Tag: quick & easy baking

Biscuits, Cookies

Almond Cherry Biscotti

Twice baked and very crunchy, these biscotti are perfect with coffee or tea. I do love almonds, as some of you may already know. I also love biscotti, so today I decided to make some with almonds and, since cherries are a natural match for almonds I decided to add some in too. For my […]

Cakes

Apple Cake

I decided that I was in the mood for some cake. Having never tried apple cake I thought that it might be a good idea to make one. So what I wanted was a nice soft cake that had a good amount of apple too.  But I didn’t want to mix the apple into the […]

Cakes

Chorley Cakes

Chorley Cakes are a traditional currant-filled pastry which originates from Chorley in Lancashire, England.  The are similar to Eccles Cakes, except that Chorley Cakes are made with shortcrust pastry rather than puff pastry.  They are also not so sweet as Eccles Cakes. I have read somewhere that in days gone by Chorley Cakes were often […]

Muffins

Coconut Blueberry Muffins

Thinking about what to do with some blueberries I decided that some muffins, with coconut too would be a nice treat.  I do like a nice, moist, muffin and I love coconut and blueberries and think they actually go very well together.  So, muffins, it was to be. As with all muffins this is a […]