Happy Easter weekend! I hope you can make the most of the long weekend with good food, all the sweet treats and some sunny spring walks outside. If you're looking for a last minute sweet treat for the day you've come to the right place! These amazingly light and fluffy lemon cupcakes are just the right level of sweet and fruity so perfect for the season. They are easy to make and pretty to look at if you want to impress family and friends - who doesn't? :)

Here's what you'll need:

For the icing:

In a big mixing bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the cupcakes until it forms a smooth batter.

Line a muffin tray with liners and fill evenly with the cupcake batter. Give the tray a little shake to even out the mixture.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

In the meantime beat the butter, lemon juice, lemon zest and icing sugar together in a mixing bowl. Be careful not to overmix because you don't want your icing to get too runny.

Once your cupcakes are done, put them on a wire rack and leave to completely cool down before putting the icing on top.

I decorated with dried and fresh edible flowers as well as some chocolate mini eggs for Easter but you do you! :)

And that's already all there is to do! Dig in! :) 

Let me know if you give these a go and leave me a comment to tell me how you liked them :)

This recipe has been a long time coming seeing how I've been making these cookies for months now! If you're a matcha lover like me these cookies are the ones for you! They are soft and fluffy, not too sweet and the perfect little afternoon pick me up :) Find out how to make them below :)

Here's what you'll need:

For the Matcha Sugar:

In a big mixing bowl, combine the butter, icing sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and matcha powder. In a different bowl combine the flour, cornflour and salt, then add the dry mixture into your big mixing bowl gradually until it forms a dough.

Now roll the dough into little balls using a tablespoon so they're all roughly the same size. Put the matcha balls onto a lined baking tray then cover in cling film and refridgerate for about an hour.

After refridgerating, preheat your oven to 180°C.

Take the clingfilm off the baking tray, then bake your cookies for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Meanwhile combine the icing sugar and matcha to create a matcha sugar to cover your cookies in. Put the matcha sugar into a resealable freezer bag.

Take your cookies out of the oven and leave to cool slightly before adding them one after the other to the freezer bag and shake until covered in matcha sugar.

And there you go! This recipe will make about 25 to 30 little cookies depending obviously on how generous you're being when rolling out your dough into cookies :)

I tell you, you need to try these! If you do, leave me a comment and let me know how you got on :)

I recently made this super fluffy, perfectly delicious lemon and pistachio cake as a post hike treat and I loooove how green it turned out! :) This cake is naturally coloured by pistachios and spinach, so works completely without any food colourings etc. - and don't worry, you won't be able to taste the spinach :)

Here's what you'll need:

For the icing:

Defrost the spinach and mix with apple cider vinegar, plant milk, maple syrup and pistachios. Puree the mixture until it looks like a green smoothie :)

In a seperate bowl mix together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder salt and bicarbonate of soda.

Into the dry mixture, poor your "smoothie" as well as the lemon peel and melted margarine. Mix until it forms a creamy, greeny batter.

Grease a cake tin well (mine is 21x11cm) and add your batter to it. Alternatively you can line your cake tin with greaseproof paper. Pour in the batter and bake in a preheated oven for 50 - 60m minutes.

Leave to cool in the tin, before turning and decorating the cake with your icing and pistachio topping :)

There you go! This is obviously a sweet treat but pistachios are also good protein sources so let's call this a healthy-ish sweet treat? :) Let me know if you make this at home and tell me how you liked it :)

I have a super quick and easy four ingredients cookie recipe for you guys today! These are soft and chewy healthy oatmeal cookies with no added sugars but lots of natural sweetness. The perfect snack for when you're craving something sweet :)

Here's what you'll need for about 12 - 15 cookies:

Preheat the oven to 180°C and cover a baking tray with parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all your ingredients. Add nut butter for a bit more creaminess if you prefer, but they turn out fine without it.

Once all your ingredients are well combined, use a spoon to portion the dough into equal amounts, which you then roll into little balls with your hands. Place them on your baking tray and press them into a cookie shape. Lightly dust your cookies with more cinnamon before placing in the oven for about 15 minutes ot until slightly browned.

Remove and allow to cool completely.

These cookies are naturally gluten-free, vegan and free from refined sugars. Let me know if you give this recipe a try and how you liked the cookies.

