A couple of weekends ago the theme for the Sunday Baking Club was Retro Bakes. The easy option would have been a Victoria Sponge, however I went for the second easiest option – Coffee and Walnut Cake! A favourite of my mums and mine when I was growing up. I chose this recipe from Mary…
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Pancakes!
I love pancakes, and we often make them at the weekends as part of a lazy breakfast. So, given today is officially Pancake day it would seem unsporting not to indulge! I had a wonderful stack of pancakes during the summer in Cornwall, and I decided to recreate them this morning. I used the following…
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
Today Celebrates the Chinese New Year, we are leaving the Year of the Dragon behind and moving into the Year of the Snake. Apparently those who were born in the year of the Snake are regarded as intelligent, but can also be somewhat unscrupulous! Having never really cooked any Chinese food (except for the odd…
Orange and Almond Tea Cakes
Or an adaption of Lily Vanilli’s Pink Grapefruit, Almond and Brown Sugar Tea Cakes, as it really should be! I recently bought Lily Vanilli’s Sweet Tooth as a post Christmas gift to myself! I was tempted by the colourful, pretty cover as well the reviews I’ve read of it and having seen the bakery for…
Goodbye Christmas, Hello New Year!
And so the Christmas festivities are over. The few days of gluttony have passed and it’s onto New Year preparations and planning what resolutions we won’t be keeping! For us, this Christmas was about celebrations, spending time with friends, family and each other, and generally enjoying having almost 2 weeks off work to do guilt…
Jamie’s Golden Chicken
It seems that we are the only people on the planet not to own a copy of Jamie’s 30 minute meals, or at least within our circle of friends! and therefore I have felt a little left out! So when he brought out 15 minute meals I made sure I got my copy! Christmas dinner…
Beef Bourguignon a la Delia
For Boxing Day Stuarts family joined us and I wanted to make something that wouldn’t involve me spending hours in the kitchen but could feed 8 of us! I turned to Delia, the queen of cooking and of Christmas! This is her recipe for Beef Bourguignon, and it was mighty tasty with minimal leftovers! Boeuf…
Manly Mo Cupcakes
The 1st December was the day I had been waiting for throughout November – the grand shave off day of Stuart’s moustache! Stuart and a team from his work spent the last month cultivating interesting ‘taches and raising money for Movember. In total they have raised just shy of £2500 – which is a good…
Spanish Chocolate Cake
Its Chocolate Week, so I thought it was apt to make a chocolate cake. This one I found in the June issue of Sainsbury’s Magazine. I am not really sure what makes it Spanish – maybe the orange? olive oil? or even the ground almonds? Nonetheless its very tasty and easy to make! Ingredients 125g…
Apple Creams
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…
Queen of Everything 