Tag: cakes

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Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Raspberries

With a family Sunday lunch, I had offered to make dessert, and it needed to be travel friendly. So many desserts are not travel friendly if you are hauling them across London on public transport. Forget anything with pastry, or meringue… You need something sturdy. Whilst racking my brain for […]

Vanilla Cupcakes with Peanut-butter Chocolate Icing

If you are after a simple vanilla cake recipe, nothing, in my opinion, can beat this failsafe vanilla cupcake base. I have tried many over the years, but none have as rich a flavour or as good a texture. It is the perfect cake to swirl lashings of various flavours […]

Brown’s Hotel – Afternoon Tea

For a real London afternoon tea experience, one cannot go past Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair. Serving the traditional fare in style and class, complete with live piano music, one cannot help but melt into the armchair and wish all afternoons were spent in this fashion. An array of sandwiches with […]