Recipes
Cakes
Brainies!
Have been meaning to make these for about a week, ready for Halloween and by the skin of my teeth I managed to get them ready before the doorbell rings with trick and treaters! You could add these brains to cupcakes, biscuits o...
Biscuits
Oaty Coconut Crunch Cookies
I had a bit of a craving recently for a crunchy cookie with oats and coconut, I seem to remember years and years ago making something scrummy with oil and not butter so felt the need to create them again! I had some whea...
I ♥ Italy
Nectarine & Amaretto Sorbet
Some things just remind you of summer and care free times, or may be it’s just the alcohol in this that does it! This bottle of Amaretto was brought on our first wedding anniversary in Sorrento, total bliss and after several (!...
Biscuits
Lemon & Elderflower Sandwich Biscuits
These little cuties used some of the Elderflower Cordial I made recently. They really do taste like summer to me. Of course you can use brought cordial, which means you can taste and dream of summer all year (which I do…..) Per...
Special days
Elderflower Cordial, Summer Picnic Party!
Elderflower, the smell & taste always reminds me of summer. Perfect for alfresco dining & picnics! So I thought that it would be ideal to join in the blog Summer Picnic Party that Hani & Beth have organised. All the...
Sweet
Neapolitan Coconut Ice
I love coconut but don’t often use it. It’s been years since I made coconut ice and I thought I’d try and make an easy, quick and delicious recipe which means I won’t leave it years until I make another batch! What spurr...
Cakes
Coconut & Lemon Cake
Found myself with a lemon that needed using, well that’s all the excuse I needed to make this! I love lemon & I love coconut, so this was a sweet delight. I actually found it tasted better the day after it was made, of cou...
Biscuits
Cappuccino Biscuits
I love coffee but rarely make coffee flavoured things as I am surrounded by tea drinkers (I love tea too!) I suppose that is the perfect excuse to make something and scoff the lot really! Anyway, in need of a coffee fix I made ...
Cakes
Honey Bunny Cakes
I love experimenting in the kitchen especially when the results are delicious. So here’s the result of this weeks playing about. The cakes are delicious with a denser texture then a cupcake with the scrummy addition of ground a...
Bread
Doughnuts & Vanilla Cream
The lovely Hani http://www.hanielas.com/ recently asked if I would join her making doughnuts, errrm well let me see…..of course! Love her, love doughnuts it’s a no brainer! So here are my sweet offerings. My two l...
