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Easy and Delicious No-Churn Strawberry Ice-Cream When you have an allotment you never know what will grow well each year however you always cross your fingers that everything will do well. Some years soft fruit do really well, sometimes it’s a particular vegetable and you […]
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 […]
Fried Green Tomatoes What are fried green tomatoes: When you have a glut of tomatoes at the end of the season you can either ripen them on a sunny windowsill, make green tomato chutney or dredge in flour and shallow fry in rapeseed or vegetable […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]