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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. 

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 […]

  After leaving Milan it was only a short drive to where we had to leave the car before catching the water transport to our accommodation in Venice. We had researched quite a few accommodation places before booking on line and had decided to stay […]

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 […]