Bakes & Treats — fig

This week we have teamed up with Lily Vanilli to bring you the cakes of ALL cakes. Covered in a fragrant and delicious Earl Grey buttercream (the flavour comes from gently infusing cream with tea bags) the slices of fresh figs and a honey mascarpone filling are sandwiched by a light vanilla sponge. Perfect with a cuppa! You will need: Vanilla sponge  2 x 9″ cake tins, lined 330g plain flour, sifted 320g caster sugar 1.5 tbs baking powder Pinch of salt 175g unsalted butter, room temperature 3 eggs 190ml whole milk 1.5 tsp good vanilla extract Earl Grey buttercream 100g unsalted butter, softened 300g...

Super easy & tasty recipe created in collaboration with Julia from @morning_temptations. Julia says: I'm a breakfast enthusiast from Stockholm, my instagram gives you a glimspe of a delicious, vegan diary of a hungry, healthy morning person. Makes 12-14 single cookies in the size shown in the photo. These cookies are vegan. Ingredients for the Ginger & Fig Cookies 1 cup of oats 1/2 cup of almonds 1/2 cup of walnuts 2 tablespoon of maple syrup 2 tablespoon of water 1 teaspoon of ground ginger The zest of 1 lemon A pinch of salt How to make the Ginger & Fig Cookies First up ground the nuts &...

Once again the amazing @addictedtodates has provided us with one of the tastiest looking recipes yet, a no bake cheesecake tart made with figs and infused with our super berry tea! Vegan friendly. Ingredients: Base: 5 cups roasted buckwheat ½ cup prunes ¼ cup cacao powder 2 tbsp maple syrup ¼ tsp Himalayan pink salt Filling: 1 cup cashews (soaked for 6 hours and rinsed) ¼ cup maple syrup 3 X Super Berry teabags 80ml boiling water 1 tsp vanilla bean paste Juice of ½ a lime 1 can coconut milk (just the thick part form the top of the can) ½ cup...