Caroline Makes....

The lockdown in 2020 meant I didn’t post anything on my blog for several months, as I tried to juggle a full-time job with a toddler at home...

I made these cupcakes for Mother’s Day for my mum, my mother-in-law - and me! I’ve developed quite a taste for passion fruit recently - Pa...

Having guests over Easter is always a good excuse for baking and I find cakes easier than desserts to make in advance. So I made this after ...

I’m ever hopeful that one day I will develop the knack of decorating cookies so they don’t look like a child has done it, and have resigned ...

As my school friends (and I) were turning 40 all in the same year, I wanted to make them each a special birthday card for the occasion, usin...

This cake is inspired by Jammie Dodger biscuits, which have two layers sandwiched together with jam, and a heart shape cut out from the top ...

Chocolate bark is a flat slab of chocolate covered with things like nuts, dried fruit, sweets or with a different colour chocolate swirled t...

I f you have children in your life and are a little bit artistic, these story spoons are a great idea. They are wooden spoons, featuring ch...

  Last year my daughter had a ‘lockdown birthday’; COVID-19 restrictions meant that we couldn’t have a party, couldn’t have family to visit ...

I’ve been looking through old photos on my phone and remembering the fun things I did with my daughter pre-pandemic, and all the places we w...

Butlin’s today is a far cry from the self catering caravan holidays I remember as a child in the 1980s. Today there are smart hotels, apartm...

Anyone for a Christmas dinner on a skewer? In the run-up to Christmas I went for a festive lunch at the Trading House , a bar and restaurant...

These little treats are easy and fun to make and are great for a children’s Christmas party or to make at home with your kids. They don’t in...

I'm not sure what these cards are actually called - 'motivational quote cards' sounds a bit worthy and the sort of thing you mig...

Pizza Express hardly needs a review as I doubt there are many people who haven’t been to one before! And like most chains you would expect c...

These veggie nuggets are aimed at children but I think would be just as good for adults - and I wonder if instead of shaping into individual...

A few years ago the television presenter Davina McCall - best known for Big Brother - decided to give up sugar. I was vaguely aware that she...

A cornucopia of Italian food, a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach, a good place to meet friends or have lunch with colleagues, somew...