Category: Baking

Magic Custard Cake

Magic Custard Cake

I was going through recipes that I have taken out of magazines and printed off the internet trying to put them into some sort of order when I came across this recipe. It was called the magic cake.  When all the ingredients are mixed together […]

Cumquat And Almond Cake

Cumquat And Almond Cake

My cumquat tree is laden with fruit and I wanted to find a recipe that would use this rather tart ingredient. I have made a cumquat cointreau jam previously, but we are not great users of marmalade or jam, so I wanted something a little […]

Chocolate And Craisin Ricotta Cake

Chocolate And Craisin Ricotta Cake

I had been doing quite a bit of savoury cooking using ricotta cheese but had bought far too much and had a substantial amount still in my fridge. I decided to surf the net and see what I could find using ricotta cheese but in […]

Beautiful Grape Harvest Cake

Beautiful Grape Harvest Cake

We had the pleasure of being introduced to this cake during our trip to Tuscany. We were told that traditionally this cake is made for only a few weeks a year.  The small sweet red grapes are used, usually those remaining after the grape harvest has […]

“The Best” Apple Pies In Miniature

“The Best” Apple Pies In Miniature

I had come across a lot of recipes which used sour cream pastry and I thought it was about time I gave this a go. I found a recipe which I will share with you later and have cooked with it for three different pies […]

Apricot And Sultana Oat Cookies

Apricot And Sultana Oat Cookies

The school my grandson attends is a “nut free” zone and it is always challenging to find a recipe that does not include nuts in some way. Just to give him something different from the usual fruit and carrot sticks for “play lunch” it was nice […]

Alternative To A Banana Bread

Alternative To A Banana Bread

There are so many banana bread recipes out there it was nice to finally come across a different version. Being unable to eat anything that involves bananas I felt that I had to give this recipe a try. 

A Special Gluten Free Almond Pear Cake For Mother’s Day

A Special Gluten Free Almond Pear Cake For Mother’s Day

As Mother’s Day is fast approaching I thought I should try and make something different. Although I can’t celebrate Mother’s Day with my mum I know she would like this cake. It is just a little bit different being gluten free, but she loved almonds […]

Jake The Dog Cookies From Adventure Time

Jake The Dog Cookies From Adventure Time

One of my grandson’s favourite cartoon characters is Jake The Dog from Adventure Time. When he knew he was going to attend a Cartoon Camp during the school holidays and cookies were required Jake was it.  Part of the fun of the Cartoon Camp was […]

Easter – Hot Cross Buns

Easter – Hot Cross Buns

I’m not a huge fan of hot cross buns, but others in the family quite like them. Making your own allows you to decide what ingredients you include in the recipe. We found a recipe in Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes. Not […]