Black Forest Vanilla Ice Milk or Cherry, Dark Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Milk is the perfect icy summer dessert to cool down with! With summer well and truly here refreshment is on everyone’s mind and hot comforting puddings are put on the back burner. One of our favourite summer desserts is “ice milk” as it…
Vegetarian
Houmous with Peanut Butter
Houmous with Peanut Butter – a great alternative to traditional houmous and for those times when you don’t have any tahini paste Houmous, there seem to be an infinite number of ways of spelling it (hummus, hommus etc) and many more ways of preparing it! This Houmous with Peanut Butter came about after I stumbled…
Chocolate Cupcakes
Kids love Chocolate Cupcakes and this delicious recipe is simple enough for them to make! I think grown-ups will be all over them too! I don’t know about your children but whenever mine want to bake it invariably has to involve chocolate! Well I say that, my son has only ever baked one cake at…
Wholemeal Cheddar and Apple Chutney Soda Bread with Cider
Wholemeal Cheddar and Apple Chutney Soda Bread with Cider is so quick and easy to make. A nutty, cheesy wholemeal soda bread with a sweet apple chutney and cider kick. It goes perfectly with soup. I found myself with half a can of spare cider on Sunday morning (the other half had gone in the…
Gruyere & Caramelised Shallot Nests
Gruyere and Caramelised Shallot Nests are the perfect picnic treat, like a cross between a sandwich and a mini quiche! Today I’m bringing you Gruyere & Caramelised Shallot Nests. It’s National Picnic Week this week so I decided I needed to make something fabulous for the occasion! Casting my mind back to when I was…
Victoria Sandwich
The Victoria Sandwich is a classic British cake sandwiched with homemade strawberry jam and clotted cream. Also known as a Victoria Sponge Cake, it’s perfect for afternoon tea! Every now and again a surprise package will turn up and the other week a lovely parcel arrived from Rodda’s to celebrate World Baking Day. Shamefully I…
Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake
Rhubarb and Marzipan Cake with a hint of cinnamon and a flaked almond topping is fabulously moist and delicious! I was chatting to my mum recently when she told me about some Rhubarb and Marzipan Muffins her sister had been baking. Well there was a flavour combination I hadn’t thought about and having plenty of…
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse)
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) are traditional Danish butter cookies made with chopped almonds. Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) in it but homemade ones taste so much better. My mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d…
Credit Crunch Munch March/April round-up
We’ve had another delightful batch of entries to Credit Crunch and it’s been good to see some new blogs entering too. So let’s not hang about – on with the recipes! First up were Jane from Onions & Paper’s Red Lentil Balls or Mercimek Koftesi which she was inspired to re-create after eating them on…
Easter Chocolate Granola Cakes
Today I’m sharing my Easter Chocolate Granola Cakes with you! Feeling the urge to do something Eastery with a packet of chocolate mini eggs I had, I pondered upon what I should do with them. The old faithful cupcake sprang to mind but aware of the abundance of recipes for egg adorned Easter cupcakes I…