November is a month that seems to sneek up on us, unannounced, bringing it’s gloomy short days along with it. Aside from January, November has to be my least favourite month of the year, historically it’s always been a month where things tend to go wrong, throw in the clocks going back, making the night …
Autumn, a welcome season (once you’ve come to terms with summer truly coming to an end that is). I adore the in between seasons , as I like to call them, spring & autumn, these are the times of year that evoke excitement of things to come. Moody skies & early evenings definitely call for …
Every October, it’s safe to say that I get little over excited with pumpkins (you will notice many recipes containing my orange friend). Pumpkins are the welcome vegetable of Winter, a delicious sign of the colder days to come. The arrival of this gourd goes hand in hand with return of warming spices like cinnamon, …
Seeing as Halloween is upon us, let’s go dark… but with chocolate! Let’s face it, what colour is most synonymous with all things spooky & Halloween? Black of course! That’s why this year I wanted to make an entirely black, spooky themed cake but without heavily relying on food colouring. I’ve been enjoying baking a …
Not just for jack’o’lanterns or soup, pumpkins are so much more than we give them credit for. Yes, their innards don’t smell particularly pleasing when carving & gutting them out, & yes, there are much easier gourds to chop, dissect & cook with than our giant orange friend. But, how many of those can say …
Hello, shwmae & welcome to The Marmalade Teapot! I suppose I should introduce myself… well, I’m Katie. Baker, technophobe & first time blogger. I make way too many a cake & bread so I thought I’d share my passion & ever growing collection of recipes with whoever wants them, starting with my favourite, carrot cake. …
It’s not often that I get to post a celebratory recipe here but today I’m doing just that. What am I celebrating? The Marmalade Teapot! This tiny corner of the internet that I call mine. Today marks not only the blogs 6th year anniversary but this post also marks my 200th recipe! If you’d have …
It’s the summer solstice here in the UK, the longest day of the year which officially marks the start of summer (believe it or not!). Yes, the skies are still a little too grey & I have yet to don a pair of sandals or leave the house without a jacket but summer IS here! Early …
Saint David’s Day (or Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant) is just around the corner & other than rugby season, this is when our true Welsh patriotism is near enough unavoidable as we don our daffodils & leeks, singing songs of the green hills of our homeland. The other 364 days of the year we may moan …
If there’s a trip, picnic, walk or even long drive on the agenda then you’d better believe I’m going to make some snacks to bring along. If life has taught me anything it’s that a). I get hangry, I love food far too much to be skipping any meals & b). Wales really isn’t the …
