Seasonal Baking

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Pear + Ginger Compote Cake

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Pear + Ginger Compote Cake

If I could compote all the fruit in this fashion, I would (for flavour AND bestover inducing qualities).  But I can't.  Even with 2 fruit compotes - served at the nibs etc. popup atop nut butter and a Juice Pulp Breakfast Loaf - I still ended up with leftovers.  That needed rescuing.  Fast.  So I tossed it all into a cake, shoved it in the oven and crossed my fingers...

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Berry + Lemon Curd Pastry Pudding

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Berry + Lemon Curd Pastry Pudding

Today’s pastry bread pudding is a nostalgic one., made from gifted day-old pastries from friends, and a leftover jar of mum’s ultimate Lemon Curd; half of which fueled my favourite paintballing troops this past weekend.  The other, served on Great Grand-Maman’s hand monogrammed handkerchiefs and eaten in my first London flat.

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Christmas Clementine Cake

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Christmas Clementine Cake

Whether you’re a last minute planner, feeding a house full of dietary restricted guests, egg-gluten-lactose loving or vegan, self-proclaimed chocaholic, sweet toothed or cake fiend.  You are going to want to try this cake.