Category: Baking
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]