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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What are Fluffernutter Brownies? When I was a child as a special treat we were able to have a fluffernutter sandwich. What is a fluffernutter sandwich you might ask. A fluffernutter is made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. Marshmallow fluff comes in a jar […]
Semolina Sponge Cake with nuts, honey and greek style yogurt. The days are getting warmer and longer and the promise of Spring lingers in the air. The Easter Bunny has delivered all those chocolatey goodies around the world and families are getting ready to sat […]
Peanut Butter Blondies I have been craving peanut butter bakes lately. This recipe for Peanut Butter blondies is one from a friend of mine Helen whose blog Fuss Free Flavours features this delicious recipe. I remember when Brownies were in every cafe and coffee shop […]
I have a recipe for an Autumn Spiced Apple Cake for you. As the leaves start to turn those beautiful autumnal golds, yellows and reds and the weather starts to get ready for winter bakers all over turn to apples to satisfy their winter cravings. […]
Here is my recipe for the easiest summer fruit cobbler: Blackberry, Blueberry, Peach or Plum the choice is yours but this easy bake fruit dessert is perfect for feeding the family after Sunday lunch, intimate dessert for two, serve to companyor just because you fancy […]
Here is my recipe for a low fat Victorian Fruit Tea Cake:- I have made this really simple fruit cake for years, ever since my first mother in law introduced me to sliced fruit cake with a thick layer of unsalted butter and a lovely […]