Kute cakes
Great-looking box of brownies, dense, thick dark chocolate interior, vibrant flavoured ganache toppings inc mint, cherry, mango and strawberry, coffee and banana. Order a customised box for letter-box delivery
Kute Cakes, £24 for a box of 8, kutecake.co.uk
Bit of a drip
The Tate Shop’s Paint Drip Collection features white mugs, jugs, glasses and tea towels decorated with artfully-applied multi-coloured paint drips
Paint drip collection from £9 for a tea towel available shop.tate.org.uk
Essential student kitchen kit
Essential in every kitchen in fact – the Tala Cooks Measure is calibrated for both imperial and metric weights and measures (liquids as well as solids) for the most common ingredients (eg flour, rice, lentils etc) which are marked on the inside. It’s quick, easy and does away with the need for large and fancy scales. Brilliant
Tala Cooks Measure, £11.95 from most kitchen shops
Five of the best…. Late Summer Treats
Healthy Ice cream
A sugar-free, vegan ice cream that comes chocka-a-block with vitamins, minerals and added dietary fibre doesn’t sound like much of a treat, but you’d be wrong. Perfect World Ice Cream is made from a creamy confection of blended nuts and coconut milk, and offers all the pleasures of its dairy cousin. Flavours in the range include Caramel Pecan, Double Choc Chip, Sweet Espresso and Mint Choc Chip. A special round of applause for the fresh green Pistachio and summery Raspberry Ripple. Between 344-423 calories per tub.
Perfect World Ice cream, from £3.99/500ml available at Ocado
Positive potions
All-natural botanical drink-drops made from organic herbs, flowers, roots and vegetables grown in Anglesey. Four flavours (mood-lifting Love: rose, elderflower, lemon verbena; antioxidant Flow: nettle, peppermint, thyme; cleansing Power: dandelion, burdock, sumac; immune-stimulating Bliss: cornflour, field artichoke), sugar- and sweetener-free. Add a couple of drops to water and drink
Positive potions, £7.99/30ml or £30 for all four potions, available positivepotions.co.uk
Rosé Vin de France Domaine Puech-Berthier
Great, heat-busting Rose, Cuvee ‘Fanny’ 2017 is a blend of Cinsault and Grenache grapes, beautifully pale in colour, faintly perfumed finish
£8.95 a bottle or £107.40 for a case of 12 including delivery from Fingal Rock, 64 Monnow St Monmouth, 01600 712372 or visit pinotnoir.co.uk
Blackcurrant Sundae Cake
Make the most of the last days of summer with a glorious pink cake decorated with blackcurrant mascarpone frosting encasing layers of lime sponge filled with blackcurrant jam
Blackcurrant Sundae Cake, £34/7in round (feeds 8-12) from konditorandcook.com
Chocolate Box
Hotel Chocolat’s rare and vintage tasting box, single-origin chocolate (eg Ecuador 70% supermilk, Colombia 75% dark almond praline), enrobed nuts and fruit (eg Piedmont hazelnuts tumbled in 100% Ecuador), cocoa nibs
£22.95/280g or sign up for a monthly delivery (from £60). For details visit hotelchocolat.com
