Category Archives: Free From

The No bake, Oh wait I baked it Pumpkin Pie

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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The nights are getting darker, the clocks are going back next week, it’s safe to say it’s officially autumn and with that it seemed pretty fitting to have 50 shades of autumn as the theme for Cake Club this month.

When I first found this out, I thought right I’m going to make something ambitious this time, some sort of pie or cake perhaps, different shades in colour with leaves made out of rolled icing which I would paint gold. That doesn’t sound too amazing but for the past few months with cake club I’ve always found that I’ve either forgotten the date and it’s got to the day before and I’m like crap what can I make so have whipped up something simple or have just picked quite safe options.

So, I thought about what I would make and then, a week before as I was looking into pumpkin pie recipes I thought, as Amanda who comes to cake club is dairy free, I would make a cake so that she could have another option to eat, rather than just her own. I have made raw cakes and some gluten and dairy free cakes in the past which actually turned out quite nice (you can read about my adventure with the banoffe raw cake I made at Easter!) so I thought I’ll find a dairy free pumpkin recipe to make and I can still decorate it and make it look fab!

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Bubblewrap, Curry Goat & Betsy’s Bakes – Brighton Foodies Festival is back!

02 Tuesday May 2017

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It was the time of the year for Foodie’s Festival, Brighton again which is always such a treat as not only do I get to go to a brilliant food festival but I love going to Brighton for the atmosphere, be beside the sea and all the amazing independent food places too or and of course the pic n mix!

In fact my first stop of the day was at Caramella’s where I somehow, quite easily actually, filled a £5 bag full of my favourite pic n mix before heading off down the little lanes to the Foodie’s Festival.

The Foodie’s Festival is the UK’s biggest celebration of food, drink and wellbeing. The festival brings with it the best Michelin star chefs and MasterChef winners cooking their favourite recipes and giving visiting their top tips.

It was great to see a lot of new products and stalls this year as well as some favourites from last year such as Betsy’s bakes cakes, which were as delicious as ever.

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Charcoal Cake & Forbidden Fruit Cocktails – Naughty by Nature’s healthy living pop up comes to Vauxhall

18 Tuesday Apr 2017

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Naughty By Nature, London’s first healthy living pop up bar launched last week in Vauxhall and was the perfect event to attend on a sunny Saturday evening.

Greeted at the door with a glass of skinny prosecco we were welcomed into a hidden space that was filled with beautiful flowers from Bloomon and delicious smells from Toshka, Pomodoro E Basilico and Cake and Cucumber.

Having given up chocolate, well trying to give up sugar for lent, this was the perfect event to attend as it meant I could still have delicious cake that didn’t contain sugar. Cake and Cucumber’s selection of banana, chocolate (these looked incredible) and (my favourite) charcoal cake looked too good not to try and did not disappoint. I had never tried charcoal cake and this was something I couldn’t get enough of. Rather I ended up buying a slice which came with a salted caramel sauce which complimented the cake perfectly giving it that extra bit of sweetness.

Pomodoro E Basilico – Italian home-made artisan vegan food – had some amazing Buddha bowls as well as jack fruit burgers. I had never tried jack fruit before so these were a bit of a treat especially as they were accompanied by peanut butter, slaw & strawberry bbq kale. Their twix bars made with dates, peanut butter, coconut and dark chocolate proved super popular and looked amazing too. Continue reading →

Naughty By Nature: New Healthy Living Pop Up Bar Launches in Vauxhall

07 Friday Apr 2017

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NEW POP UP BAR WITH A TWIST INSPIRED BY NATURE LAUNCHES IN VAUXHALL


The Founders Of The ‘Free From Festival’ Are Launching A New Concept In Healthy Living From April 8th. A pop bar with a natural twist, as well as an event space offering allergy savvy brunch clubs and much more, all within an adventurous atmosphere hidden behind a secret door in Vauxhall.
“NAUGHTY BY NATURE”, will be London’s first pop-up bar to embrace healthy living and
a fabulous party spirit all under one roof. Catering for those with a passion for fine quality free-from food and featuring cocktails with all ingredients selected or produced uniquely for Naughty by Nature to exclude artificial additives, colours and flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar.

Working with culinary innovators like Toshka (country food, for veggies and non-veggies), Pomodoro E Basilico (homemade artisan vegan Italian food) and Cake + Cucumber (flavours inspired by tastes of East Africa), Naughty By Nature will feature Brunch Club Specials allowing people to try a Free-From taste of every culture accompanied by their unique signature series of Naughty by Nature cocktails.
With carefully curated music playlists and inspirational flower creations by BLOOMON, the whole space has been designed to make you feel like you are stepping into another world.
All the hot and cold food will be free-from gluten, dairy and refined sugar and the cocktails have been created to compliment both the environment as well as the spirit of healthy, clean living and partying.

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