All the recipes in this blog are free from refined sugar and use either zero or low sugar natural sweeteners. 

The recipes are aim to be as low carb as possible too so they are all grain and gluten free – (except for one rogue cake that slipped in!).

Raspberry Mousse

Usually fruit or chocolate mousses are made of cream but I’ve been replacing the cream with yogurt recently. And I love the lightness and freshness it gives to this classic dessert. It’s a pud that sits better on the tum
after a meal and lets the fruit have the spotlight.Read more

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Baked Apples

This is for anyone out there with an apple tree, who's knee deep apples at the moment. Or any other kindred cakespirit who just loves the flavour of seasonal apples.   How about giving baked apples a try? They’re such a simple and delicious end to a meal. Read more

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Chocolate Digestives


I used to love chocolate digestives and so I’m mega chuffed to have come up with this lower carb recipe. Particularly as they’re even better than the real thing IMHO. They’re bursting at the seams with flavour. Read more
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Rose and Raspberry Marble Cake

Could there possibly be a more quintessential cake to enjoy during the Summer days than a light, fruity - deliciously squidgy - raspberry cake? I’m certainly hard pushed to think of one. Read more

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Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies

I think obsession might be the mother of invention actually.  I recently broke with my low carb/diabetes diet in a moment of temptation recently. I accepted a friend’s homemade (sugar and white flour), chocolate chip cookie. It was good! Since then, I’ve been ruminating over how to make an equally delicious but healthier version. Read more

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