When you're reaching for a quick snack, either in a shop or your own kitchen, have you noticed that most tempting, convenient ones usually consist of sugar in some form and/or a large wad of carbohydrate (which ultimately converts to sugar) ? 
I’ve noticed one or two keto snack bars are starting to appear in shops these days which is a happy trend but they’re still few and far between and fairly pricey, so I thought I’d try making one. This way you get to have the flavours you like and add the ingredients you want.  It turns out it's easy peasy.Read more

Do you get intrigued sometimes by slightly odd recipes? - with slightly unlikely ingredients? – (especially if they turn out to be surprisingly yum) Well then here’s a little corker for you. My friend and fellow cake enthusiast Justine Blore shared this recipe with me recently. I’ve adapted it to low/almost zero sugar and tweaked it with a little additional flavour to compensate for the subtler sweetness. Read more

Look at this little beauty, all dressed up and festive. Stand aside sugary, carby Christmas puddings, this lime chilli and raspberry posset’s in town. Read more

Isn’t it a wonderful thing when something surpasses your expectations? Take this cake for example - I’ve always tended to think of Coffee and Walnut cake as a bit dull and 1970s. Something you’d see next to a few slices of Battenburg perhaps. Nevertheless, in the (cake)spirit of endeavour, I thought I’d have a go at one – a low carb, very…. very… low sugar one. Read more

The nights are drawing in, the temperatures are getting shivery. Verily, it’s the time for comfort eating. Which is primarily why I’ve been baking this beauty quite a lot recently. This isn’t a bog standard choc cake by any means. The sponge is so soft and appealing, you could almost lay your head on it. The rich caramelly chocolate topping borders on the addictive. Read more