A very British teatime treat, made with vegan butter and a quick fig jamThe scone is a generations-old British institution, and it was only a matter of time before I wrote a vegan recipe for it. Traditionally with vegan baking, I have found a way aroun…
Quality Street’s new sweet proves popular
Shoppers sampling brand’s first white chocolate sweet welcome break with traditionChristmas is, above all, a time for tradition. The smallest changes can send shockwaves which disrupt longstanding routines and cause worse friction than a post-dinner ga…
A bar of dark milk butterscotch hits the spot after Kew
The gardens’ gift shop has plenty to satisfy my chocolate cravingThere is a photo in the family album, of me aged six or seven, wearing yellow shorts, crouched down on the lawn in front of the Palm House at Kew Gardens. Not long after, my parents bough…
How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate chip cookies – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s How to make the perfect…
The much-loved choc-chip biccie in trouble-free format for the gluten-intolerant … but who makes the best version?Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Sadly, however, if you can’t tolerate gluten, chocolate chip cookies do not usually love you back –…
How to make the perfect lamingtons – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s How to make the perfect…
Australians are very protective of their national cake, and with good reason, but who makes the best?Lamingtons are one of those things, like Tim Tams and toad racing, that are big in Australia but, despite the best efforts of the residents of Ramsay S…
Bars to keep you company
Sometimes you need a little something sweet when you’re all aloneBeing in someone’s else’s house when they are not there (and you’re not a burglar) is a contemplative experience, like walking round a film set. It may be people that make a home, but an …
Chocolate Box Art
Sure, maybe the Candy Wrapper Museum includes a McVitie’s Penguin. But does it have an extraordinarily rare Cadbury Chocolate Box, illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1933? Please enjoy the story of Luxury assortment: the British artists behind Cadbury’s …
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for cinnamon semifreddo with chocolate drizzle and raspberries | The simple fix
The famous Italian frozen mousse gets the Mexican treatment, with tequila-macerated raspberries and a poncho of sultry dark chocolateMaking ice-cream brings me pleasure like little else. There is something magical about transforming fruit puree, some m…