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 […]
Banana and coconut, a match made in heaven. These muffins attest to that. I do like a good muffin and the combination of banana and coconut was just crying out to satisfy my craving. As with all muffins these coconut and banana ones are very simple to make, taking little time and rewarding the baker […]
Blondies are a lovely alternative to brownies and the variety of ingredients that can be added is almost endless. Today I decided to make some blondies, using soft dried apricots and hazeluts. I also decided to use browned butter, which means a little extra effort but does give a nice nutty flavour to the butter […]
Today’s recipe is for a Chocolate Tiffin, which could also be called a Chocolate Refrigerator Cake. It is a very simple recipe and doesn’t actually require any baking. But it does need some ingredients to be melted. Tiffin is actually a word that was coined in the days of the British Empire, when the British […]
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 […]
I have made chocolate and hazelnut biscotti before, but today I thought I would make them again, with a video, but this time adding in some Nutella/Chocolate Hazelnut spread as well. Biscotti are a firm favourite and I love hazelnuts, so I knew that these would be very good indeed. The recipe is very easy […]
As we approach the holiday season I wanted to make some easy but tasty treats. One of my ideas was rum balls and I checked on the internet and saw that Joyofbaking had a very simple recipe that looked good. So I decided to make mine using that recipe as the basis. There is no […]
Today I decided on a rather decadent cake, if there is such a thing. A sour cream cake, with some ground hazelnuts in it, in two layers and to be filled with a basic hazelnut buttercream. So I needed to make two cakes and then the buttercream filling. I also decided, at the last minute […]
Friands are a favourite of mine, since I discovered them last year sometime. Usually made with ground almonds as the main base they are a delicious cake which is very popular in Australia and New Zealand in particular. For the ones I made today I varied the recipe, using hazelnuts and almonds, to give a […]
I do like biscotti and am always up for trying something new, in terms of flavour combinations. So hazelnut and date seemed like it was worth trying. I saw it on Paul Hollywood’s site. Biscotti are quite easy to make and don’t take long. But they are very rewarding, since they not only taste great […]