For something easy, on a hot summer day, I decided to make some no churn ice cream. I saw the idea in an Ocado magazine and it used fresh mint leaves and some chocolate chopped into pieces. I thought it sounded very good, so I decided I would try that flavour as my first attempt. […]
These sensational flapjacks really do taste great. Be careful not to eat too many. I recently received a promotional email from Costco which included something called Salted Caramel Sensations which looked very good indeed. But rather than buy them I thought I could make something similar using two of my existing recipes, one for a […]
I was checking out a few websites and came across what seemed like a very nice biscuit, Kingston biscuits. These seem to be coconut and oat biscuits with a chocolate filling placed between to and sandwiched together. They originate in Australia and are made there by Arnotts. I liked the idea of the biscuits and […]
I decided to make an alternative dessert for Christmas. Traditionally, in the UK, Christmas Pudding is served after dinner on Christmas Day. That is a very rich fruit steamed pudding(not the US type of pudding). It is served with brandy butter, or rum butter, or custard etc. But after a big dinner it is sometimes […]
This very easy recipe, for Chocolate Oat Bars, or square, takes very little time to make, but it does have to be left to set for 3 or 4 hours before cutting. There is no baking involved, just a little work on the stove top, so in just a few minutes they are ready to […]
This recipe is strictly for those with a sweet tooth, or two. Any shortbread is nice but add a thick layer of caramel and then another, of chocolate, and you have a rich, sweet variant. It is the sort of thing that you don’t want a large portion of, or you will feel decidedly sick […]
I recently saw a recipe of a Chocolate Fudge Tart which looked very good. So I decided that I would make one, but with a couple of variants to that recipe, to suit my particular taste. The recipe is simple and consists of a biscuit base, flavoured with cocoa powder. Then a rich, silky smooth […]
Today I made some wonderfully crispy biscuits and sandwiched them together with a chocolate ganache. I got the idea when I saw some pictures of a French biscut Prince Chocolate. They are a two thin biscuits/cookies that are sandwiched with chocolate, with a pattern imprinted on them.. The biscuit has to be hard and crispy […]
Watching some videos recently I was quite surprised at some of the things you can do with chickpeas. One suggestion was to make brownies, using chickpeas instead of flour. This sounded very interesting and I did some further investigations and watched some videos and they all seemed very good. For my version I am using […]
Chocolate Marshmallow Teacakes are a firm favourite in the UK. They are readily available in all supermarkets. Basically a chocolate marshmallow teacake is a shortbread type biscuit with a dome of a marshmallow type meringue and then covered in chocolate, either dark or milk. The usual size is big enough for two or three bites. […]