Author: Charlotte McMillan

Lemon Love Puddings – Share the love this Valentines Day

Our Valentines Lemon Love Gift includes a St. Clements cake, vintage pressed glass sundae dish, two vintage teaspoons, and a specially created ‘Lemon Love’ pudding recipe.  These lovely little puddings are a bit of a hybrid. Think lemon meringue pie meets Eton Mess in a pretty dessert bowl . Super swift to

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The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe

What could be better this weekend than a big slice of delicious Chocolate Cake enjoyed with a big mug of hot tea? This easy gluten free recipe is made using our Cake Mix. Baking time: 20-30 mins at 180 deg C  Ingredients Sponge cake 2x 18cm sandwich tins brushed with

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Share the love!

We like to pride ourselves on a small but perfectly curated gift collection in our online shop. Just added for Valentines Day is a charming Lemon Love Gift: a vintage pressed glass sundae dish, two rinky dink vintage tea spoons, a St. Clements cake, and a specially created Honeybuns ‘Lemon Love’

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Gorgeously gluten free Home Baking Mixes

We like to feel that we’ve set new standards in the realm of off-the-shelf home baking mixes with our gluten free  Sponge Cake Mix and Cornbread Mix, and we hope to add to the range later this year. Suitable for coeliacs, they have received rave reviews from our consumer testing

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Hedgelaying

We recently had a local hedgelayer in to sort out some of our boundary hedges. In the past, Charlotte and Graham have done this, but since Charlotte’s part-time return to work after maternity leave she doesn’t have time, and Graham is tied up on other work. Not only do hedges

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What’s on our book shelf this month?

‘Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire’. An Autobiography by Keith Floyd. Harper Collins. Second time around this number one of two Floyd autobiographies was even more engrossing. Rather than the Bon Viveur caricature often depicted by the press he reveals himself as incredibly hardworking, lion hearted, mercurial, unreasonable,

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Brunch Bake Recipe

We’re planning on making this tasty and filling Brunch Bake over the Christmas holiday break. It’s made using our new gluten free Cornbread Mix, and the gluten free recipe is also on the insert sheet that comes with the mix. Serves 6-8 Baking time 18 mins. Ingredients: 1 Cornbread Mix made

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Christmas Cake Recipe

Adapted from the Make Do & Mend Cake featured on our gluten free Sponge Cake Mix insert sheet, this makes a lovely Christmas cake. We served this in our festive Bee Shack cafe open day last Saturday. Ingredients 1 x Honeybuns gluten free cake mix 1.5 tsp cinnamon 1 large tsp mixed spice 60g cranberries

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Boozy Cherry and Hazelnut Trifle Recipe

This deliciously boozy trifle ticks all the boxes for Christmas entertaining. The trifle sponge can be substituted with our Hazelnut, Dark Chocolate & Cranberry Cake and you will need 9 slices for this recipe.  Free from Gluten Serves 8 For the cherries 300g fresh cherries, de-stoned 200mls cherry brandy100g granulated sugar

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Beetroot, Goat’s Cheese and Mint Bake Recipe

This makes a lovely easy bake, made using our adaptable new Cornbread Mix. Alternatively bake in a mini muffin tin to make perfect gluten free canapés. Ingredients: 1 Cornbread Mix made up as per the instructions 150g goats cheese or feta, crumbled 150g raw grated beetroot 2 tbs gluten free Horseradish sauce Lots

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