Can you believe it is that time already? It seems only a moment ago when I started preparing for Christmas, and yet it is probably already too late to tell you about our Christmas Tree Cake. Still, there’s always next year, and this cake would work just as well baked in any bundt pan, not just the incredibly festive shape pictured.

Easter is a big deal in Poland, a country where 90% of the population are Roman Catholic. The end of lent is marked by feasting throughout the Easter weekend, and this cake “Babka Cytrynowa” (literally translated as “lemon Grandma cake”) is just one of the many traditional dishesthat is used to mark the occasion.

I’ve had a strange kind of “Christmassy” feeling this past few days.  I’m going to put that down to me sitting on my arse drinking wine, wet and cold weather outside (leading to floods all over the UK, again), and the smell of baking filling the house.  Oh, the joys! The baking this time around [...]

Zebra Cake is this weeks cake of choice and a great one it is too. Simple things impress me and it turns out (courtesy of my wife) that the stripy effect is even easy enough for me to manage!

To me the best cakes are the type you can enjoy sitting at home or in a café with a cup of coffee. There seems to be a tradition in England of serving cakes covered in cream or ice cream as a “pudding” – great for your palate, not so good for your waist line.