Matcha Blueberry Cheesecake
This is a recent recipe I developed specially for Bluebird Tea Co. It’s vegan, gluten free and refined sugar free! Which means that technically it’s good for you 🙂 It’s […]
Category Archives: Cakes
Chocolate and Coconut Tart
I’ve been working with the lovely guys at Barocco Choco recipe developing some gorgeous chocolate based treats. Barocco Choco is based in the beautiful baroque town of Modica in Sicily. […]
Italian Easter Cake
Pastiera Napoletana and Colomba (a dove shaped panettone) tend to be the sweet treats we associate with Italians at Easter time. Having some family that come for Naples, I tried […]
Zeppole
DEEP. FRIED. CHOUX. PASTRY. Need I say anymore? Forget the crodough, Italians have been frying pastry-doughnuts since the 19th Century. These lemon scented doughnuts are rumored to originate from Puglia, […]
Puglia Party Day 7 – Pasticciotto Leccese
 A heavenly lemon custard filled pie, this delectable pastry is widely consumed in Lecce the capital of Salento. Best eaten straight out of the oven whilst still warm, a breakfast […]
Mini Marmalade Cakes
So January has past us by, we’ve made our marmalade and now to use it… I feel the novelty of freshly made marmalade on toast wears off after two weeks […]
Murray Me Cakes
I am pleased to officially announce an exciting new business venture for Mangia Bene. I will be working with the lovely Natalie of MurrayMe to help bake delicious goodies for […]
Courgette Cake
Last time it was fritters this time it’s cake. With a glut of courgettes growing in our garden I had been racking my brains for more courgette dishes to cook when […]
Guesstimated Sticky Ginger Loaf
My mum rarely wrote any of her recipes down, much to my family’s disappointment, as well as mine. The majority of her cake recipes were quite easy to remember, but […]
Mum’s Giant Chocolate Fudge Cake
My Mum’s cakes were quite well known in Bristol. We ran a small café in Westbury-on-Trym called Bristol 9. We sold lots of homemade goodies including cupcakes, flapjacks and toffee […]
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