by Chris Mosler | Jan 15, 2018 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Baking - Cookies, Cakes, Breads & Biscuits, Cooking, Vegan |
Vegan Chocolate Orange Muffins, light and fluffy, sumptuous and pillowy, rich and indulgent – everything we are told vegan food is not! These gorgeous double chocolate cupcakes make me gasp every time I take a batch out of the oven, I’m still amazed that...
by Chris Mosler | Jun 12, 2017 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Autumn Cooking, Cooking, Desserts and Sweets, Pies, Quiches and Tarts, Vegan |
My home is perched atop a hill in Frome, one of Somerset’s finest market towns, while my boat is moored in Dorset which, as a foodie, means that I am living in one of the best parts of the world! My home base of Somerset is probably best known for cheddar cheese...
by Chris Mosler | Mar 26, 2017 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Baking - Cookies, Cakes, Breads & Biscuits, Cooking, Latest From Cooking, Spring Cooking, Uncategorized |
Mother’s Day calls for cake and this year I’ve gone for a very indulgent double gin cake – a Gin Ginger Cake with Gin and Lemon Icing because, quite frankly, I deserve it. Two of my boys have spread their wings and flown the nest – one is in...
by Chris Mosler | Sep 27, 2016 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Autumn Cooking, Baking - Cookies, Cakes, Breads & Biscuits, Cooking, Latest From Cooking |
On Sunday we made the most of the sunny autumnal equinox weather. We strode out through field and forest, foraging for the last handfuls of blackberries to make these double chocolate and blackberry muffins. Did you gasp when you saw that photo? I did! I wish I could...
by Chris Mosler | Jun 22, 2016 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Baking - Cookies, Cakes, Breads & Biscuits, Cooking, Latest From Cooking, Summer Cooking |
The lavender in my garden is just coming into flower, I’ve been watching it like a hawk, waiting to pounce so that I could make a batch of these beautiful lavender biscuits to mark Midsummer! Lavender is thought to have come to our shores with the Romans who...
by Chris Mosler | May 28, 2016 | Afternoon Tea, All Recipes, Baking - Cookies, Cakes, Breads & Biscuits, Cooking |
Yesterday I put on my apron, fired up the oven, rolled up my sleeves and made a batch of indulgent chocolate cherry flapjack! My daughter has reached the half way point in her GSCE exams, she’s exhausted, she’s wonderful and she deserves these! I used my...
Hello! I'm Chris, vegan lover of life, wordsmith, storyteller, picture taker, mum to four. Welcome to Thinly Spread where I share recipes, kitchen stories, travels, adventures and family warmth from our home in deepest Somerset and our boat in Poole.