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Mini Christmas Cakes
I thought I would make some mini Christmas cakes this year as they would make great presents for friends or family. I have added dried cranberries into my cakes but you could just use a traditional dried fruit mix. You can add any decorations you like and be creative! I have lots of nice festive cutters that I have used in the past to decorate my Christmas cakes for my cafe. I also think the addition of the baking parchment and festive string really finishes them off but you
Sarah L Samuels
Oct 31, 20253 min read


Christmas Chutney
I make this chutney for presents for family and friends every year and it is always well received. You need to make this ahead of time as it takes a few weeks for the flavours to develop. It’s packed with festive flavours of cranberries, apples, clementines and figs with a little festive spice. I have also added some pink peppercorns as I like the citrus note and they are not as strong as black ones. It is perfect with cold meat, cheese and crackers over the festive period. I
Sarah L Samuels
Oct 24, 20253 min read


Japanese Milk Bread Loaf
Japanese milk bread is a really delicate, sweet and fluffy bread. It’s pretty easy to make in a stand mixer and the taste is like nothing I
Sarah L Samuels
Oct 16, 20253 min read


Coffee, Chocolate & Hazelnut Cookies
Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie! My first experience of one was in America it was soft and had lots of chocolate chips in it. I dec
Sarah L Samuels
Oct 9, 20253 min read


Roasted Butternut Squash & Red Onion Soup
This soup is another one from Sarah’s cafe menu and was a regular on the menu and very popular (probably as it’s one of my favourites!). My
Sarah L Samuels
Oct 2, 20252 min read


Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
They are made using a brioche type dough and are lovely and light and fluffy and filled with light brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. I have
Sarah L Samuels
Sep 26, 20253 min read


Cheese & Red Onion Scones
This recipe is based on my cafe cheese scone recipe but with the addition of some red onions as I thought they would go well with my buttern
Sarah L Samuels
Sep 18, 20252 min read


Lemon Madeleines
We went on holiday and had a delicious coffee in a French cafe. We shared a little basket of lemon madeleines between us and I thought...
Sarah L Samuels
Sep 12, 20252 min read


Rosemary, Garlic & Sea Salt Focaccia Bread
We were having bolognaise for dinner and I forgot to buy some garlic bread so I decided to make some focaccia instead. I had some dried rose
Sarah L Samuels
Aug 22, 20253 min read


Sunday Brunch 17/08/2025
My Parmesan & Thyme Crackers were featured on Sunday Brunch for their feature on Advert quality food. The guests liked the look them but...
Sarah L Samuels
Aug 17, 20251 min read
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