Decadent and fudgy brownies to use up sourdough starter discard. Easy to make and not too sweet.
Sourdough Brownies
Sweet
Little Chocolate Mousse Meringue Cups
I like making little treats. You can have one and feel totally sated rather than denying yourself completely. Good strategy huh? That’s how these little chocolate mousse meringue cups came about. I was craving something fancy and chocolatey. But I had a full medical assessment recently and was also hearing the words of the […]
Chocolate Scrabble Biscuits
Do you play Scrabble? My husband and I have been playing for over 20 years. Sometimes cards and sometimes Scrabble. The score sheets are so old that we don’t bother anymore. In fact now the challenge is less about points but rather about the best word. Last Christmas I got some lovely Scrabble biscuit cutters. […]
Honeysuckle Cheesecake
This year my hayfever has been worse than I can remember. It’s around now in the season that it’s really bad. Almost everything locally has begun to flower at the same time. From horse chestnut trees to honeysuckle. It’s all magnificently in bloom! I don’t think I’ve gone a day without sneezing in the whole […]
Pomegranate and Rose Shortbread (Cookies)
I do love a good biscuit don’t you? Having a cup of tea in the afternoon without a biscuit feels rather sad. Usually I send one of the girls across the road to the newsagent to get a packet of Rich Tea. Now that is a good biscuit. But today I wanted something rather different […]
Back to Normality with a Marshmallow Parkin
It’s been nearly two months now since our cafe closed. I stopped baking for a while. I stopped blogging for a while too. Truth be told there was just too much still going on closing up accounts, getting rid of stock and equipment. All that alongside a full time job and overseas travel. Weekends just […]
Easter Egg Overload?
Are you fed up of chocolate yet? I’m not but I’m getting there. Even my girls couldn’t finish their stash yesterday. There is a bowl of odd bits of shell and Lindt Bunny bottoms. I know it will all get eaten but it’s nice to have the excess to do a bit of baking with. This […]
Cake Pops For Mother’s Day Or Any Other Day!
I am so lucky to have two beautiful girls. Currently out “spending their book tokens” AKA shopping in TK Maxx to buy Mummy some odd bowls and plates for food styling. They know me so well. Truth be told, I don’t need cards or any gifts from them. Seeing them change and grow is gift […]
A Beetroot Halwa For My Birthday
It’s been a while since I was at the allotment. It was a pretty grim day today and none of the plots were looking that great to be honest. Empty canes stick out from the ground. Seedlings were not to be seen – even in the greenhouses. It’s that time of year when everything is just […]
Recipe – (Boozy) Beetroot Truffles
Having had such a bounty of beetroot at our allotment again, I’ve been experimenting with sweet as well as savoury dishes. This creation was a real quickie I discovered with some leftover cooked beetroot we had in mash the other day. I was about to put it into a chocolate brownie mixture as that was the obvious thing […]
Hazelnut Pie Or Hazelnut Tart?
It’s Bonfire Weekend in the UK. It’s a pretty grim one to be honest. As I’m writing this post I’m snuggled in my fleece pyjamas and woolen socks with the heating on full but still feeling cold looking out at the rain. No matter. It is Bonfire Weekend and we shall celebrate in wellies and waterproofs […]
Blackberry Crumble Tart
I just popped one of these in the oven and so I thought I’d write the recipe up while I still have the luscious smells wafting up from the kitchen and before I need to run downstairs and make custard for the girls. The blackberries are just about from the allotment. My new allotment neighbour […]