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Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake What is Crumb Cake: Crumb cake is a simple sponge cake with some of the dry mixture kept aside and sprinkled on top of the finished batter before baking. Is Crumb Cake the same as Coffee Cake: In the United States […]
New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]
Easy Cornbread with Chilli Chilli cornbread is perfect for a BBQ do this is the right time to get acquainted with it! What is cornbread? Cornbread is a bake made with a proportion of corn flour/corn meal instead of all wheat flour. The corn gives […]
Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]
Delicious Shortbread Fingers with Melted Chocolate I always think a cup of tea or coffee is too wet and needs a lovely biscuit to go with it. These Shortbread Fingers are perfect for that afternoon refreshment break. Fingers of easy to make shortbread dipped in […]
California Prune Banana Bread with Walnuts My Banana Bread recipe is from my grandmother and has been made by my mother and myself for years. It is incredibly easy and only has four main ingredients. I have posted this recipe before however this time I […]
Broccoli Soup using everything even the stalks This is a no waste broccoli soup recipe which uses all of the broccoli including the stalks When you buy broccoli you are paying by the pound/kilo and you are paying for the stalk. Most people cut the […]
How To Store Parsley I asked my husband to get me some parsley recently expecting the usual small packet that you get from the supermarket. I was speechless when he came home with a bunch of parsley the size of a bouquet of flowers from […]
Native American Maple Syrup Pie There are many stories of how the Native Americans first realised that the clear liquid dripping from the maple tree could become such a beautiful, delicious and sweet syrup but whoever discovered it – Thank You! I love maple syrup! […]
Easiest Flapjacks Ever! Mr R loves flapjacks and I think this recipe is the best I have ever made! The recipe is quick and easy to make and provided you have a few ingredients in your cupboard you can whip them up when someone says […]
California Prune Butter Recently I have been creating recipes using California Prunes as the hero ingredient especially as 99% of prunes produced in the US and 40% of prunes sold worldwide are from California. What makes California Prunes so special? The legendary Petit d’Agen plum was brought […]
A Long Weekend in Athens Post Pandemic I love the capital city of Greece, Athens. I have had the pleasure and opportunity to visit it quite a few times however this recent trip was post pandemic. Athens is an easy to reach destination from the […]
Easy to Make Paella Kit Have you ever wanted to make a paella at home but worried it would be too difficult or you wouldn’t know how much rice to use or how much stock etc etc! Cuisine Box has a kit for you to […]
How To Make A Classic Victoria Sponge Cake What is your favourite cake? Without a doubt a classic Victoria sponge cake is my favourite cake and especially my favourite cake to make at home. How do you assemble the sponge layers? Originally you would sandwich […]
Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake No matter which British Christmas tradition you and you family observe and no matter what you serve on the big day nothing beats having a homemade Christmas Cake. Traditionally you would put a layer of marzipan paste on top […]
California Prune and Cognac Ice Cream I am sure you have heard of and probably tasted rum and raisin ice cream. Well let’s go one step further, let’s take this idea up a notch! Are you ready? I was sent some California Prunes and although […]
