Christmas is over but the time is still right for a lovely spicy cake. Ginger cake, in the form of a loaf cake, rich and moist is ideal for this time of year. For mine I based it on a recipe from Delia Smith, but I have seen basically the same recipe elsewhere too. The […]
Pryaniki are a lovely spiced honey cookie from Russia. Most often eaten, I believe, around Christmas time. The name comes from Pyrani, which is Russian for spicy. They comes in different guises, as some are filled with a jelly/jam mixture and others, such as the ones I am making are simply domed and covered with […]
Having made my speculaas last week I was so enamoured of the flavour of the spices that I wanted to make something else with them too. I decided to make some cupcakes and was all set to go when I discovered a recipe on Bakingmad for ginger and cinnamon cupcakes. Although I wanted to use the […]
Getting ready for Christmas and the holiday season I thought I would try out another cookie, from the low countries, Belgium and The Netherlands(and elsewhere too I suspect). Speculaas are a crunchy cookie that are usually made with the dough being pressed into moulds to create a shape. They are eaten on St Nicholas Eve […]
I have made Yorkshire Parkin before, and it is on my blog. But on that occasion I was not doing videos. Recently I had a request, on Youtube, to make Yorkshire Parkin so I thought I would make it again. Parkin is a big tradition in Northern England, particularly Yorkshire, and is usually eaten in […]
My sister in Canada mentioned that she had bought some Pfeffernüsse, which are a German cookie that is iced(some recipes just roll the cookies in icing sugar). They are also very popular, with different names in Denmark and The Netherlands. I thought they looked very good and with all the spices they are quite unlike […]
Well I am back from a lovely holiday in Canada, and ready to get on with more baking. Today’s recipe is for some cookies with dried blueberries. I love oats as well, so they seemed an ideal addition to the blueberries to make the cookies. As well as that I decided that I needed a […]
I read a wonderful recipe in the New York Times, for some blueberry muffins made with whole grains. I wanted to try this out, but I prefer cranberries in muffins, so I adapted the recipe to suit that taste. I reduced the volumes of the various ingredients as well, since I didn’t need so many […]
One of my sisters sent me a link on Pinterest to some very nice looking cookies, which were ginger dipped in white chocolate and decorated with holly and berries. I thought I would give them a try, though not at all confident about holly and berries. That called for Candy Melts and piping. I was […]
I found a lovely recipe for Sour Cream and Cranberry Muffins on Midwest Living. Reading it just made me want to make them immediately. I had to wait though, until I could buy some more cranberries. So today I set about making them. Sour Cream & Cranberry Muffins The recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice […]