A Life of Faff

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...

To celebrate our first anniversary of homebrewing beer I have decided to tell you my top tips for homebrewing beer!

So simple to make with only 4 ingredients, these tasty almond macaroons are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. They are...

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...

A quick, no-nonsense beetroot, goats cheese and walnut tart. Tasty and super easy. I think I am a little obsessed with simple savoury...

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...

A light refreshing American pale ale homebrewed to be shared with friends. This was our Christmas beer that we brewed to share with...

Coconut macaroons are one of my absolute favourite treats. Packed full of coconut, crisp and golden on the outside but gloriously soft...

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...

When the colder months of the years come around I find myself craving root vegetables and large squashes. Basically I start craving...

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...

Continuing our experimentation with different styles of beers, this time we brewed an American wheat beer. We have never brewed a wheat...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Have you ever been to France and walked past a patisserie and stared longingly at one of those amazing intricate, fruity, shiny pastries...