Stollen Muffin Recipe
At this time of year, many of the recipes that capture the flavours Christmas include some key ingredients – mixed spice, cinnamon, almonds, mixed peel and raisins. But for me, my favourite seasonal ingredient is Marzipan. Some people hate it…
Chocolate Mulled Wine Bundt Recipe
‘Tis the season for all the delicious food and drink for the Christmas season. Especially mulled wine. The rich flavour of warm red wine with even more warming cinnamon and mixed spice; a hit of citrus from fresh orange, the…

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Working as a Food Technologist, through my blog I take my love for all things food through to my travels to discover new cultures, recipe development in my kitchen and sharing restaurant reviews.
Marmalade Loaf with Mascarpone Frosting Recipe
It’s not just Paddington Bear whose’s a fan of some sharp marmalade for a treat. One of my favourite bakes to do, especially with the thick cut of a zesty marmalade adds the delicious flavour to a buttery sponge, paired…
Sticky Toffee Blondies Recipe
As we move into colder weather, you need a recipe that just shouts warm and cosy. It’s not the time for light and fluffy desserts but those rich sweet treats that you need a nap after. One of my favourite…
Pink Grapefruit Jaffa Cakes Recipe
Is it a biscuit or is it a cake? This recipe for Pink Grapefruit Jaffa Cakes takes your favourite tangy treats to the next level. They look so complicated to make, but honestly, there are three main steps to make…
Nutella and Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
Are you prepared for the most super rich and delicious chocolate cake ever? This recipe for Nutella and Chocolate Bundt Cake is super easy and a real crowd-pleaser, for a wow factor at any party! With the use of full…
Nanny’s Simnel Cake Recipe
We’ve just been enjoying a beautiful long bank holiday weekend for the Easter break and I spent my time down in Brighton with my family. A stroll along the pier, a few slot machine played, toy planes won and plenty…
Dinosaur Birthday Cake Recipe
Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you’ve had a great time with family and friends, eaten and drunk to your heart’s content. Sorry, it’s been a tad quiet over here at FoodNerd, I’ve been baking up a storm for the Christmas period…
Fig and Almond Cake Recipe
Autumn is well and truly here. The leaves have fallen from the trees, nice and slimy with all this rain we’ve been having. My birthday has been and gone and there is a nip in the air. I’m not a…
Sea Salt and Cocoa Nib Madeleines Recipe
These delightful little shell Madeleines are great for a bake sale or even an afternoon tea. I’ve taken the basic recipe to the next level by dipping them in a rich bitter dark chocolate and with a sprinkle of crunchy…
Chocolate Fudge, Lemon Drizzle & Raspberry and White Chocolate Wedding Cake Recipe
This is a beast of a post with not one but six recipes and a hell of a lot of photos (that is the main reason I haven’t posted in a while!) So pour yourself a tea and settle in……
Honey Financiers Recipe
This post is a little late as I wanted to make something special. Not just because it’s the weekend and we all could do with a pick me up from the week we just had. No, I wanted to make…
Guinness Cake Recipe
In January this year, I visited Ireland for the first time with my brother. We drank some whiskey, we ate lots and we drank some Guinness. Then we drank some more. We even visited the Guinness factory to sample a…
Baked Doughnuts Recipe
Back in September I got my apron on and held a bake sale at work for Macmillan Cancer Support, where I used some of Funkin‘s delicious Passion Fruit purée that I had bought on Amazon to experiment with. I ended up…