Traditional Risalamande (Dansih Rice Pudding) with Cherry Sauce is a creamy and delicious rice pudding laced with sherry and almonds and served with a sweet, warm cherry sauce. The History of Risalamande Risalamande finds it origins in the French Ris à l’amande and has been served on Christmas Eve in Denmark since around 1900. A…
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Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mousse – with step-by-step video!
Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mousse is intensely chocolatey, fluffy and decadently delicious! Made with just 4 ingredients your guests will never know how easy this was to make! Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mouse is for people who don’t have the careful hand and eye that Nigel Slater speaks about when making chocolate mousse. I don’t like recipes…
Easy Cranberry Curd including Power Blender Option
Easy Cranberry Curd It’s cranberry season so when I came across a punnet of these red jewels for 50 pence last week my mind went from thoughts of cranberry sauce to Easy Cranberry Curd in a nanosecond. The former seemed a bit conservative and as I’d never had Cranberry Curd before the prospect of it…
Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) + video tutorial
Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) Today I’m sharing my Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) and step-by-step video tutorial with you. As autumn is just around the corner my mind wonders to apples and one of my favourite traditional apple desserts, Danish Apple Cake which I posted a few years ago. This is usually…
Spiced Prune Traybake
Spiced Prune Traybake Do you have a forgotten about tin of prunes in your cupboard? Well I did and hence I came up with this recipe for Spiced Prune Traybake which was inspired by this recipe for Peach, Tea & White Chocolate Traybake from Recipes from a Normal Mum! As a kid and beyond tinned…
Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath – a great buffet centrepiece!
Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath I recently decided I wanted to make a Brie & Cranberry puff pastry centrepiece. After toying with a few ideas which would have involved wasting some of the pastry I came up with this Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath which doesn’t waste a scrap! A sheet…
Nut Roast (vegan & gluten-free)
In association with The Vegetarian Society Nut Roast (vegan & gluten-free) Today I’m bringing you a festive Nut Roast from The Vegetarian Society Cookery School. I was thrilled when The Vegetarian Society got in contact with me and asked me to re-create one of the schools Christmas dishes. As many of you know my daughter…
Banoreo Cheesecake – vegetarian, no-bake, perfect for entertaining!
Banoreo Cheesecake is one of the best cheesecakes I’ve ever tasted! A buttery Oreo biscuit base is topped with sliced bananas, cream cheese, double cream, vanilla and more Oreos! Today I’m bringing you a vegetarian Banoreo Cheesecake or Banana & Oreo Cheesecake (it was a toss up for the name)! There’s a bit of a…
Chocolate Melting Moments – incredibly moreish!
Chocolate Melting Moments are the best chocolate cookies I’ve ever tasted! They are intensely chocolatey and melt in the mouth! Today I have updated my Chocolate Melting Moments recipe with some better photographs as it really did deserve better than my amateur attempt from years ago! When I left college it wasn’t any of the…
Cheat’s Stollen Croissants 2 Ways – quick & delicious!
The idea for these Cheat’s Stollen Croissants came to me in flash of inspiration the other day. I love Stollen and I love croissants so why not combine the 2 flavours into one I thought! At this time of year there’s usually an ample supply of leftover dried fruits and mincemeat (you can use either)…
