First bake from Sour by Mark Diacono, for the second book in my Cook the Books series, and we’re diving straight into the deep end with this Sweet and Sour Apricots Upside Down Cake.

I’m pretty darn happy with how this one turned out. Part 1 of Cook the Books: Sour will be out early next week.

Today’s bake: a Lemon Olive Oil cake 🍋

A deliciously soft, moist and tender olive oil cake filled with bright and tangy lemon flavor!

☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day! ☘️

After scrolling through lots of amazing looking recipes, I decided that what better way to celebrate St Patrick’s Day than with a loaf of traditional Irish soda bread! (Or a pint of Guinness, if you ask Ben)

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It’s Pancake Week: Day 5 - and as it’s the last day, I wanted to go wild and experiment with an idea I’ve had for a while… pancake sushi 🍱

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Happy Friday! We made it!

It was a rough night with Hiro last night - barely 3 hours kip. So today is fueled by coffee, pancakes and more coffee.

It’s Pancake Week: Day 4 and for today, I went with banana-stuffed pancakes. Like little banana fritters!

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Good morning, you awesome bunch!

It’s Pancake Week: Day 3 - and today we’re having some fun… with pancake spaghetti! With added ‘raspberry’ meatballs.

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Good morning lovely people!

It’s day 2 of pancake week - and today I was in the mood for some American style pancakes 🥞

Recipe by shelinacooks on Instagram 😊

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Pancake Week: Day 1

Well, it’s not easy to take aesthetic looking photos of a Dutch Baby!

Still tastes bloody good all the same though 😋

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Bakewell Loaf Cake with Raisins.

Super chuffed with how this turned out and it’s great to be back baking again. I thought the raisins might feel or taste weird, but they add nice pockets of sweetness.

Hello you awesome bunch of humans! The sun is finally shining and - I don’t want to jinx it - but I think spring might be here??

Today I have whipped up a carrot cake, with a vanilla bean cream cheese frosting 😮‍💨 It’s too bloody good!

The recipe is up on my Substack 🥕
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Glad my first batch of French Madeleines turned out so well! Have some great ideas for flavours and textures that I want to experiment with.

May have ‘accidentally’ inhaled 3 of these whilst some shots 😄

Are they still called madeleines if you add a filling? 🤔

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Lemon loaf cake with lemon icing, made with double cream 🤤

This could be my softest crumb to date! Is tastes so bloody good 😋

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“Draw me like one of those French dogs”

Well guys... I did it - the first of this week’s #bakeoff Pâtisserie bakes done & my first ever croissants! I’m super chuffed that the lamination worked amazingly - despite the final proof going a bit wonky. The egg wash has caught a bit on top but it baked perfectly throughout - flaky, but tender.

🎶Iiiits beginning to look a lot like Christmaaaas🎶

First go at choux for this week's #BakeOff bake-along didn't quite go to plan. I think my dough was a tad too runny 🤔

Despite the burger-like and cracking, I’m actually really pleased with how they’ve turned out, considering 😊

Profiteroles, filled with a lemon crème Chantilly

Hiro is the vibe today 🥱

Some shots from my recent bakes (I’m tackling the #BakeOff challenges each week!)

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