I have just made some home-made honeycomb with the kids and it was so quick and easy to make the kids loved it! so I thought I’d share the basic recipe with you as I haven’t blogged for a while.

This is the easy recipe that doesn’t need sugar thermometers or scales.

6 tablespoons of white sugar

2 tablespoons of honey or golden syrup

2 teaspoons of water

2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda

so what do you do?

get a silicone board or liner ( not greaseproof paper it really sticks! ) ready you’ll need it fast.

melt sugar, honey or golden syrup and water in a saucepan untill it boils and leave it to boil for a few minutes untill all the sugar has completely dissolved.

Then this is where the fun begins remove from the heat quickly add the bicarb and stir it will bubble up, pour on to the tray and let it set.

I just let the kids break pieces off but if you want neat pieces carefully score whilst setting then you can either eat or dip pieces into chocolate.

we had great fun making this and would love to know how yours turns out.

thanks for reading have fun!!

Blueberry and white chocolate!

So I have been asked by a friend mentioning no names ( Gemma! ) for a quick and easy recipe for muffins, we eventually decided upon blueberry and white chocolate, but the best thing about this recipe is that you can add what ever ingredients you ike to get your chosen flavour.

A few idea’s are:-

Chocolate – just substitute 2 tablespoons of flour for coco powder and add chocolate chips and top with chocolate, yum!

Banana and toffee – just add a banana and top with toffee sauce.

Coffee and walnut – just add chopped walnuts and a teaspoon of coffee mixed with a very little hot water.

You can add a large handful of most soft fruits and dried fruits to get some great flavours ( not citrus though guys it will curdle! )

You can also make your muffins savory by adding cheese etc…!

So here it is the basic recipe, it makes one tray of twelve.

First off all line your muffin tin with muffin or cupcake cases you can find some great ones at www.cakestuff.co.uk, and pre heat the oven to 180 degrees.

350 g   plain flour

200 g castor sugar

2 eggs

1 table spoon of baking powder

100 ml vegetable oil

300 ml milk 

  Fab thing is you just put all the ingredients into a jug ( will be easier to pour into the cases) and then blend it up I use a hand blender but you can use a whisk! 

Add your fruit or other flavours ( if it’s sweet I normally add a few drops of vanilla essence)

Fill up the cases quite full and try not to spill up the edges as this will stop them rising properly. Then bake in your preheated oven for around 20 minutes untill they spring back to the touch and are a golden brown.

Leave to cool then add what ever topping you have decided upon these were laced with white chocolate and fresh blueberries,

Hay presto all done not much washing up either! Last thing to mention is that they do have a short shelf life no more than three days.

Happy Baking!

This is my first attempt at a blog so you’ll have to bare with me!

I thought I would share a few of my favourite recipes with you, so my recipe of the month is my favourite easy flapjacks!

This is so quick and easy to make and you can add all sorts to it to make it extra yummy!!

8oz /227g  margarine

8oz /227g  soft brown sugar

6oz/170g  golden syrup

1lb /454g  rolled oats

it is as easy as melting margarine, sugar and syrup in a saucepan then mixing in the oats, you can then add things like:-

nuts, cherries, sultanas, coconut, cinnamon,dries apple, even marshmallows!

This makes one average size grease proof baking tray you just spread it out don’t use baking paper as it will stick then pop in the oven 180 degrees for 20 minutes.

I always double it as (uhum!) not all off the mix makes it to the tray and once cooked it never hangs around for very long!

 But it is good to know that flapjacks can be frozen!!