Last Wednesday for the Edinburgh Cake Ladies Taste of Home event, I decided to make a family favourite – Apple Creams. This isn’t a very complicated recipe but it was one made by my Granny, my Aunt and on some occasions my Dad. It was always a feature at family gatherings, so I thought it…
Category: Baking
A Taste of Home
Tonight’s Edinburgh Cake Ladies event took the theme of A Taste of Home. Those cakes and treats that your mum, gran or in my case Dad used to make, that bring a smile to your face and remind you of home. Fourteen cake loving ladies congregated at the lovely Cafe Musa on The Mound armed…
Macaron Making
Since I was home alone this weekend I took the opportunity to take over the kitchen and make some Macarons. I love Macarons, and have subjected Stuart to a tour of patisseries in Paris on occasion, in search of the perfect Macaron – problem is they are all pretty tasty! I decided to make Chocolate…
Upside Down Scandilicious Cake
I have never made an upside down cake, and inspired by last weeks Great British Bake Off I set about making this Blueberry and Elderflower Upside Cake from Scandilicious Baking by Signe Johnson. Ingredients Oil for greasing 400g Fresh or Frozen Blueberries 50ml Elderflower Cordial 4 Medium Free-range Eggs 250g Caster Sugar 1 tsp. Vanilla…
Cherry Baby
Cherries are currently in season, and I bought loads of them planning to be all healthy and snack on them during the week. I failed on that! So I made this Cherry Clafoutis which I got from Nigel Slater in the Guardian instead. You can’t go wrong really with cherries and batter can you? Cherry…
Rolo Cupcakes
Monday was not a good day at work, so I came home and whipped up a batch of Rolo cupcakes. I had the need for something caramelly and chocolatey, and these did the trick. Rolo Cupcakes Ingredients Cupcakes 175g Self raising Flour 175g Light Soft Brown Sugar 175g Margarine 3 Eggs 1 tsp. Baking Powder…
Swedish Buns
Tonight I whipped up a batch of Swedish Buns or as Jamie Oliver likes to call them ‘Sexy Swedish Buns’, not really sure what makes them sexy! This weeks cookbook of choice is the lesser known (I guess) ‘Jamie Does’ to accompany his TV series of the same name, where he visits 6 different countries…
Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake
Today I needed cake. We didn’t have any, so there was only one thing for it, to make some. I fancied something zesty and fresh, and this Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake sprung to mind. I used to make a lot a few years back, but kind of got out of the way of it….
Fifteens
I love fifteens. They are a staple at any Northern Irish child’s party (who am I trying to kid! Can be found at adults parties too). It would appear that no one outside of Northern Ireland has heard of them. They are missing out. Not only are they incredibly moreish, they are dead easy to…
Tart Attack!
Tonight I picked up the courage to venture forth to a meeting of the Edinburgh Cake Ladies. A few weeks ago I rushed to put my name down for this latest event, and realised halfway through the email, the theme was ‘Getting Tarty’, which means only one thing… pastry. Over the last few weeks there…
Queen of Everything 