We started to replant the old orchard at Naish Farm, home of Honeybuns Bakery, 4 years ago. The sole survivors of the original orchard were a Bramley and an old fashioned eating apple. We’ve added hazel, plum, damson, walnut, pear and various varieties of apple trees. As always we were
These little gluten free muffins are delicious eaten straight from the oven, or served with a bowl of warming homemade soup. Makes 14 muffins Oven temp: 180 deg c/ 350F Baking time: 18 mins Ingredients 1 x Honeybuns Cornbread mix made up as per instructions on the pack. Plus: 100ml
October is the month we celebrate all things apple-y. Here’s the gluten free recipe for Em’s Easy Apple Cake, which went down a storm in our October Bee Shack cafe open day. We’ve included cranberries as an alternative. You can also find a recipe for Dorset Apple Cake in our
The Gluten-free Bible by Jax Peters Lowell. Publishers Owl Books. First published in 1995 in New York this was one of the first books I immersed myself in when first developing the Honeybuns’ gluten free range way back in 1998. As a non coeliac, I found this book brilliant at highlighting
We’d love to hear about your bird sightings, plantings, and any nature photos you’d like to send in. We’ll include selected items on this blog. Since we got busy planting in a more serious way last year, visitors to Honeybuns have commented on the abundance of birdlife and the racket
We’ve had some very happy glampers to stay with us this year. It’s been lovely to share this little corner of Honeybuns Eden with fellow foodies. Happy guests to stay in the Ark has reminded us of just how many fantastic (and usually food related) events there are here in
The Hidcote lavender and assorted old fashioned roses we planted just two years ago are now truly blooming. With not much free time to lavish on weeding etc this bed in front of the Bee Shack Café really is a doddle to maintain… Amongst the lavender we’ve underplanted with blue,
Since last winter, 2013, we’ve been planting native trees and hedging plants like dervishes. The motivation is seeing the astonishing increase in the bird population. We see more types of bird and in greater numbers year on year. When we moved into Naish Farm, 13 years ago, it was very
Lemon Curd Cakelets These delicately flavoured lemon cupcakes are made with our gluten free cake mix and make a great treat in lunch boxes.  Suitable for Gluten free Makes 12 cakelets Ingredients 1x Honeybuns gluten free cake mix 2x free range eggs 170g butter 2 tbsp good quality lemon curd – made
We love a bit of foraging in the late summer, seeing what treats we can find in the hedgerows surrounding our gluten free bakery. This No Bake Blackberry cheesecake is a great use for foraged blackberries, or for other blackberry inspired recipes take a look at Blackberry Coulis, Fruit Cham, Blackberry Syrup and Fruit Leathers.
