Panna Cotta Tart

A few weeks ago I was on Pinterest and came across this amazing recipe for Rhubarb Panna Cotta Tart on Hummingbird High and thought, I have to give this a go!

Chocolate Loaf

  Well, did everyone watch the Great British Bake Off final? I won’t give away any spoilers here but I loved this series and was delighted for the winner. I had a day off on Wednesday so I decided I had to make a cake to have while watching the final. I wanted something simple […]

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

A friend recently gave me a lovely gift of her homemade blackberry jam. I have to confess some evenings I have been just having bread with this jam as my dinner! We were chatting about picking blackberries and I said I got a notion to make a blackberry crumble. She gave me a tip to […]

Chocolate Mousse

I have decided that I need to do more chocolate recipes – any excuse! So my new aim is to do one chocolate recipe every month. This is my most recent fix for my chocolate habit. I was hoping to do Tom Kerridge’s mousse from his Proper Pub Food but it required the use of […]

Strawberry Cake

I had a full punnet of strawberries in the fridge that were about to turn and was looking for something to do with them. Also, it was Great British Bake off evening so I needed to have cake!

Cheats Chocolate Ganache Tarts

Sometimes life is just too short to make pastry. There are times when you have a crowd for a meal, you want to have a choice of desserts but just don’t have the time to make everything from scratch. This is when these tarts come into their own – easy, inexpensive and still very impressive.

Watermelon and Lime Ice Pops

The trouble with watermelon is that when there are only 2 of you, it’s hard to get through a whole one! Even though I managed to buy half a watermelon in the English Market for €2.50, I still had plenty left over after making a lovely feta and watermelon salad. Then I remembered seeing a […]

White Chocolate and Passionfruit Mousse

  I was a little reluctant to try this dessert from Nigella’s Forever Summer. I’m not a big fan of white chocolate as I find it a bit sweet. However the passionfruit is sharp enough to cut through the chocolate, making this a really pleasant mousse.