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 […]
I had some sultanas that I wanted to use up. They are those nice, juicy dried fruits, known in the USA as golden raisins I think. I love to make them nice and plump before use, so soak them in something to do that. So I cam up with the idea of rum-soaked sultana muffins. […]
A nice rich chocolate cake is sometimes a treat that is well worth the effort. For mine I made two reasonably thin chocolate cakes and layered them with some cherry jam and a lovely, rich, chocolate cream. Then I finished it all off with a silky chocolate ganache. So this is definitely a cake for […]
Pottering around on the internet, as one is wont to do, I saw a recipe for something called Basque Cake or Gâteau Basque , of which I hadn’t heard before. So I set about improving my, clearly lacking, knowledge. In that endeavour I found the recipe which I have used, at Bruno’s Kitchen, where Bruno Albouze made one […]
For my last bake of 2015 I decided on a deliciously indulgent cookie. Chocolate Fudge, with rum soaked raisins and hazelnuts. I found a few recipes on the internet and decided to use one from Joy Of Baking, though I made a few changes to suit my taste. The basic idea of a chocolate […]
I remember from years back a nice biscuit(cookie) which we called Fig Rolls. It seems that they are now known as Fig Newtons. I have found a number of recipes for these, all of them different in some ways. Some are very basic, just with figs and sugar in the pastry, where others are more […]
Yesterday I decided to make Pithiviers, This involves a two day process as the dough needs to rest in the fridge overnight, before rolling and turning. I used the recipe from Le Cordon Bleu cook book again, though I actually also checked another recipe for making the puff pastry, which had some very good pictures […]