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What are Pumpkin Muffins During October and November pumpkins features highly in cake, muffin and cheesecake recipes and drinks! What better thing to do with the puree but bake! Fresh or Tinned Pumpkin – What is best? If you want to you can use fresh […]
Tequila Frosting What is Tequila Frosting: Tequila frosting/icing is a buttercream frosting/icing that uses tequila to let down the consistency to spread better rather than using milk. The tequila adds a delicious taste to the mixture and if you have added some chilli pepper to […]
Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake If you love chocolate cake you are really going to love this Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake. What makes this cake Mexican? Along with the usual ingredients of a chocolate cake this cake has cayenne pepper and cinnamon. They are both ingredients […]
Delicious Tahini Brownies Sitting at the table the other day I was thinking of delicious things I could add tahini to. The thought jumped into my head that if I could make brownies with peanut butter then I could make some with tahini! What is […]
1920’s Depression Cake What is Depression Cake: Following the end of World War I the United States of America entered into what history called The Great Depression. During this time basic foods like eggs, butter and mild became scarce. This scarcity caused homemakers to be […]
Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries What is Welsh Tea Bread: Welsh Tea Bread is a delicious loaf bread/cake full of dried fruit which has been soaked in strong tea for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight. How long do you soak the dried […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]