! (Morrisons in case you don't fancy making them yourself). Home-made mince pies will always top anything you can buy and until I made these puff pastry ones filled with ...

Spiced Pumpkin Cake- a moist pumpkin traybake cake topped with cream cheese icing and spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Perfect for serving at Bonfire Night or Halloween. It's that time of year again, in the build up to Halloween and Bonfire Night, that we all start searching for 'pumpkin recipes' and 'things to make with pumpkin'. There's always the stand-by classics of Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Soup, but if you're bored of those, or looking for something different, then this Spiced Pumpkin Cake might do the trick. It's traybake style, so it's perfect for sharing at a Halloween or Bonfire Night party. You might have bought a pumpkin this year, for carving, and are wondering whether you can use the flesh from inside your Halloween pumpkin to bake with. The answer is- not usually. The pumpkins that are sold for carving, tend to be the types with thinner skins, which makes them easier to carve. They are not known for having good flavour and textur...

Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake- an easy-to-follow recipe for classic chocolate fudge cake with light sponge and thick, fudgy chocolate icing. Chocolate fudge cake is a classic indulgent cake and a popular choice is for dessert or an afternoon treat in restaurants and cafes everywhere. It's a very rich chocolate cake which is made with real chocolate rather than cocoa powder and it is filled and topped with an even richer, thick chocolate ganache. What's not to like? If I'm not sure what to order for dessert, I will usually plump for the chocolate fudge cake because it's reliably delicious. Unless you're not a chocolate lover, it's pretty hard to resist all the deep chocolate deliciousness that's involved. If you want to make a chocolate fudge cake at home, this is an easy recipe and produces a reliably good result. It has a light, almost powdery-soft sponge and the icing is thick and fudgy. There are no tricky techniques or ingredients as it's an all-in-one m...

I love ginger cake. I love ginger in general, but ginger cake really is gorgeous, and dark chocolate accompanies it really well. The slightly bitter chocolate taste complements all that sticky golden syrup and sugar, add some chocolate buttercream and mmmmm, you've got yourself a winner! A little while back I made a chocolate chip ginger sandwich cake, for one of my husband's colleagues who was leaving. It went down very well, lasted about 5 seconds according to my husband, but I never remembered to take any photos. I had some time spare this weekend, so I decided to have a bit of a baking/cooking day and make it again. This chocolate chip ginger cake recipe makes a pretty foolproof sandwich cake. The ginger sponge is feather light and just slightly sticky. The only thing you need to watch out for is when you come to turn the cake out. It will stick and crack at any opportunity, so make sure that the tin is well greased and let the cake cool for several minutes before trying to...

Easter Nest Cupcakes- classic sponge cupcakes with chocolate topping and Easter Nest decoration using cadbury's Mini Eggs and crumbled Cadbury's Flake. There are so many cute cupcake ideas to make for Easter, but when you don't have a lot of time, or you want to bake with your children, I find simple is best. I made these Easter Nest cupcakes as a variation on my Chocolate Orange Easter Nest Cake . The sponge I use is a classic yellow sponge that makes an excellent base for any cupcake you want to make. It turns out well every time; moist, buttery and delicious. Top that with real chocolate icing, crumbly Cadbury's Flake and the essential Cadbury's Mini Eggs and you've got yourself a classic Easter treat. They don't tend to last long once people try them- the 16 that I made for work lasted until 1pm!

Breadmaker Hot Cross Bun Loaf- if you love hot cross buns, this sliced loaf version is for you. Make this spiced fruity loaf in the breadmaker and enjoy toasted with lots of butter. Perfect for Easter breakfast. I am a big fan of hot cross buns, so when I saw that Marks and Spencers had a sliced, hot cross bun loaf on the shelves, I bought one straight away. It was perfect- just the thing for an afternoon snack. It got me thinking- I'm pretty sure I could make a hot cross bun loaf myself. Even better, I could make one in the breadmaker! Generally, I don't like anything with a lot of mixed, dried fruit in it. Christmas cake- ugh! Traditional wedding cake- no thank you. But hot cross buns, I love! I don't mind that they appear in the shops the second that Christmas is over. So much the better! The very idea of a hot cross bun loaf is brilliant. Pop slices in the toaster without any danger of them getting stuck, burnt and mangled and you get a lot more out of one loaf than you...

