Today I turn 22 (again)! Jokes! Today I turn 27 and, believe it or not, today is my first COVID birthday. Last year I managed to celebrate my birthday the weekend before lockdown landed in Ireland. We sat in utter oblivion in a lovely Italian restaurant, enjoying good food and great wine, without a care in the world about a global pandemic. Little did we know what was about to unfold.

Unfortunately this year there are no dinners out for me. However, there’ll definitely be treats! To celebrate turning 27, here are 27 of my favourite sweet treats – some bakes and some no-bakes. In no particular order (although realistically my favourites are going to pop into my head first):

1. Sponge Cake
2. Lemon & Poppy Seed Cake
3. Orange Drizzle Cake
4. Lime & Coconut Cake
5. Vanilla Cupcakes

6. Strawberries & Cream Cupcakes
7. Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
8. Chocolate Clusters
9. Lemon Curd Sponge Cake
10. Brown Bread

11. Banana Bread
12. Banana & Blueberry Bread
13. Banana & Blackberry Bread
14. Wholemeal Banana Bread
15. Banana Porridge Bread

16. Rhubarb Traybake
17. Buttermilk Pancakes
18. Caramel Latte Pancakes
19. Oat Cookies
20. Chocolate Dipped Cookies

21. Thumb Print Cookies
22. Fruit Cake
23. Chocolate Cake
24. Rice Krispie Squares
25. Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

26. Sultana Bread
27. 25th Birthday Cake

Wow, that was a fun list to write! As you can see, I have quite a few banana bread recipes that I really like. I hope there’s something there on the list that inspires you to bake this week. Happy birthday to me and to everyone else born on March 5th.