Sweet Saffron Spice

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I can remember a long time ago when the children were young cooking a squash which resembled spaghetti. It was something I really enjoyed and so did the rest of the family. At a fruit and veg shop I recently visited they had quite a […]

I really enjoy rhubarb particularly when it is in a cake. I used to make one which had custard in the cake as well, but was a little fiddly to put together. May be I might share it with you at a later date. This […]

It was my grandson’s 9th birthday on Friday and he wanted a Lego Cake for his party and it had to be a red Lego block.   My son intended to make this cake on Friday in time for the party celebrations on Saturday. As […]

Whilst sorting through some of my recipes that I have collected over time I found this vegetarian lasagne which I thought looked wonderful. My husband is not a huge vegetarian fan, but I decided to make it just the same.        I wanted […]

I don’t usually make lots of cakes for Valentine’s Day, but when I saw this recipe at Mother Earth Living for a very different kind of chocolate cake I knew I had to give it a go. As mentioned in earlier posts we have a huge […]

  I think it is always nice to know how a celebration originated, and Valentines Day is no exception.  The Web definition from Princeton states:   Valentine Day: a day for the exchange of tokens of affection. An excerpt from Wikipedia states:      Saint Valentine’s Day, also […]