Sarah's Slice

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

I decided to make these delicious apricot and almond scones which are based on my cafe fruit scones. All my sweet scones contain buttermilk

A bread and butter pudding is a traditional English dessert made from buttered bread, dried fruit and a vanilla custard then baked in the...

I thought I would make some mini Simnel cakes this year as they would make great presents for friends or family. I have added dried...

Hot cross buns are spiced sweet buns usually made with fruit and marked with a cross on the top to represent the cross on which Christ...

Christmas pudding is a traditional dessert served with Christmas dinner here in the UK and originated in medieval times. It is a dessert...

I used to make these every Christmas when I baked for a local market and they were always very popular. They are a good way to use up any...

I had some excess bread to use up this week so I decided to make a bread and butter pudding with it. I was thinking of different flavours...

Flapjack is traybake cut into slices and made from oats, butter, sugar and syrup. My version also contains condensed milk which gives it its

Sarah’s Simnel Loaf Cake I was asked a lot last Easter if I had a Simnel loaf cake so I wanted to make sure I made one for this year!...

Anyone who follows my blog regularly knows I love a Bakewell tart or any bake that features almonds so I thought why not make an Easter...

This is a recipe I have been wanting to do for ages and I thought it would be perfect for my 12 days of cookies. There are so many...

I recently asked on my social media what people would like me to bake for Christmas and the one bake that I had a lot of requests for was...

I recently asked on my social media what people would like me to bake for Christmas and the one bake that I had a lot of requests for was...

Flapjack is traybake cut into slices and made from oats, butter, sugar and syrup. My version also contains condensed milk which gives it its

I was asked a lot last Christmas if I had a Christmas loaf cake so I wanted to make sure I made one for this year! It's based on my usual...

Hot Cross Scones Who doesn't love hot cross buns at Easter or anytime of the year!? However delicious they are time consuming to make and...

I wanted to make another tea loaf for my blog but with a fruity tea. I had a lot of dried cranberries in my store cupboard so I decided...

I was asked a lot last Easter if I had a Simnel loaf cake so I wanted to make sure I made one for this year! Simnel cake is a fruit cake...

Simnel cake is a fruit cake usually eaten at Easter here in the UK. It typically has a layer of marzipan in the middle of the cake and on the top. Traditionally it is decorated with 11 marzipan balls on the top to represent Jesus's 11 disciples. You can decorate the top of the cake as you like, it doesn't have to be traditional. You can add any decorations you like and add some ribbon around the middle if you want to. I have lots of nice Easter cutters for animals and flower