Strawberry Choux Buns are the best choux buns I’ve ever tasted and I think you’ll agree once you’ve made them! This recipe is one that I have re-created from a one-off childhood memory of some beautiful, heavenly Strawberry Choux Buns. My mother made them for my grandmother’s coffee morning when we were staying with my…
Dessert
Treacle Tart – “How to Feed Your Family for £5 a Day” by Bernadine Lawrence
I made this Treacle Tart as part of my review of “How to Feed your Family for £5 a Day” by Bernadine Lawrence. For book review click here. This Treacle Tart is encased in a beautifully short sweet shortcrust pastry and was enjoyed by all who ate it! I took the opportunity to use the…
Rhubarb and Strawberry Grunt
Britain is awash with strawberries and rhubarb and there’s no better past time than picking your own strawberries at this time of year. Well in theory at least, if we could find a dry day when we weren’t either being buffeted by wind or being flooded! I thought that these two fruits would be ideal…
Diamond Jubilee Pavlova
I was so very heartened by the popularity of my Diamond Jubilee Cupcakes that I thought that I would adapt an old favourite to give it a patriotic makeover so here is my Diamond Jubilee Pavlova! Chopped bananas hide in the cream and compliment the fresh regal fruits above. I have adapted a Pavlova recipe…
Chocolate Puddle Pudding
Chocolate Puddle Pudding is an utterly delicious self saucing chocolate pudding. Chocolate sponge floats on a sea of chocolate sauce for the ultimate comfort pudding! I have had this Chocolate Puddle Pudding recipe from a newspaper clipping for 6 years and only got round to making this wonderful pudding tonight. It had been posted on…
Lillian’s Apple Cake
I don’t know who Lillian was but my mother has been baking this yummy Danish Lilian’s Apple Cake for as long as I can remember. Fresh apple slices and cinnamon are complemented by a divine nutty topping which gets toasted whilst baking. My family loved this cake which I baked for the first time today! Serve with a cup of tea or as…