For those who have followed me for a while, you know my usual favourite combination is peanut butter and chocolate, oh how the tables have turned. I wanted a cake that tasted subtly sweet and light with a hint of fruity and this clean blueberry, lemon and date cake is just that. The texture of this cake is spongey and soft and the blueberries melt in your mouth. It’s absolutely…
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Before I give you this recipe, some of you may be wondering ‘what’s hummingbird?’ one of the key ingredients is pineapple which makes it a little easier to guess it’s origin – Jamaica! This clean hummingbird cake is similar to carrot cake (there are no birds involved – incase you were wondering), combined with spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, but with an additional pineapple twist! The addition of pineapple means…
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Years and years ago, I once worked for a bakery who made the most delicious strawberry sponge cakes (all sponge cakes to be exact). It was the standard cake at all of my family’s birthdays – not only for its light and fluffy texture – but also for the lovely presentation that could never go wrong. The pink icing against the natural sponge filled with cream – what’s not to…
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