Sweet Things

1 week ago | benjaminaebuehi.substack.com | Benjamina Ebuehi

Welcome back to Sweet Things! If you’re new here, it’s very lovely to have you. We’ve had about 7 days of consistently blue, sunny skies here in London and it’s put such a spring in my step. London is a city that thrives in the sunshine; despite it still being a little chilly, you’ll find that everyone is a bit more laid back, people actually smile at you, parks are packed and there are just good vibes all round. It makes me very excited for summer.

3 weeks ago | benjaminaebuehi.substack.com | Benjamina Ebuehi

I should make more bread. This is a thought that pops in my mind every so often, usually after I’ve eaten a particularly good bun, focaccia slab or doughnut. Bread might just be one of my favourite carbs, second only to rice, and I’ll unashamedly admit that I eat it in one form or another most days of the week.

1 month ago | benjaminaebuehi.substack.com | Benjamina Ebuehi

Hello friends, I’m writing this weeks newsletter sipping my third hot drink of the day. Slightly unusual for me at this time but I’ll blame it on the frosty temperatures. I’m typically a coffee in the morning kind of person (black Americano please), but once we get to about 3pm, especially on a laptop heavy day, the kettle goes on, I make the switch from coffee to tea and there’s a rummage of the biscuit tin. I typically have biscuits on deck at all times.

1 month ago | benjaminaebuehi.substack.com | Benjamina Ebuehi

Hello and welcome back to Sweet Things. Well done on making it to the end of the month! Signs of spring have put me in a rather good mood. I still find myself leaning towards cosy flavours, beige foods and warming spices but the anticipation of longer, sunnier days brings me lots of joy. This week I’ve got a recipe for a banana cake. It goes without saying that banana bread and banana cake are not the same thing. They give two very different vibes and there’s a time and place for each one.

2 months ago | benjaminaebuehi.substack.com | Benjamina Ebuehi

One of the many joys of summer is all the excellent ingredients it gives us to bake with. Peaches! Nectarines! Apricots! And the focus of this weeks recipes, cherries! But we before we get there, I’ll catch you up on what I’ve been up to recently. I spent a few days in Naples last week and it was my first time visiting. Although it’s not as picturesque as Florence or Sicily and most people just use it as a pit stop on the way to Amalfi, I had a great time and ate very very well.