Cloud Dancer? Mocha Mousse? Veri Peri? Sure, they’re cute names, but what do they really mean ? Here at Guild Of Dough, we’ve taken some of our favourite shades of our bakes this year. Each crumb, each dash of flour, each missed chocolate chip – we’ve analysed them all to come up with colour profiles that really mean something to us. Like that golden pastry flake left on your jumper from your morning croissant. The caramel of the sesame seeds that fall off when you first slice into a loaf of...

Halloween is here. Turn off the lights, put out your jack-o’-lantern, load up on miniature Mars Bars - it’s time for marauding groups of disguised children to demand sweets from strangers. And what do we get in return? Nothing! No songs, no rhymes, no praying for your soul. Not even a rapping horse’s head. We may think of trick-or-treating as a modern imported tradition from our American friends, but its origins actually lie in medieval England. Souling is a practice that goes back at least...

What’s round and orange? If you said an orange, WRONG.* It’s October, which means the only round orange things that matter are pumpkins. Pumpkin spice - whether you love it, hate it, or have a weird ambivalence towards it, it’s everywhere this time of year. From tea to candles to hand sanitiser, this spicy combo has transcended the limits of the coffee cup and moved straight to being a full-on lifestyle trend. But that doesn’t mean we should forget the humble origins of this flavour fad. The...