Apricot Almond Cake with Rosewater and Cardamom is just wonderful. The original recipe is by Nigella Lawson, though I have made a couple of very minor changes. It is not only very tasty, but is very easy to make too. Just one word of warning though. Rosewater is a very distinct flavour and, if you […]

Pains au chocolat is a really wonderful treat. Additionally, the dish is widely recognized as a café favorite and a quintessential French pastry. Additionally, in some countries it is known as chocolate croissants or chocolatine. This variation underscores its status as an example of French pastries, or Viennoiserie that gourmets and families alike enjoy worldwide. […]

Buttery Fruit Shortcake Biscuits are so easy to make. Not only that, but they taste great too, as you might expect. Fruit Shortcake biscuits are popular in the UK and are readily available in supermarkets. But this version is even better, since it uses butter instead of the more common palm oil and sunflower oil. […]

This wonderful recipe presents Hot Cross Bunettones. The recipe is based on Panettone a beloved Italian bread, which utilises a nicely enriched dough. The classic version incorporates raisins (or sultanas) and citrus peels. This recipe adheres to the classic flavours. But it also includes some mixed spice, and has a cross piped on the top, […]

These Coconut & Kiwi Cakes are delicious. The recipe is adapted from one on Zespri. It is very easy to make too. The cakes are full of that delicious desiccated coconut and then with a lovely slice of kiwifruit on the top. I prefer the extra sweetness I find in golden kiwi, so that is […]

This recipe for Earl Grey Lemon Drizzle Muffins is from one I saw on Sainsbury’s website. I have made just a coupe of very minor adjustments to it. Muffins, as you know, are very easy to make. They don’t take long either. For this recipe that is true too. As for the minor adjustments they […]

Greek Ekmek Kataifi is a great dessert. It’s perfect for a warm summer day. It uses that wonderful kataifi pastry, which is very fine strands of filo pasty. The same pastry is also very common in Turkey where is it known as Kadayif(kadaif). The pastry is available in chilled, frozen or dried form. For this […]

This recipe for Quadruple Chocolate Loaf Cake is from Nigella Lawson. It was actually one of the first things I made when I took up baking in 2014. It was such a success that I made it again. Since that time I have had multiple requests to make it once more. So, since I have […]

Dishoom Chicken Ruby – Butter Chicken is a recipe from Dishoom The First Ever Cookbook From The Much-Loved Indian Restaurant. Dishoom is a very popular chain of restaurants, mainly in London but also in a few other places. Specialising in Indian food, particularly Bombay(Mumbai), it has a great reputation. Dishoom published a cookbook a while […]

My Luxuriant Cottage Pie is wonderful. It is has a rich flavour, with red wine and passata along with a mire poix of carrot, onion and celery. Not only that but some cheese on the top adds another wonderful flavour. But the star of the show has to be beef shin. Usually cottage pie has […]