Light and airy birthday cake
So my husband turns 40 today or 18 with 22 years experience as his card announces! You need a decent cake don’t you and as we are off out tonight with friends I opted for something light but decadent!...
View ArticleNot another banana loaf !
Sorry if you think ” not another banana cake recipe, how dull!”, but this one is egg and diary free free for those of us who have smalls who are allergic. Plus I lose recipes so having it here has sort...
View ArticleHurricane rhubarb, orange and cardamon cake!
Well St Jude came crashing through our home town at 3am , made a good attempt at what sounded like removing the roof from our house at 5am and then had disappeared by 8am .The was little evidence of...
View ArticleViennese biscuits
I have a friend coming over on Saturday morning from London and as I have not seen her in ages , beated and piped these morsels for her but also my allergic son so that he does not feel left out by...
View ArticleDate and orange scones
Just what my son needed after school today …..nom nom nom date and orange scones!!! Take 350g self raising flour 3 tablespoon caster sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 85 g PURE or dairy...
View ArticleReindeer…sort of
Ok so you might need to use the imagination a bit but I think they look like reindeer despite my 5 year old saying they are upside down gingerbread men. Regardless they taste Christmassy and moreish!...
View ArticleVintage granny loaf
So we have a starvin’ Marvin after school these days. He eats the moment he comes through the door to the moment he goes to bed. He is nearly 6 but seems to have an appetite of a teenager. My husband...
View ArticleScottish oat biscuits
I often just have cheese and a few crackers for lunch . Today I made some oat biscuits with the copious amount of oat meal I have in the cupboard for some reason . I found this recipe in the Guardian...
View ArticleBara Brith / torta negra
For feeding the hungry monster after school this week , I made the welsh bara brith or welsh Argentinian settlers torta negra. I think we eat too much white sugar in our diets and as loaded with dried...
View ArticleHis ” Chocolate Ginger Digestives” tiffin
Can you tell I have a new cook book? I could not resist Hugh Fernley Whittingstall’s “Three Good Things” and as my poor husband has been dragged into the office on a Saturday morning with some...
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