Recipes
Biscuits
Chilli Chocolate Cookies
Thought I’d add a little chilli to my cookies to see what a kick you’d get! Well I like it, tried them out on quite a few peeps and it’s a bit of a Marmite effect (you either love it or hate it!) For me the kick comes at the en...
Cakes
Bakewell Traybake
I love Bakewell tarts and generally the almond flavour in things and thought I’d have a go at making a traybake spin on a classic. There’s obviously a few steps to this but it’s worth a little effort. Sweet, almon...
Sweet
Sugar Art Hearts (perfect for Valentine’s Day)
I’ve had this idea of heating sugar to get that glassy/jewel look for a while. Well at last I gave it a go. Three attempts in and I produced these beauties. Three attempts because I tried a sort of freehand heart a few ti...
Bread
Basic White Bread
I make quite a bit of bread, it’s one of those things that gets devoured really quickly round these parts! I often get asked for a recipe and this is the one I use and sometimes make look fancy (well I try!) and sometimes add d...
Biscuits
Dog Biscuits
For the last few years I’ve been making these biscuits for my parents dog Charley for Christmas. He’s a fussy little beggar but he seems to really like these! I usually put them in a jar and they will last for several weeks tha...
Bread
Christmas Tree Buns
I had this idea a few nights ago, you know when you can’t get back to sleep and keep thinking about food, or is that just me……….. These are basically a batch of Chelsea buns made all Christmasy. I think they’d make a great cent...
Christmas
Salted Peanut Honeycomb
I made honeycomb for the first time not too long ago, it was divine to eat and I love the chemical lava style reaction you get when you make it! This combines sweet & salty which I think works so well. They can make a lov...
Biscuits
Lemony Whirls
I love the citrus zing of lemon or lime in cakes & biscuits, so decided to use my last lemon up on something special before it got that tired look in my fruit bowl! They kind of melt in the mouth and are rather moreish as t...
Christmas
Trufflenutters
I had a jar of cashew nut butter in my cupboard for ages, none of us are very keen on peanut butter and I kept meaning to use it for something and at last got round to making these little delights as I experimented with it. I t...
I ♥ Italy
Sam’s kitchen Gnocchi
Gnocchi (little potato clouds) I made these for the first time many years ago and we all love them, they’re great with a sauce or really plain with olive oil and black pepper. Serve as a starter or main, really versatile ...
