With temperatures in the UK at 32C(90F) for the past couple of days I wanted to bake something that didn’t take too long in the oven, so that I didn’t heat up the flat too much. In the event even though these cookies bake in 10 minutes the flat still hit 34C and took quite […]
This year instead of the traditional iced Christmas Cake I have decided to make Dundee Cake. It is still a rich fruit cake, but instead of using marzipan and royal icing to cover it there is just a layer of blanched almonds laid in circles on the top. This is a traditional cake too and […]
I came across something called Aussie Bites, which are sold in the USA. They are promoted as being a taste of ‘down under’ though I couldn’t find any confirmation that they are eaten in Australia. However I did like the look of them, as they have lots of very good ingredients, as well as not […]
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 […]
Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Easter bun, eaten on Good Friday in the UK. In fact they can be eaten at any time, but Good Friday is the tradition. These days the shop bought versions are available for months in advance of Easter. They also come in many different combinations of flavours. Personally I […]
As I was thinking about what I could bake my thoughts turned to Easter. So I decided that, having made Hot Cross Buns on the blog and in videos I would need to do something a little different. So I took to researching on the internet what I might make. I came up with a […]
I was looking around for an alternative to mince pies for Christmas. I love mince pies but I know that not everybody enjoys them. In my searches I came across a recipe on Better Homes and Gardens for what they call Italian Fig Bundles. They looked wonderful in the photograph and the recipe read quite well. […]
Christmas is less that 12 weeks away, so now is the time to start on things like Christmas Puddings and Christmas Cakes. These can be made well in advance and the flavour develops and gets richer as they are left to mature. I did a three part video for Christmas cakelast year so I wont […]
It was suggested to me that I might like to try to make Amish Friendship Bread. I hadn’t heard of it so I did a little reading. It seems that the particular recipe, or variations of it, are not really what Amish people really eat. Rather, it is the process of making a starter dough […]
When I first started my blog about 3 years ago one of the early recipes was for a Sticky Malt Loaf. I recently had a question on my youtube channel as to whether I had ever made such a loaf, as a lady in Australia said that her Mum loved ‘Soreen Malt Loaf’. Well this […]