Cakes
It’s been a while since I last posted a recipe! In fact, almost three years! I have been working on recipes in that time and now have a few to post. With the success of first my Ginger and Almond Muffins, then my Chocolate and Almond Muffins, I’ve been recreating some of my past cakes and muffins along the same …
Biscuits
These biscuits are based on a recipe I obtained many years ago at a course on Italian cooking. It was coming up to Christmas and all of the recipes had a festive fare which for these biscuits meant they included rum! It does make them more decadent but is purely optional and they are as moreish without it! The original …
Muffins
Buoyed by the success of my Ginger and Almond Muffins, I decided to try a similar tack with chocolate muffins. I was never completely happy with my original Chocolate Muffins but using ground almonds instead of white rice flour has given them a new lease of life! If you’re thinking that the muffins look slightly misshapen, it is because I’ve …
Biscuits
Last year, I got into the habit of buying a packet of Griffin’s Cameo Cremes each time I went to the supermarket. I’m not sure why as I hadn’t bought biscuits for ages! After a while, I decided to try making a similar biscuit myself. The only real similarity is that these are two chocolate biscuits sandwiched together with a …
Slices
As the world enters uncharted times due to Coronavirus, what could be better for the soul than doing some home baking! I created the initial template for this recipe on St. Patrick’s Day last year. At that stage, I tried making natural food colouring by processing wilted spinach and water into a paste. It wasn’t too bad but it gave …
Muffins
Over the Christmas/New Year period, I was staying at mum and dad’s, and decided to make my Ginger Muffins for which I use a combination of white rice flour and brown rice flour. It turned out mum didn’t have any white rice flour so I substituted it with ground almonds and tweaked the other ingredients. The result was pretty good …
Muffins
After being away for a few days, the day after arriving home the only thing I had on hand for breakfast was an over-ripe banana! Thus these banana muffins were created. I didn’t want a sweet muffin, rather something that could be deemed slightly healthier! Most of the sweetness in these muffins comes from the banana and they have the …
Slices
My sister loves dark chocolate and she loves peppermint – moreover, she loves them both together! Therefore, on her birthday I came up with this slice which combines the two. The base has no flour and is dense and fudgy, while the frosting is light and creamy. The amount of frosting to make is dependent on whether you’re after a …
Slices
My lovely next door neighbour has a lemon tree and is always telling me not to buy lemons, she has enough for me as well! She brought a bagful over recently and hence the flavour for this light and delicious slice. If, like my lovely neighbour, you like baking sweeter then you might like to add more sugar but I …
Slices
Like my last year’s Uncooked Easter Chocolate Slice, this recipe for Easter Truffle Slice is also uncooked. It is based on hazelnut truffles that I make and use as a filling for moulded chocolates. Making this slice takes much less work and time than making moulded chocolates and is just as moreish! The only time-consuming part is preparing the hazelnuts. While …
