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Raspberry Velvet Cupcakes
These rich chocolate flavour cupcakes with beetroot added have a moist, fluffy light texture and a fresh raspberry hidden inside....

Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016


Beetroot Chocolate Loaf
Ingredients: 2-3 vacumn packed beetroot 2 ripe bananas 120ml cooking oil 160g coconut cream 275g plain flour 50g cocoa powder 1 tsp...

Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016


Beetroot and Cheese Scones
Ingredients: 175 g unbleached plain flour 2 and ¼ tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 25 g cold butter, small dice 75 g strong cheddar cheese...

Jo Banks
Oct 28, 2016


Cake and Bake Show 2016
Loved the Cake and Bake Show this year. It was lovely to take my 10 year old daughter with me to enjoy too! We met the lovely Jo Wheatley...

Jo Banks
Oct 13, 2016


Chocolate and Avocado Cake Experiments
As its Chocolate Week I have been busy experimenting. I have been meaning to do this for a while, baking with avocados! It really is the...

Jo Banks
Oct 13, 2016


Wobbly Week Eat Walnuts
Its been one of those weeks, actually a couple now… car accident (not my fault), back door broke and then yesterday realised someone has...

Jo Banks
Oct 7, 2016


Apple Bread
A fast, healthy apple bread loaded with cinnamon and fresh apples. So easy, you don’t even need a mixer, and your house will smell like...

Jo Banks
Sep 27, 2016


Interview with James Tanner, Tonbridge, Kent
Last Wednesday, it was actually a beautiful hot lunchtime, Sue and I sat out in the sun at The Kentish Hare. We had arranged to interview...

Jo Banks
Sep 19, 2016


Autumn Schedule 2016
Autumn Schedule of classes-Alive with Flavour-September to December 2016 All classes include ingredients, recipes to take home, and...

Jo Banks
Sep 16, 2016


Almond and Plum Slice
Thank you to Jo Wheatley for this delicious baked treat – Jo’s Blue Aga Recipes. I have made it several times using special home-made jam...

Jo Banks
Sep 12, 2016


Crab Cakes and Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
Recipe (Makes about 14 mini crab cakes) Ingredients: – Crab Cakes 2 thick slices day-old crust-less white bread 70 g green beans 4...

Jo Banks
Aug 10, 2016


The West Dean’s Chilli Fiesta is back this weekend!
Taking place in the grounds of West Dean College and Gardens with the magnificent College buildings and the hills of the South Downs in...

Jo Banks
Aug 6, 2016


Student Survival Lesson 1
Wednesday 14th September 2016 – Westerham Village Hall “Living on pot noodle is an option but not a good one!” Come and spend the day...

Jo Banks
Aug 2, 2016


Sunshine and Biscotti
Just home from a beautiful week in Tuscany, Italy. It was a family holiday with 7 of us altogether and in an area we haven’t visited...

Jo Banks
Aug 2, 2016


Cookery Camp at Crockham Hill Primary School
Thursday 1st September 2016 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...

Jo Banks
Aug 1, 2016


Adventures In Fruit
Last Monday Sue and I headed up to Shoreditch, London to attend a Thai Fruit Adventures event. We had heard about this event through Pink...

Jo Banks
Jun 22, 2016


Smoked Salmon Muffins
These make the perfect bite size muffin for canapes as well as full size muffins delicious with salad or in a picnic. Ingredients: 200 g...

Jo Banks
Jun 14, 2016


Cooking Party Packages
Fancy sitting in your own kitchen or living room with your friends and learning some new entertaining ideas over a glass or two of wine?...

Jo Banks
Jun 9, 2016


Freezer Workshop
Thursday 7th July 2016 – Westerham Village Hall Getting organised is not only a skill but its the answer to a much happier, stress-free...

Jo Banks
Jun 7, 2016
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