With 50 miles of shoreline and a vibrant farming community inland, the Suffolk coast is well known for the quality of its natural produce. Some of the county’s best restaurants, eateries and farm shops are found in this beautiful part of Suffolk.

Continuing the ‘Christmas baking ideas’ thread on our blog, this weeks offering is a classic Yule Log.

I love Peanut Butter! In fact Peanut Butter & Chocolate are probably my favourite sweet combination. Here’s an adapted recipe from The Hummingbird Bakery ‘Home sweet home’ book which has proved very popular in our house.

This delicious apple cake is a Penshurst speciality, made by using apples grown in the estate orchard, it was first enjoyed by the Sidney family, who have occupied Penshurst Place since the 16th Century - but you can use your own home grown apples

It’s that time of year again, temperatures are falling, nights are drawing in and The Great British Bake off is on the telly.

Being a keen baker I’ve recently started to expand my repertoire into adaptations of other peoples recipes. As baking is more science & precision than other cookery forms you can’t deviate too much without drastic changes in results.