Cherzipan Cake (Cherry & Marzipan Cake) I’ve had a block of Danish Anthon Berg marzipan in my cupboard for some time and decided that I really needed to find a good use for it. (Bit of a marzipan addict)! I had also seen many cherry cakes on the internet that I liked the look of….
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Strawberry Choux Buns
Strawberry Choux Buns are filled with strawberry cream and topped with strawberry icing! They 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…
Treacle Tart – “How to Feed Your Family for £5 a Day” by Bernadine Lawrence
This Treacle Tart with a wholemeal pastry base is both thrifty and delicious. 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…
No Bake Cookies
No Bake Cookies I have never baked or cooked with peanut butter as I was quite late in my liking of the substance. So perusing the internet I noticed that there were a lot of peanut butter cookies out there and decided that the Zero Baking Required challenge being hosted by Sarah Trivuncic at Maison…
Walnutty Wholemeal Bread
Walnutty Wholemeal Bread is a delicious nutty loaf that’s great with sweet or savoury toppings! So easy even a child can make this loaf! When we decided to have homemade soup for dinner the other night my husband suggested I also made some homemade bread. Hence I decided it was time to introduce my daughter…
Raspberry Vinaigrette + Oxo Giveaway
As eagle eyed viewers of my blog will have noticed, I am a big fan of my Oxo Good Grips Garlic Press. Hence when I discovered Oxo were on Twitter I was only too keen to let them know and offered to review any of their products. I was kindly sent the Oxo Good Grips…
Strawberry Banocolate Muffins – simply delicious!
Recently my daughter had a cake bake at her school and one of my friends had a minor meltdown when her Strawberry Muffins failed 3 times the night before the bake. I thought I would google to see if there were any recipes for these in cyber land as she had just swapped the blueberries…
Rhubarb and Strawberry Grunt
Rhubarb and Strawberry Grunt, a wonderful pudding using 2 summer fruits that nestle under a scone topping. Great with ice cream or custard! 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…
Easy Chocolate Orange Cake
Easy Chocolate Orange Cake is made using the all-in-one method and is perfect for inexperienced bakers or kids to make! Yummy and moist, you’ll want to make this again and again. When I was at school the first all-in-one cake I ever made was called Lemon Crisp. So I thought I would re-invent the cake…
Diamond Jubilee Pavlova
Diamond Jubilee Pavlova has a Union Jack design made of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries which sit on a bed of whipped cream and sliced banana. This utterly delicious dessert can now be served as a Platinum Jubilee Pavlova! I was so very heartened by the popularity of my Diamond Jubilee Cupcakes that I thought that…