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Celebrating Cherry Blossoms

29th April 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Sunny skies of late and unseasonably warm weather have seen trees come into bloom earlier this year.  Spring blossoms almost pass us by without a second thought.  This would never happen in Japan. Over there, it is customary to celebrate trees coming into flower and the season is currently in full swing.  It’s ‘Hanami’ time. […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cherry blossom, cupcake, hanami, japan, recipe, sakura

Simple Strawberry Cupcakes

9th March 2013 By Urvashi Roe

Every now and then I do crave a cupcake.  A nice hot cup of tea, my latest issue of Red magazine and a cupcake.  Just perfect for a lazy Saturday afternoon.  This recipe uses frozen strawberries so as not to make the mixture curdle and you could substitute with any fruit.  I’ve topped this with […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cupcake, strawberry

Carrot Cupcakes

3rd May 2012 By Urvashi Roe

My little Amy loves carrots. She’ll eat them pretty much any which way they come.  She’s been asking to bake cupcakes and as we only had these orange cases left on Election Day when their school was closed, I decided to go with carrot flavour.  Carrots are a great source of beta carotene which is […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Sweet Tagged With: baking, Carrot, cupcake, GBBO

I've Gone a Bit Bananas!

9th January 2012 By Urvashi Roe

Banana

“Mummy there’s a funny smell in your car” said my eldest last week.  Now this is a very strange comment because I keep the inside of my car very, very clean.  No sweet wrappers, chocolates, sandwiches or crisps are eaten and left in MY car.  EVER. I had to admit that she was right though. […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: baking, Banana, brownies, cake, cooking, cupcake

Banana Cupcakes

8th January 2012 By Urvashi Roe

Banana Cupcakes

Bananas always get too ripe too quickly in our house because we have a very warm and sunny kitchen.  So my daughter uses them for Banana and Chocolate Loaf Cake.  If you don’t have time for an hour in the oven though, try these easy all-in-one-method-cupcakes.  They are great for children and adults alike because […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Banana, cupcake, GBBO

Yuzu Cupcakes

4th September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

These cupcakes are a great choice if you like citrusy flavours in cake.  As you may have seen on Episode 1 of the Great British Bake Off I am not a huge fan of sugar flowers – well I am a fan but I’m just rubbish at making these tiny things! So I use fresh […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cupcake, GBBO, yuzu

Sakura Cupcakes

3rd September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Sakura is the Japanese name for a cherry blossom.  These gorgeous pastel pink flowers are so abundant in Japan in the springtime that there is a festival dedicated to their viewing – Hanami.  It’s a beautiful time of year where there are many parties and picnics held under the cherry trees and people even queue […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Cherry, cupcake, GBBO

Strawberry and Chocolate Meringue Cupcakes

9th July 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Having two little girls in primary school means I make A LOT of cupcakes.  They had their summer fete recently and duely placed their requests for flavours not realising Mummy stays up rather late to make it all and  Cherry the Cake Fairy doesn’t just come along and deliver them! Anyway, these are very “grown […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, cupcake, meringue, strawberry

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