Tray Bakes

School Dinners Chocolate Concrete (Chocolate Crunch)

School Chocolate Sponge & Chocolate Custard

Deep Dish Cheese & Tomato Flan

Old-Fashioned Tea Cake Squares

Sausage and Onion Puff Pastry Pie

Jam & Coconut Sponge with Pink Custard

Welcome! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…

School Dinners Chocolate Concrete (Chocolate Crunch)

Autumn Cakes and Bakes

School Dinner Cheese Flan

School Chocolate Sponge & Chocolate Custard

Deep Dish Cheese & Tomato Flan

Vintage Tea Time Recipes

Mincemeat & Almond Squares

Old-Fashioned Tea Cake Squares

Mincemeat Cinnamon Rolls

Sausage and Onion Puff Pastry Pie

Jam & Coconut Sponge with Pink Custard

Traditional Yorkshire Parkin

Lemon Shortbread Squares

Mum’s Date Slice

French Farmhouse Christmas