I have been watching a lot of Youtube videos recently and came across Torta Paradiso which is an Italian cake. With my in depth knowledge of Italian, (not really) I was able to translate the name to Paradise Cake. This cake is flavoured with the zest of orange and lemon and will some vanilla bean […]
I recently had a couple of requests for ginger cake. I have made one before, on this blog but that was before I was also doing videos. So I decided I would make it again, but with a little variation. I should say that most of the recipes I have seen use only about half […]
Eccles Cakes are named after a town in Lancashire, England. They are made with a flaky pastry, though some people use puff pastry, and have a spicy currant and chopped peel filling. I really like Eccles Cakes, and especially the lovely flaky pastry. I make mine with all butter, using a recipe from BBC Good […]
My sister Margaret, known in some quarters as Lala, sent me a link to a video from America’s Test Kitchen where they made some oatmeal muffins. To do this they used old fashioned rolled oats and toasted them in a pan and then ground them in a processor. This is different to other oat muffins […]
Well Christmas is almost with us, so what better time to make Panettone, a traditional Italian cake, eaten at this time of year. I have seen so many recipes for panettone, using many different ingredients, for flavours, almost all kinds of dried fruits, chocolate, almonds etc. But for mine I wanted to make it with […]
Catching up on The Great Briitish Bake Off, having recorded the show while I was on holiday, I saw this bread being baked by one of the contestants. It looked quite delicious, so I thought I would try to make it. The recipe is on BBC Food. The instructions were easy to follow and since […]