INTERVIEWS
5 Questions with Maya Simler from PLAYin CHOC
I have rarely encountered a person with such an international life as Maya. Reading the answers to our 5 questions below, it became clear that she really has worked and lived in so many places! Maya currently lives in London with her husband and two boys. She's the brainchild behind her amazing brand PLAYin CHOC, ...
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RECIPES
Bee’s easy peasy one-bowl vegan vanilla sponge cake
This pesky vegan vanilla sponge cake recipe has taken me seven(!) attempts to perfect - I have been searching for the holy grail of ‘free-from’ baking for such a long time! The Victorian sponge cake recipes I’d settled for in the meantime, were temperamental, unreliable and ultimately, stress-inducing, and that’s not good enough. This vegan ...
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RECIPES
Funny little face cookies (from 'Bee's Brilliant Biscuits')
Many summers ago, when we organised one of our first ShopUps in London, we had the cutest personalised ShopUp cookies made by Bee's Bakery. Fast forward five years and Bee now has a baby, published two recipe books and specializes in plant-based and allergy friendly bakes! This girl has been busy! Because we all love ...
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RECIPES
Banana and Olive Oil Cake (gluten and dairy free!)
We adore banana cake and fortunately it's one of those foods that it's acceptable to eat pretty much anytime of the day! This olive oil and almond version is one of our favourites -- it's gluten and dairy free and you can just pop all the ingredients in a kitchen aid and beat together for ...
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FOOD
Peanut + Tahini Brownie. Delicious and easy to make!
A good brownie recipe is absolutely priceless and when its quick, easy, completely delicious AND gluten and dairy free I think you’ve basically ticked all the boxes!? My daughters and I came up with this Peanut + Tahini Brownie recipe one rare rainy day in Dubai when my eldest was desperate to make a chocolate ...
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RECIPES
A Fun First Birthday Cake (and it is sugar free!)
I find first birthdays particularly bittersweet, because I love and cherish the sweetness of that first year of life. I think back to those first moments when they were born, and I am utterly amazed by how much the sweet babies grow in just one year! And because the first year of life is so ...
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