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Cardamom Buns
These sweet, buttery and tasty cardamom buns are to die for. They take a bit of time but are completely worth the effort. The first time...
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A Life of Faff
Faffy
- May 10, 2021
- 5 min
Vanilla birthday cake with strawberry jam & vanilla buttercream filling and a chocolate drip layer
My Mum turned 60 in December and to celebrate I decided to bake a special birthday cake. I made a vanilla layer cake with vanilla...
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Faffy
- Feb 15, 2021
- 9 min
12 tips to improve your beer homebrewing
To celebrate our first anniversary of homebrewing beer I have decided to tell you my top tips for homebrewing beer!
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Faffy
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Almond Macaroon Recipe
So simple to make with only 4 ingredients, these tasty almond macaroons are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. They are...
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Faffy
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
NYC Style Seriously Chocolatey Chocolate chip cookies!!!
I saw this NYC style cookie recipe posted on Jane’s patisserie‘s blog a couple of months ago and I have wanted to make it ever since. I...
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Faffy
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Quick beetroot, goat's cheese & walnut tart recipe
A quick, no-nonsense beetroot, goats cheese and walnut tart. Tasty and super easy. I think I am a little obsessed with simple savoury...
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Faffy
- Jan 18, 2021
- 6 min
Your Fave Stout Chocolate Cake with Bailey Cream Cheese Icing
I made this tasty cake just before Christmas when I was feeling pretty Christmassy and before London moved into Tier 4 and our big family...
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Faffy
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
Brew #13: American Pale Ale
A light refreshing American pale ale homebrewed to be shared with friends. This was our Christmas beer that we brewed to share with...
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Faffy
- Jan 4, 2021
- 5 min
Easy Coconut Macaroon Recipe
Coconut macaroons are one of my absolute favourite treats. Packed full of coconut, crisp and golden on the outside but gloriously soft...
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Faffy
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
Brew #12: Classic Milk Stout
It was time to make another stout. This time a milk stout. This beer gets its name from the addition of the milk sugar, Lactose into the...
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Faffy
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
Roasted Butternut Squash & Goat’s cheese Tart
When the colder months of the years come around I find myself craving root vegetables and large squashes. Basically I start craving...
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Faffy
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Terry's Chocolate Orange Brownies
I love brownies and I love Terry's Chocolate Orange so why not make Terry's Chocolate Orange Brownies! A simple idea and then a recipe...
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Faffy
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Brew #11: American Wheat Beer
Continuing our experimentation with different styles of beers, this time we brewed an American wheat beer. We have never brewed a wheat...
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Faffy
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Brew #10: Juicy Fruit Pale Ale Take 2
We decided to re-brew another one of our beers again! This time we decided to take on our juicy fruit pale ale recipe. Last time we...
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Faffy
- Oct 5, 2020
- 4 min
Brew #9: Mikkeller Stateside IPA clone!
In our local pub they have a selection of books for browsing and one book including Mikkeller's Book of Beer. When we first started...
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Faffy
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Vanilla and Cardamom Cake with Orange icing
So I absolutely love the spice Cardamom. I love the smell and I have used it in countless savoury recipes but I had never baked anything...
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Faffy
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Brew #8 Mosaic SMaSH IPA
So we decided it was time to take it back to basics with another SMaSH IPA. SMaSH stands for single malt, single hops, so it is as simple...
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Faffy
- Sep 1, 2020
- 5 min
Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
My younger sister turned 30 last weekend and she asked me to make some red velvet cupcakes for a mini get together she was having. I am...
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Faffy
- Aug 17, 2020
- 4 min
Raspberry and Almond Crumb Cake Recipe
Sometimes you just need a cake to have with a cup of tea for a lovely afternoon treat. This raspberry and almond crumb cake fits the bill...
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Faffy
- Aug 10, 2020
- 5 min
Caramelised onion, goat's cheese and courgette quiche recipe
This caramelised onion, goat's cheese and courgette quiche is simple, tasty and a whole load of fun to make. I absolutely hated quiche as...
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Faffy
- Aug 3, 2020
- 4 min
Classic French Fruit Tart Recipe
Have you ever been to France and walked past a patisserie and stared longingly at one of those amazing intricate, fruity, shiny pastries...
