Despite their name, Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is a traditional Danish shortbread cookie topped with a chopped almond and sugar glaze. This classic cookie is usually made at Christmas. As a child, not a Christmas went by without my Danish mother baking a whole array of traditional biscuits and cookies. Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is…
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Instant Orange Cheesecakes
Instant Orange Cheesecakes, an emergency dessert that can be made within minutes with just 4 ingredients and no compromise on taste. Instant Orange Cheesecakes came about the other night when I was yet again posed with the question “what’s for pudding?”. I hadn’t made it to the shops, so after a rummage around the kitchen…
Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Pumpkin Fruit Cake is so deliciously moist and fruity, the perfect way to use up your pumpkin carvings! Makes a great base for a celebration or last minute Christmas cake. I was recently on a mission to find a bird bath for my mother in law’s 80th birthday. Having not found one, my daughter and…
Walnut Mocha Torte
I was listening to a lovely radio interview with my favourite food writer, Nigel Slater the other day where he said his favourite cake was Coffee & Walnut. On telling my daughter she said she loved this cake too – I don’t where she’s had it as I have never made it not being a…
Apple & Pear Cider Spelt Soda Bread
Apple & Pear Cider Spelt Soda Bread is a delicious wholegrain spelt loaf flecked with pieces of apple made with sweet pear cider. Perfect for breakfast, tea or lunch! With the fabulous abundance of British apples right now I was sent a voucher by Sainsbury’s to buy myself some. My personal favourites are Coxes with…
Quick Spelt Butternut Squash Cake
Quick Spelt Butternut Squash Cake I often make Butternut Squash Soup and don’t like to tamper with the quantity of ingredients in it, so I found myself with a hunk of spare Butternut the other day and my husband suggested I made a cake with it. I had actually been toying with this idea myself…
Spelt Danish Apple Ring
Spelt Danish Apple Ring is a delicious yeasted tea bread! Filled with apples, cinnamon and almonds then topped with chopped almonds and vanilla icing you might not want to share! I was flicking through my mother’s old recipe folder the other day when a recipe I’d never made had caught my eye (it translated to…
Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage)
Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage) is not actually a cake but a traditional Danish dessert comprising layers of stewed apples, caramelised toasted oats, and finished off with whipped cream. This is my mum’s version and she always tops it with a delicious grating of dark chocolate! So it’s officially Autumn and my mind automatically turns to…
Blackberry and Apple Loaf
This easy, spiced Blackberry & Apple Loaf is the perfect tea time treat. Have it sliced with butter or without, you decide! Today I’m sharing my recipe for Blackberry and Apple Loaf! Having picked lots of blackberries and apples recently I wanted to come up with a simple tea loaf to enjoy them in. After…
Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk
Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk is a fruity and delicious alternative to ice cream that kids and grown-ups will love! All the flavour with virtually none of the fat! You’re probably scratching your head thinking Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk, what’s this? Well, it’s a kind of cross between ice cream and sorbet. It has…