Most people enjoy a nice apple pie. I certainly do so I decided, as I hadn’t had one for a while, that I would make one. Often in apple pies spices are added, and even raisins but for mine I wanted a purely apple flavour so decided to omit any spices. Of course it would […]
As Christmas approached, with some rapidity, minds turn evermore to what needs to be baked. Mince pies are always fairly close to the top of the list. Of course they are readily available in the UK in all the supermarkets. In fact it is claimed that 300 million are eaten in the UK over Christmas […]
I do love coconut and have made quite a few recipes that include it, but today’s recipe makes coconut the star. These individual coconut tarts are made in small, fluted, moulds. But they could equally well be made in a bun tin. In that case the pastry would have a wider base, but be shallower […]
I had a request recently to make Manchester Tart. This is a dessert that was often served at part of our school dinners when I was a child. It was common all over the country it seems, probably because it is simple to make, cheap to make and tastes very good. Manchester Tart is made […]
Whilst on holiday in Canada I took the opportunity to do some baking with my great-nieces. Today the bake is for individual Bakewell Tarts. We all love Bakewell Tarts and these individual ones, which could be made in a muffin tin, are ideal as desserts with some cream or custard. In the UK often these […]
I recently had a request, on my Youtube channel, for a cornflake tart recipe. The lady who requested it wants to make in for her husband who has fond memories his school dinners where it was served. Having read up a little bit about cornflake tart it seems that is was fairly common on the […]
Mince Pies are a tradition at Christmas and I usually make them with my own pastry and homemade mincemeat. But I decided that, for those who want to make them, but without the hassle of doing everything from scratch, I would make some using just two indgredients, shop bought shortcrust pastry and shop bought mincement. […]
I had some peach puree in the freezer so I decided to make some posset with it. That is a rich, silky smooth dessert made with cream and sugar. I then decided that instead of serving in glasses, with little biscuits, I would make tartlet cases and put the posset in those for serving. The […]
I love shortcrust pastry, especially when it’s crisp, buttery and flaky. So when I saw a recipe on Food Wishes for what Chef John called Buttercrust pastry I thought I would like to try it, instead of my usual shortcrust, for some apple turnovers. I have made apple turnovers before, but that was using puff pastry. […]
Having used frozen berries for my muffins I decided to use fresh berries for some free form pies. I wanted individual ones with a nice shortcrust pastry. Of course it would be ok to use shop bought pastry but I like to make my own, using a mixture of butter and lard as the shortening […]