SUNRISE BREAKFAST YOGHURT.

Up until recently I would never have considered myself to be a breakfast kinda girl. I love a good brunch of a weekend but I would often find myself skipping breakfast in favour of an extra 5 minutes in bed most mornings. I put this down to the fact that plain old toast and sloppy cereal don't really appeal at the best of times let alone first thing in the morning. However since mixing up my breakfast options and adding in some tasty treats I have been fully converted to the breakfast bandwagon. 

COCKTAIL HOUR: THE DARK N STORMY.

For a long time now I have been wanting to incorporate more drinks recipes into my blog. The problem was however that I'm not a huge alcohol lover, meaning that I was pigeon holed into just featuring coffees and smoothies. However things have changed over the past few months since broadening my spirit repertoire and I have found myself falling back in love with a cheeky cocktail to mark the end of a busy week. 

THE LEMON TRAYBAKE.

It has been a while since I last shared a recipe post with you guys hasn't it? There is no reason for this other than the fact that over the past couple of weeks I have only really been baking vintage recipes that can already be found here in the Food category. 

THE PANCAKE DAY POST.

 It is finally Pancake Day and quite easily one of my favourite days of the year. I personally indulge in pancakes all year round but I like to go that extra mile on Pancake Day and today is no exception. The pancakes you are looking at are actually the ones I had for breakfast this morning and I have to tell you, this is possibly my favourite topping combination yet! 

DIY: VALENTINE'S GIFT FOR FRIENDS.

After sharing my DIY Valentine's gift for loved ones this time last week I thought that it would be fun to come up with something special for the other important people in your life, whether that be your family or friends! Continuing along the theme of hand made gifts I decided to go down the edible route this time round as everyone loves food and homemade treats are infinitely the best. 

THE ULTIMATE ROCKY ROAD BITES.

In true Ladylike Len form I am back with another self indulgent treat right at the beginning of January, just when everyone else is forcing green smoothie bowls and workout DVDs in your face. In my defence though the whole point of this bake was to use up the rest of the naughty Christmas food that was still hanging around in my cupboards.  

MIXED SPICE & BRANDY BUTTER ICED CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES.

This recipe comes to you after a spur of the moment cupbard raid on sunday afternoon when I was in the mood to bust out the Kitchen Aid and the glitter sprinkles. I haven't baked for the sake of baking in forever and didn't even intent to pop the recipe up on here until I had tasted one and realised just how delicious these Christmas themed bakes really where.

DIY & RECIPE: THE LEMON AID KIT.

I am so excited to share this post with you! One of my favourite companies, Bloom & Wild have teamed up with the infamous Kilner to create this summer garden party in a box called The Lemon Aid Kit. It is clear to see that I am a huge fan of a glass of refreshing still lemonade and based upon your response to my peach lemonade recipe I think it is fair to assume that you guys do too.   

ICED VANILLA COFFEE WITH NESPRESSO.

As time goes by I seem to be getting more and more obsessed with coffee. A few years ago I was a typical Brit and consumed a vast amount of tea on a regular basis, fast forward to 2015 and I genuinely cannot remember the last time I even had a cup of tea. That's not to say that I don't still enjoy the odd cup of tea but coffee has full on stole my heart.

HOMEMADE PEACH LEMONADE.

Today I am taking a walk down memory lane with an old favourite recipe. I was quite literally obsessed with this drink last summer and whipped it up on any occasion possible, I am talking BBQs, picnics, birthdays and even the odd lazy afternoon. As the sun is finally starting to show its face around these parts I thought it was about time I got my trusty delicious summer beverage out and shared it with you guys too! 

TOP FOUR FOR FOOD.

Food glorious food. Whether you're a dab hand in the kitchen or a complete cooking novice we all need to eat to survive therefore we should all be cooking in our kitchens. I for one am a huge advocate of cooking food from scratch and saying no to pre-made meals and added preservatives.

DOUBLE LAYER SMOOTHIE.

The sun has started to make an appearance around the parts recently, meaning that I have found myself really craving juices and smoothies first thing in the morning. You see, I am one of those weird people that doesn't really like to eat food first thing in the morning so breakfast tends to be ignored unless it's the weekend and we're making an epic brunch. 

SUMMER VICTORIA SPONGE.

You might have thought, 'girl, are you mad?' when you first saw the title of this blog post but trust me, it is all about the summer fruits not the current season with this one. I recently gifted a friend a great recipe book which included a Victoria sponge that looked like something straight out of a French patisserie. So thought I would try my hand at recreating something similar as I have been on the hunt for a way of tarting up a classic Victoria sponge for a while now and this what I came up with. 

FLUFFY BLUEBERRY PANCAKES.

Today is one of my favourite non-holiday holidays,  Shrove Tuesday aka pancake day! To mark this tremendous occasion I have decided to share my all time favourite pancake recipe with you. I am sure that most Brits will be used to the thin crepe style pancakes on pancake day and however much I do love those this is just my go-to pancake recipe all year round whether that is for breakfast or as a naughty treat. 

WHITE CHOCOLATE & PEANUT BUTTER BLONDIES.

After sharing my salted caramel brownies with you all at the beginning of the month I have been on a bit of a baking hype and have been trying out lots of new recipes. My favourite of which are these delicious white chocolate and peanut butter blondies. I have never actually tried blondies before let alone baked them, I'm not even really a fan of peanut butter (unless it's coated in chocolate and goes by the name of a Reece's Cup) so I have no idea why I decided to make these but seriously, they are oh so good!

SALTED CARAMEL BROWNIES.

You know the drill by now, it is January and everyone is on the "new year, new me" hype. Chances are you are looking to make some changes in your life whether that be to give more or to work harder and you're probably hating the fact that I have put a photo of some seriously delicious salted caramel brownies right before you. 

GINGERBREAD TREE DECORATIONS.

I don't think that the run up to Christmas is complete without some gingerbread in your life. With that in mind I wanted to create a super festive centrepiece perfect for any upcoming Christmas parties. To do this I decided to create my own decorations out of gingerbread to adorn my twig tree from Hobbycraft. 

COFFEE & WALNUT CAKE.

What is going on with me lately? Every cake that I appear to be baking recently is super old school and nothing new to the party but a firm favourite in my eyes none the less. Last up on the blog we had Carrot Cupcakes and now I am back with another traditional recipe in the form of this delectable Coffee and Walnut cake.

RECIPE: CARROT CUPCAKES.

Today I am sharing with you one of my old favourite cupcake recipes that has been in my recipe folder for years now. I don't think I have ever came across a single person who does not like carrot cake and as they make great alternative to buttercream laden cupcakes I always find myself coming back to this classic recipe time after time.

RECIPE: BLUEBERRY MUFFINS.

I seriously cannot believe that I have been blogging for over a year and a half now and I have never shared a muffin recipe with you! Probably not that shocking on the surface but if you could see how many blueberry muffins I have eaten in my time it would definitely make you think differently.