Mikado Coconut Cream Cake

As a kid growing up I loved Jacobs Kimberley, Mikado and Coconut Creams, I think it was the marshmallow in them all that attracted me (a sweet tooth from an early age!).  I remember also liking the catchy tune on the advert,  but looking back at that now I am not sure it sits so…

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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Botanic Lights

This month, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are hosting “Botanic Lights”; a magical 1km long light trail which winds its way along the paths of the Botanics, literally showing the features in a new light. As Stuart and I discovered last week on the opening night, it’s a rather good way to spend an hour…

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Plum Jam

I seem to be in a bit of a jam making mood at the moment, using up all the fruit stocks in my freezer and also any bargains picked up in the supermarket.  While on holiday recently I enjoyed some freshly made scotch pancakes with homemade Plum Jam. I had forgotten how tasty it was…

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Falls of Clyde

In an attempt to walk more (plus also do some training for the Kiltwalk 2015 which I have signed up to!) I decided we should be getting out and about.  There are plenty of great places to walk not far from Edinburgh and also some that make a nice wee daytrip.  I dusted of a…

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Scallop & Gin Ceviche

Recently while on holiday on the Isle of Lewis, Stuart and I came across the Hebridean Hand Dived Scallops,  based in a shell covered shed on the end of a pier in Miavaig near Uig. Not ones to pass up the opportunity to have some local fresh delicacies we stopped in and came face to…

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Afternoon Tea at Malone House, Belfast

I decided to treat my Mum to Afternoon Tea for her birthday, at a place of her choice.  She surprised me when she suggested Malone House in Belfast, as it is a place I would never have thought of!  However, it is a place that holds special memories for Mum, its where her and Dad…

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White Chocolate and Raspberry Baked Cheesecake

It was our friends annual BBQ a couple of weeks ago (we were optimistic that we would get nice weather, but we didn’t, it rained all day!) and as usual I was tasked with providing dessert. I have had a craving for a baked cheesecake for a while, and so I went about scouring the…

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Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

One afternoon while passing the time reading twitter, I spotted a request from the lovely people at Sugar & Crumbs for willing bakers to try out some of their new naturally flavoured icing sugar range.  Not one for letting an opportunity to try something new to pass by, I responded and a few days later…

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Bistro Moderne, Edinburgh

Having dined at Restaurant Mark Greenaway a couple of times, I knew that I had to try his new(ish) venture – Bistro Moderne.  Situated in the old Cafe Fish (previously Zanzero) in Stockbridge it was an easy dander for us one Sunday lunchtime.  I had heard great things already, especially about the Sunday lunch so…

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Istanbul

Istanbul is somewhere I have wanted to visit for a while, not for any particular reason other than it looked amazing (and also Ottolenghi’s ‘Mediterranean’ did nothing to put me off!).  Luckily in January Turkish Airlines had a sale on and we managed to get bargainous flights direct to Istanbul for some springtime sunshine!  We…

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