Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
I think I’ve been making too many chocolate biscuits recently – although they’re the family favourite – so today I made some Toffee and Raisin Cookies, just for a change.
This is the recipe for the frangipane layer used in the Knockout Pear and Almond Pastries that I posted yesterday.
Do you remember a chocolate sauce back in the 80s that magically turned into a hard shell on contact with cold ice cream – was it called ‘Ice magic’? Anyway, this rich and sumptuo…
It worked! I am so, so pleased! :-) My second foray into making French patisserie (as taught by the wonderful Claire Clark when she was a teacher at Le Cordon Bleu) but egg and dairy-free, has turn…
Fabulous dairy-free, rich and decadent chocolate truffles that are perfect for that after-dinner treat.
Yet more cookies from me! These very chocolaty cookies are quite substantial and would work perfectly with a cup of oat milk to wash them down… Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (dairy-free, egg-…
Little S wanted to take in some biscuits/cakes that her lovely teacher could enjoy too (Mrs L doesn’t eat gluten and I’m not very practiced at gluten-free cake making), so I reverted ba…
I had an hour before the girls got home from school and the snack options were looking pretty non-existent – I seem to have stopped buying a lot of snacks with all the baking I’ve been …
The girls have always been rather interested in the concept of S’mores, probably from coming across the term in TV programmes.
These are the perfect cupcake if you like chocolate, and I mean REALLY like chocolate! Rich, chocolatey and decadent – think Austrian chocolate Sacher-torte rather than super super sweet cupc…
I came across a photo of cookie bars on the internet the other day and decided to give them a whirl.
To end my 4th July special supper (I know it’s taken a while to post!) I eventually decided upon Big S’s favourite, Strawberry Cheesecake.
Today is going to be rather scary, in fact I can’t quite believe that we’re going to willingly do this.
The sun is shining (at last) and it seems like summer may be here, so what better cupcake to make for the last birthday party of the school year than one with a totally tropical vibe – banana…
We’re terribly excited – the London 2012 Olympic Games are starting today.
The home cookery classes continue – this time for an additional 5 year old play-date.
I am beyond excited – tomorrow, we’re going to the Olympics to watch the athletics! It was really difficult to get tickets but we were absolutely determined to experience the whole Olym…
It was my lovely Mum’s birthday yesterday and I thought I’d make her a cake.