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 …
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 …
Sweets and Desserts
My niece informed me the other day that there were precisely 93 days until Christmas! As the designated dessert-maker in our family, I wondered what I might make this year for Christmas Day dessert! I did some googling and came across “Japanese cheesecake”. As with anything, there are several variations but the general consensus is that Japanese cheesecake is lighter …
Biscuits
Pikelets to me have always been somewhat like scones – they can sometimes be dry and without much taste. I’ve always enjoyed the jam and cream on top more than the actual pikelet! However, pikelets can be mixed up and cooked fairly quickly, especially if morning or afternoon tea is desired at short notice. I decided to try a different …
Biscuits
My mother tells me that these aren’t traditional shortbread. And she’s probably right! But as you will know if you are following my blog, many of my recipes deviate somewhat from being traditional! However, Mum does admit that while the recipe isn’t traditional, the shortbread do look and taste like “proper” (Mum’s wording!) shortbread. They are my version of shortbread. …
Decorated Cakes
Having not done decorated cakes for some time, last year I had the opportunity to do two! In July, I made my nephew’s 13th birthday cake then later in the year, I was asked to do a 40th birthday cake for my cousin. I decided to do a two-level cake as I think multi-layered always looks quite impressive! It also …