These almond and orange cookies were the perfect sweet treat for a frosty but sunny weekend! They also made the house smell amazing! I had never tried making vegan egg replacement out of flax seeds before but found it to be super quick and easy and it worked so well! I'm definitely gonna keep using this in baking. If you wanna give these a go, here's what you'll need:

~100g dark chocolate (vegan)

In a small bowl mix the flax seed and water well, then set aside until it's turned into a very thick paste. This should take no more than a few minutes.

Meanwhile, chop some whole almonds into coarse pieces to coat your cookies with later on.

In a big mixing bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, orange zest, salt and flax seed mixture. Fold in your ground almonds and the almond slivers.

Preheat your oven to 200°C.

Divide your dough into 12 equally sized pieces and roll each one between the palms of your hands before gently pressing them into the chopped almonds from both sides. Place your cookies on a lined baking tray and bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned on top. Don't worry if they still feel soft when they come out of the oven, they'll firm up while cooling.

Leave them to cool completely while melting your chocolate in a bain marie. Decorate your cookies with the chocolate then leave to set.

So easy, so delicious!

Leave me a comment if you decide to make these and tell me how you got on :)

Today, I'm sharing with you a quick and easy recipe for focaccia. This Italian bread is perfect for your next BBQ, picnic or as a little snack enjoyed with some olive oil. You can really go wild with the toppings here but I thought I'd show you two of my favourites today. If you want to keep it more simple, just sprinkle your breads with rosemary and sea salt et voilà. Let's get baking :)

You'll need:

In a glas or small bowl, crumble the yeast cube into about 4 - 5 tbsp of water, add the sugar and combine well. Set aside for it to do its thing for about 10 minutes.

In a big mixing bowl, mix together the flour, salt, olive oil and the rest of the water. Then add your yeast mixture and knead the ingredients to a ball of dough. Cover your dough with a towel and leave to rise in a warm location for at least an hour.

Preheat your oven to 225°C.

Your dough should now have risen to about twice its original size. Divide it into four parts and gently stretch the dough into little flatbreads, using your hands. Add your breads to a lined baking tray and cover them with the towel once more, to let them rise for another 20 minutes. After the second rise. using the back of a cooking spoon, make little wells in your focaccia breads, before brushing them with olive oil.

For the garlic & rosemary version, peel some garlic cloves and chop them in half lengthwise. Pick some leaves off your rosemary sprigs, then decorate your breads with both, gently pressing the cloves and leaves into the dough.

For the tomato and pine nut version, chop some cherry tomatoes an press them into your focaccias. Sprinkle some pince nuts on top.

Sprinkle some coarse sea salt on top of all the breads before baking them in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes. Once they come out of the oven, give them another little brush of olive oil and leave them to cool before serving.

Don't they look soooo delicious?! And they taste it too if I do say so myself :) They definitely turned out super fluffy and were a big hit with everyone! I hope you give this recipe a go. Let me know if you do and tag me on instagram if you share you creations there :)

Lots of Love,
Jess xx

If you're looking for a sweet treat for your next picnic with friends or family, look no further! These tiny little apple pies are perfect to enjoy as a picnic treat or a sweet dessert served with some vanilla ice cream. They are easy to make and this recipe uses only plant based ingredients so everyone can enjoy them :)

Here's what you'll need:

In a big mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Using your hands, add in the margarine as well as the cold water bit by bit until your ingredients start to form a dough.

Form a ball out of the dough and wrap it in clingfilm. It will need to rest in the fridge for about an hour.

Meanwhile, peel and chop the apples into small chunks. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, corn starch and lemon juice to them and mix thoroughly. Put aside.

Preheat your oven to 200°C.

Roll out 2/3 of the dough on a floured surface and cut circes out of it. They should be big enough to form a sort of cup when put into a muffin tray. You need 12 of those. Once your dough circles have been added to the muffin tray, spoon the apple & cinnamon filling into it, filling it about two thirds of the way up.

Roll out the rest of the dough and cut it into strips to form a grid on top of your pies. This is optional of course and if you fancy making other shapes to top them you're more than welcome! 

Your pies will need to bake in the oven for about 20 -30 minutes. Keep an eye on them while they're in there :) Leave them to cool in the tray before removing and serving. 

There you go. Mini apple pies that look, smell AND taste amazing. :)

What's your favourite picnic food? Which recipes can you not live without when it comes to having friends over for a summer dinner outdoors? Leave me a comment and let me know :)