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Faffy
- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
Brew #7 Citrillo WIP IPA Take 2
We wanted to give the Citrillo (Citra and Amarillo) IPA another go, so we decided it was time for a re-brew. Last time we brewed this...
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Faffy
- Jul 27, 2020
- 4 min
5 minute no knead bread recipe!
Finally a simple bread recipe for tasty every day bread! This bread is so simple! 5 mins of prep, leave to rise overnight and bake the...
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Faffy
- Jul 20, 2020
- 5 min
Take 2: Lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream! I told you I would not be defeated by a cake!
Here we go again! Lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream icing version 2! Last time I made this cake it was tasty and light but did not...
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Faffy
- Jul 16, 2020
- 5 min
Brew #6 - Juicy Fruit Pale Ale (Mosaic and Simcoe)
A Mosaic and Simcoe pale ale which we aptly called our Juicy Fruit Pale ale after its incredibly rich and fruity aroma! Recipe planning...
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Faffy
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Crunchie Rocky Road!!
I wanted to make some rocky road for a weekend treat. After searching online through about 20 recipes it was quite clear that they were...
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Faffy
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
Reviewing our IPA homebrews!
We have got to the point now where we have brewed 4 IPAs so we thought it would be a fun learning experience to go through and critically...
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Faffy
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
Nectarine Galette Recipe
This might be one of my favourite bakes for a while. This nectarine galette recipe was inspired by a trip to Tesco where I saw ripen at...
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Faffy
- Jul 2, 2020
- 6 min
Brew #5 - Our "Black" is Beautiful Stout!
Our first ever stout recipe brewed to support the fight against the injustices Black people face all around the world! Story behind the...
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Faffy
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
Spanakopita (Greek Pie) recipe!
Spanakopita is one of my favourites and I have been slowly trying to figure out how to perfect this savoury greek pie, packed full of...
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Faffy
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
What to do with spent brewing grains? Make cookies of course!
I have been brewing for a while now and every brew you end up throwing away a substantial amount of grains. At first I tried putting them...
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Faffy
- Jun 18, 2020
- 5 min
Brew #4 - Amarillo Citra Magnum IPA. 3 hops in 1 beer oh my!
It was time to step up our game for brew #4. But deciding what to brew next was the real challenge. During lockdown we have been brewing...
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Faffy
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
Eton Mess Cake!
I was scrolling through instagram which is basically how I waste away almost everyday, especially during lockdown with nothing to do...
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Faffy
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Lemon Victoria Sponge for Mum!
After weeks of not seeing my family I finally got to see my Mum for a social distanced picnic in the park. This coronavirus life is...
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Faffy
- Jun 4, 2020
- 4 min
Brew #3 - A Simcoe SMaSH IPA
Another Saturday, another brew day, and given our continued novice status, another simple SMaSH IPA was on the cards. SMaSH stands for...
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Faffy
- Jun 1, 2020
- 5 min
My Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Buttercream disaster!
It was a bank holiday weekend and I decided I needed a baking challenge. Something that would take a long time and was slightly out of my...
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Faffy
- May 28, 2020
- 6 min
My Ultimate Homebrewing Bucket List
There are 100s of beer styles, spanning a great deal of history and brewing traditions. From Africa, Europe and the Americas, there is so...
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Faffy
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Buttermilk & berry slice
New week! New cake! This week I wanted something fruity that was relatively cheap to make and did not require me to buy tons of...
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Faffy
- May 21, 2020
- 7 min
Brew #2 - A Citra SMaSH IPA
We brewed a Citra SMaSH IPA! As fun as it was brewing beer using a kit, D and I decided we wanted to try all-grain brewing, i.e. making...
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Faffy
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
A cake for Paddington Bear - Marmalade cake
Today I needed to bake but specifically I needed to bake something new so I searched the internet far and wide until I stumbled across a...
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Faffy
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
#lockdownbaking so far...
Last year I fell in love with baking again. Not sure what triggered it! Maybe it was moving in with D and having more personal space to...
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Faffy
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
A blogging journey begins...
So the UK is under coronavirus lockdown and as a scientist I can't go to the lab to do experiments so I need to fill my days somehow....
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