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Welcome to my little slice of the internet! Here I will take you on my baking journey, show you my recipes and hopefully you'll find your own passion for baking from my blog.

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

2 days ago2 min read

Mini Lemon Bakewell Tarts

They are delicious little lemon tarts with a nice thin buttery pastry case which not only looks great but tastes it too. They have a lovely

Sarah L Samuels

Jul 253 min read

Blueberry & Lemon Drizzle Traybake

My lemon drizzle traybake was a popular choice in my cafe and is delicious with a cup of tea or coffee. I decided to add some blueberries

Sarah L Samuels

Jul 182 min read

Sarah’s Jammy Flapjack

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 L Samuels

May 233 min read

Apricot & Almond Scones

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

Sarah L Samuels

May 23 min read

Guinness Loaf Cake

This is a cake I see quite often on social media and recently one of my followers said they had made one and it was very disappointing...

Sarah L Samuels

Feb 283 min read

Apricot & Almond Shortbread Biscuits

Apricot & Almond Shortbread

Sarah L Samuels

Feb 142 min read

Honey Loaf Cake

This cake is based on my very popular Golden Syrup Cake but I have used honey in this recipe. It was actually one on my original...

Sarah L Samuels

Jan 172 min read

Lemon Cakeies

These delicious delights are a cross between a cake and a cookie! They have the soft texture of a cake but look just like a cookie. I...

Sarah L Samuels

Aug 23, 20242 min read

Cumbria Life - August 2024

Courgette, Feta & Pine Nut Quiche I have been devising some new recipes using courgettes and this one was a winner! It's a delicious...

Sarah L Samuels

Aug 1, 20241 min read

Lemon Polenta Cake

I bought some polenta recently for a bread recipe I was working on and had a lot left so decided to whip up a quick lemon polenta cake....

Sarah L Samuels

Jun 28, 20242 min read

Cumbria Life - June 2024

Sarah’s Rhubarb Tiramisu I do love Tiramisu and I really love rhubarb so I thought I would make a fusion of the two! It's a lovely light...

Sarah L Samuels

Jun 1, 20241 min read

Bakewell Flapjack

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 L Samuels

May 31, 20243 min read

Rhubarb & Custard Traybake Cake

I love a traybake and I love rhubarb and I have been making my Rhubarb & Almond traybake for years so I wanted to make a different one...

Sarah L Samuels

May 10, 20242 min read

Lemon & Blueberry Mini Loaves

I love my new mini loaf tin and after my popular Mincemeat Loaves I did for Christmas I wanted to make some more Mini Loaves and as I had...

Sarah L Samuels

May 2, 20242 min read

Fruit & Nut Flapjack

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 L Samuels

Apr 25, 20242 min read

Malted Chocolate Loaf Cake

I was trying to decide what to make for my youngest son for celebrating his GCSE results. He is not keen on loads of icing so I thought a...

Sarah L Samuels

Feb 2, 20242 min read

Banana, Pecan and Oat Muffins

I always get the £1.50 boxes at Lidl if they have bananas in them as I need very ripe bananas for my baking. I got some last week so...

Sarah L Samuels

Jan 19, 20242 min read

SNICKERSdoodles Cookies

My youngest son has been asking if I could recreate these cookies since last Christmas and I have finally got round to making them for...

Sarah L Samuels

Dec 9, 20233 min read

Egg Custard Tarts

I love an egg custard tart and quite often treat myself to some from the supermarket but I realised I had never actually tried to make...

Sarah L Samuels

Aug 4, 20233 min read