I've been trying to make healthier choices recently and one of them involved me to stop buying chocolate and biscuits for my 'midnight drawer'. Yes, I used to have one. Don't judge. However, I'm still a girl, and that time of the month has to involve sweet treats, otherwise I turn into a monster. So, with no chocolate and biscuits in sight, I had to get a little creative. Thankfully, Pinterest saved me again with its Nutella cake in a mug recipe, but to switch things up I replaced Nutella with JimJams, an equally delicious hazelnut chocolate spread that contains a lot less sugar, is gluten free and even diabetic friendly. I'm a total convert and will definitely be trying out their low sugar jams as well. 

For the cake in a mug, you need four ingredients only and three minutes of your time tops. All you need to do is take a mug and mix in 3 tbsp of JimJams Hazelnut Chocolate Spread, 3 tbsp of white flour, 6 tbsp of milk and 1/2 tsp of baking powder. Once your mixture is thoroughly stirred, it can be put in a microwave on full power for a minute a half and that's literally it. Perfect for the days when you need your sugar RIGHT. NOW. Do you have any delicious 'cake in a mug' recipes to share with me? 

French toast reminds me of my childhood. My grandma always used to make it for me, and boy did I love it! I still do, which is why it's incredibly strange the last time I ate it was probably ten years ago. When I was browsing through Life is Sweet, the Hummingbird Bakery's new collection of American home-baking recipes, I thought I would have a really hard time choosing which dish to test out first. The selection includes everything from easy classics such as Buttermilk Pancakes to more complicated and sophisticated desserts, arranged in logical categories, making the recipe book super easy to use. There was a number of recipes that caught my attention, and I'll make sure to try them all at some point, but when I stumbled upon the Sally Lunn French Toast, I knew I had a winner. 

To make four people very happy first thing in the morning, you'll need 8 thick slices of white bread, 2 large eggs, 115 ml of whole milk, 115 ml of single cream, a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp of caster sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon and 30 g of unsalted butter.

You need to whisk everything apart from bread and butter together in one bowl, and then soak the slices of bread with the mixture. Once they get soggy, you melt the butter in a frying pan and cook the slices until golden brown on each side. Super easy and super yummy. I'm for sure making these again very, very soon! How about you? Will you be giving this recipe a go? If you do, don't forget to send me a pic via social media. 

P.S. If you're interested in other recipes from this book, you can order it over here on Amazon. It's currently discounted from £20 to only  £5.99. Woop woop! 

When Sainsbury's delivered my groceries the other day and replaced the six eggs I ordered with 18 of them, the first thing that popped into my mind was: 'Well, I'll have to do a lot of baking in the upcoming weeks'. And so I did. Ok, ok, to be completely honest, most of them ended up on my avocado toasts I am currently slightly obsessed with, but I did manage to make a yummy apple tea cake. I've been trying out the recipe for the very first time myself, and I'm glad things turned out the way they were supposed to. As always, you can find the recipe below along with the video. 

Ingredients:

200 g of plain flour

150 g of icing sugar

50 g of white sugar

4 apples

1/2 a pack of baking powder

200 g of butter

4 eggs

Directions: 

First make sure you have two bowls to separate eggs whites from egg yolks. Once you have them separated, start beating the egg whites into snow. I highly suggest you to go buy an electrical mixer in case you don't have one, because I was doing it the old fashion way and my arm almost fell off. Anyway, half way through, add 50 g of white (or brown) sugar into that same bowl and keep on beating until you get a creamy consistency. 

In another bowl, beat the egg yolks, add 200 g of butter and 150 g of icing sugar. Mix everything together (I used a fork) and then add 200 g of plain flour, half a pack of baking powder and the snow from bowl number one. This is when you'll have to get your hands dirty in order to mix together everything into one sticky but delicious mess. And yes, I did eat some before I poured the mixture into a baking dish, haha. Once it's in there, spread it evenly.

Now peel the apples, remove the seeds and grate them. The apples, not the seeds, obviously. Once you're done, sprinkle the apples on top of the batter, heat the oven to 180/200°C, and pop the dish in there for about 45 minutes. When you take it out, you can also sprinkle some icing sugar on top for an even sweeter taste and more calories. Enjoy!