It’s that time of year again, the Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and inspiring our baking. I have been set the challenge by one of my followers to this year show you each week how to make some dairy free versions of whats being baked on GBBO. I never say no…

This recipe took a long time for me to get right. I tried everything. Oat milk, Almond milk, Coconut milk, Water, but nothing seemed to work in replacing milk in a scone recipe. Then one night I got a phone call from Mum, telling me to watch the celebrity Great British Bake off 2017. There…

This is a more complicated recipe with many steps, but well worth the end result. It combines shortcrust pastry with an almond sponge and decorative icing so if you haven’t made any of these before I’d give jam tarts or a simple sponge a go first.  Bakewell is traditionally made with a cherry jam filling…

This is a recipe I have inherited from my Mum, who has always used this recipe since she was young. In fact, I found it on her shelf in an old school book from the 1960’s. Its a very simple recipe and works every time, making a light and crumbly pastry that is perfect for…

I’ve had lots of people ask me about tips for making dairy free butter cream. The main complaints are often that the buttercream will separate, be greasy and colours will not be solid. I too have had these problems and trial and error has taught me what will work. The trick with buttercream is to…

This recipe makes for great cupcakes and is really versatile once you master the basic recipe. You can add lots of different flavours, (I’ve suggested some in the variations at the end of this post,) or you can spice them up by playing around with different decoration techniques. I like to batch bake these and…

This recipe has been a firm favourite in our house since I was a little girl. It originally came from a cookbook that came free with Bournville cocoa in the 1960s. Back then butter was expensive so most of the recipes use margarine which lends itself to dairy free products perfectly. The joy of this…

This pancake recipe was originally from a small tearoom on the shore of Loch Etive in Scotland we visited when I was a child. I have had many attempts at adapting this recipe to make it dairy free and finally, I have to give credit to my mum for finding the recipe that works. These…

I have been making Victoria sponge cakes since I was 6yrs old. I have wonderful memories of making my Mum a birthday cake in my Grandmothers old kitchen. I have adapted the recipe slightly to fit with a dairy free diet but it is based on that good old recipe I’ve had drummed into my…

This is my favourite biscuit recipe and I use it for almost everything. It is adapted from a recipe my Gran taught me when I was little. I have no idea where the original recipe came from as it is so easy its just a recipe I kept in my head. It makes for a…