For those who aren't keen on the traditional, fruit filled Christmas cake (including me) here's my recipe for a festive alternative gingerbread cake with orange cream cheese icing, candied fresh cranberries and iced gingerbread trees. Unlike a traditional fruit cake, this recipe doesn't need to be made in advance and although there's several steps to complete they're [...]
Chutney is something I've grown up with, most often homemade with fresh produce straight from our suburban garden veggie patch. Chutney is a brilliant solution to a glut of fruit and veg that needs using up or alternatively or if you're buying ingredients in just follow the seasons for the best quality and value, fruit and vegetables [...]
Here's the first in a series of recipe videos and articles I was commissioned to shoot this Christmas for The Telegraph and Aldi's, 'festive foodie feast'. It kicked off with a little piece on me in the Saturday Telegraph a couple of weeks ago and runs till Christmas including 3 recipes videos online and 4 [...]
Here's my video recipe for a sharing savoury scone that's simple to make and can be easily modified with different herbs, meat and cheese if you prefer for a more personal bake. The written recipe can be found here
I was commissioned a couple of weeks ago to create a dessert table for a lovely lady's pre-wedding party at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. I sketched a few ideas out and sent them over, thankfully she liked them all so I got baking! I decided on three different ideas and set about making 50 [...]
