I was making desserts for an Easter get together and could not make up my mind what to make. Normally I would make something with chocolate because, well, chocolate. But given the fact that everyone was probably going to be gorging on chocolate eggs all day I thought something zingy would do the trick. So […]
Starting my 2018 blog posts as I mean to go on, with bacon, eggs and cream cheese. Seriously, January is tough enough already – you’re probably broke after Christmas and it’s freezing cold – without adding starving yourself to the mix. No, I’m a firm believer in the odd food treat at all times.
French Toast, Pain Perdu, Eggy Bread… the list of names for this dish is endless. They are all essentially the same thing: old bread dipped in egg and milk or cream and fried in butter. The name ‘Pain Perdu’ translates to lost bread as it refers to stale bread that would otherwise have been lost […]
Baked cheesecake was one of the challenges recently on the Great British Bake Off. I usually stick with easier no-bake cheesecakes but decided to up my game and try one.
As it’s nearly the weekend I thought it would be nice to post an indulgent dessert recipe. My go-to cheesecake is usually this Bailey’s Cheesecake. This Malteser Cheesecake isn’t a million miles away, recipe wise.
I’ve called this pie rustic because, well, look at it! It’s not going to win a beauty contest any time soon now is it?! But it tastes fab. I used to make chicken and leek pie regularly with a double cream filling. I had not made it in a long time but then I […]
This is an old reliable, a favourite recipe of mine. I adapted it slightly from a recipe on the BBC food website. It is a simple no-bake cheesecake that has a light creamy texture because it is not set with gelatine.
My long awaited copy of Like Mam Used to Bake arrived last Friday and I couldn’t wait to get stuck in. This gorgeous baking book is new from Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell and I have been a long time fan of her blog, you should check it out here. I wanted to try everything in it but […]