BUT HAVE NO FEAR – this flourless orange and almond cake will banish any cake-pangs that may have been growing in your house and will keep children (young and old) happy, even if for just a few minutes!
Category: cake
Chocolate Easter Cake
…ridiculously easy chocolate cake that is as rich as it is dark and light as it is sinfully delicious…
Sunday Morning Madeleines
I walked up to my front door to find that there was a bright red present tied with white and blue ribbon waiting at its feet. It felt as if I had just received my first valentine card…the excitement, the joy, the intrigue. Ripping through the wrapping, I found myself faced with a metal madeleine…
Easter = Chocolate
…ridiculously easy chocolate cake that is as rich as it is dark and light as it is sinfully delicious…
Cake
“The reassuring ritual of quietly weighing out butter, sugar, flour, cracking eggs, whisking, beating and folding”
Baked Chocolate Puddings
As a cook, I compartmentalise chocolate into two groups. First: normal everyday milk chocolate bars full of sugar, biscuits, dried fruits or nuts that seduce us with glittery, colourful wrappers; appealing to the inner child. They serve as a mere sugar rush, a boost of energy to keep me going through the day. Second: dark…
Be Inventive
I was going to be away from home for a week and I needed to make sure there was nothing left in the fridge that would turn before I got back. I didn’t want to have to face the prospect of arriving from holiday to find I had a smelly fridge that needed cleaning out. There are times when foraging in…
Ginger Cheesecake
Ingredients:250g gingernut biscuits170g butter 200ml double cream 400g full fat cream cheese 8 pieces of stem ginger 6 tbsp ginger syrup Fruit of your choice Method:1st: Melt the butter and set aside to cool.2nd: Crush the gingernut biscuits as you wish (food processor or rolling pin). Mix the melted…
Pear, Plum and Blackberry Sponge
Whilst stocking up the fridge after my weekly shop I realised I had a few plums and pears at the back of the fridge that had been there for quite a while. There was also half a punnet of blackberries that were on the turn and needed using up. I didn’t want to waste any…
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