Apple and Cinnamon Scones- fragrant spiced apple scones, delicious served warm with butter for afternoon tea. Jump to recipe Apple and cinnamon just belong together don't they? There's something very warm and comforting about the flavours and adding them to scones makes a winning combination. They are especially amazing when still warm and served with butter. Seriously, droooool! Once you've eaten one apple cinnamon scone, it's very easy to accidentally eat two, three, four! They're not too sweet so it doesn't feel like you're being too naughty. They are very easy to make in big batches and you can freeze them. So you could whip some out at very short notice and wow your guests with what a super host you are. I won't tell if you won't!

It was half-term this week and, after a couple of days of enjoying my freedom and visiting family and seeing friends, I got the baking itch. I wanted to make something that would serve as dessert and as an afternoon treat to have with a cuppa. Brownies fit the bill perfectly! I had a packet of crushed hazelnuts in my baking cupboard that I had been hoping to use for something, and brownies seemed to fit for that too. Chocolate and nuts is never a bad idea, so I threw them in with the mixture to add some extra texture. My husband is not a fan of nuts in any form, so I ended up doubling the mixture and only putting hazlenuts in half. We were going away for a few days to Canterbury for our anniversary, so I packaged them up to take with us. I thought it might save some pennies if we had our own treats instead of buying cafe treats everyday. Unfortunately, even though we packed very light, there still wasn't room for an enormous tupperware of hazelnut brownies so, at the last minute I ...

Apple Cake- a light, moist sponge cake flavoured with chunks of fresh apple and cinnamon. Delicious served warm with cream or custard for an autumn winter dessert. I am usually really good at finding interesting ways to use up any bananas that are on the turn (see here for my banana recipes ). But, when it comes to apples, I don't have that many recipes at my fingertips. You could make crumble with leftover apples but really, it's much better with cooking apples than eating apples. When I remembered that a few eating apples were lurking under a big bunch of bananas in our fruit bowl, I wasn't sure quite what to do with them. I decided to make an apple cake to use them up, rather than let them go to waste. I was very pleased when the apple cake turned out beautifully, all golden brown with little pieces of apple peeking out of the top. It has a lovely, soft texture and the apple pieces make it very moist. This apple cake works very well with slightly softened, eating apples...

Do you ever make your own bread? I first made some when I was at university and I remember being very proud of it! It was a lovely white crusty loaf. The only problem was that the crust was quite salty and I suspect that I hadn't followed the recipe I was given correctly. I was a bit slap-dash in those days! I didn't make bread all that often after that day but, when I was getting married, I took the opportunity to put a breadmaker on my wedding gift list. My lovely sister and brother-in-law were kind enough to buy it for me (ahem, I mean us!). It was one of my most favourite gifts and it made me so happy when my sister was pregnant and craving cinnamon, that I could make her a home-made cinnamon raisin loaf. It took me a little while to brave making bread rolls, because I was a bit scared of trying things that weren't baked in the breadmaker, particularly getting the second rise of the dough right. It's actually not that scary, you just need to tackle the kneading wit...

I had a bit of a dilemma when I was designing this recipe. I wanted to make a double chocolate loaf cake BUT... it's January. I'm trying to be healthier, most people are. Is it really a good time to be posting double chocolate cake?! So, I fiddled about with the recipe to try and make it a bit less indulgent and was really pleased with the result when I added porridge oats. The oats in this cake made it a denser, more filling cake, so a single slice is all you need. You still get a delicious chocolate hit from the cocoa and the chocolate chips too! Everything's automatically healthy if it has oats in. I'm pretty sure that's the rule... I had a slice with a cup of tea, whereas my husband really enjoyed a big thick slice with hot custard (slightly undoing my attempt to up the healthiness of the recipe!) I think it would make a great after school treat. A slice could probably be split between two children and easily keep them going until teatime!