Xanthe Milton’s Lemon Speckle Cupcakes

To demonstrate just how easy it is to enjoy irresistible, pure vanilla flavour in your cupcakes, vanilla specialist, Nielsen-Massey, has teamed up with Xanthe to bring you this mouth wateringly good recipe. The secret ingredient? Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste, made using only the finest vanilla pods from Madagascar, and the ideal ingredient that will make every bite taste delicious.

Pão-de-Ló Recipe

If there is a cake which evoques my childhood memories, Pão-de-Ló is the one at the top of my list. A glorious yet simple sponge cake, fluffy and light like a cloud and canary yellow. A traditional recipe of Conventual origins, a time of egg yolk surplus due to the high usage of whites in the daily errands of nuns and monks.

Mediterranean Seared Tuna Steaks: bottlegreen’s August recipe

Look ahead to the Bank Holiday and start planning a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. Whether sunshine or showers these delicious tuna steaks can be sizzled on the barbecue or you can take shelter inside and cook them on the grill. Marinate fresh tuna steaks in bottlegreen’s aromatic lime cordial and olive oil before speedily cooking on either side. Serve with a spicy salsa of crunchy cucumber and red onion combined with fiery red chillis, coriander and zesty lime cordial to add some zing to this Mediterranean inspired summer lunch.