Baking & puddings

Banana cake with sea salted caramel buttercream

07.13.2015 by georgie // 2 Comments

Ah I’ve missed this place. It’s been a while since I last logged in and I’ve been itching to write for ages. But I’ve been working on something new and exciting that’s taking up a bit of time right now (and I am DYING to share it with you all).

Other than crazy exciting projects it has been a busy few weeks. There have been trips to Spain (stunning Cadiz), Star Wars Secret Cinema (errrr… amazing, Never even seen Star Wars and bloomin loved it), house purchases (everything crossed) and lots of aperol spritzes – well, it is summer after all.

The not so fun bit was going to see my dentist a few weeks ago. I still hate seeing people for the first time so I avoided it like the plague. However I knew that pregnancy and the stress of this last year had ruined my teeth and I had to go before my pregnancy exemption ran out. Turns out my nail biting and jaw grinding have gotten pretty bad and that my teeth have been breaking. So I got fitted for a mouth guard, which I’m sure will be oh-so-sexy, and my lovely dentist rebuilt one of my broken front teeth (I’ve also since stopped biting my nails). On top of a few other things, I just think he’s a legend so I decided to make him a cake to say thanks. How else do you thank a dentist? Sugar, clearly.

Banana and sea salt caramel cake — Banana cake and sea salt caramel buttercream

So, with an abundance of bananas at home this beautiful loaf was created. read more…

Coconut and cherry bundt cake

06.07.2015 by georgie // 2 Comments

Those of you that have come here via Instagram will know that I have an abundance of cherries at the moment and am slightly obsessed with them. They’re so beautiful! I also have a gorgeous new Nordic Ware cake tin and wanted to do something with both, so I decided to write myself a new cake recipe. We’ve had a bit of a roller coaster few weeks, with Archie’s supper club, followed by his 1st birthday, so we just wanted a slightly low key and quiet weekend. And personally there isn’t much better on a lazy day than baking, writing and eating warm cake in the glorious sunshine (I would say with a cup of tea but lets be honest, I’m on the sauvignon).

Coconut and cherry cake - perfect tea time treat — Coconut and cherry cake – perfect tea time treat

I’m chuffed to bits with how this has turned out. Its relatively simple and really delicious, it tastes so familiar. A bit like a super moist (sorry) English madeleine – does anyone remember them? My mum used to make them for us with custard! (Nothing like the dainty French ones). I’ll definitely be making this again, as I imagine it will keep well too, and so far is a big hit with everyone who has tried it. Also, importantly, it works amazingly in my new cake tin and looks just gorgeous.

Continue for recipe…

Greek Kourabiethes

04.12.2015 by georgie // 4 Comments

Xristos anesti! Today is Orthodox Easter, the biggest celebration in the Greek Orthodox church, and my favourite time of year – there really is nothing like it for for epic feasting. Last week we started preparations by baking about 25 flaounes (yiayia needed to do a test batch with a new starter her friend had given her), and this week she made 100 more. I’ve been baking today and I can guarantee she’ll have made a million biscuits too. And of course there are the daily church services (I did all the 5am ones one year, killer).

The last few weeks have been a bit mad, hence the lack of recipe writing and posting – I’ve really missed it. I’m back at work a bit more, been doing more in the kitchen, there have been a lot of appointments and a few trips, and for some reason it seems like we’ve gone from 0 – 60 in a short space of time. Also I’m really missing Archie at the moment too, I think specific occasions and days highlight his absence. Don’t take me wrong, I always miss him, but I was having some better days. On the way home from work the other day I become inconsolable as I walked through the (very sunny) park by my house, it was swarmed with families and buggies and the realisation that I shouldn’t be back at work yet and that should be me in the park was like a punch in stomach, face and heart. Some days its manageable, others not so much. But I guess celebrations and holidays you just notice the absence of a loved one that little bit more. Today would’ve been his first Greek Easter.

Kourabiethes and coffee. Photography by Laura Edwards.

So, I’m taking it easy today. Church in the morning, lunch with my wonderful, gorgeous and crazy family and I’m going to eat everything that is put in front of me and just let it all hang out. I will start my Mexico diet on Monday?!