Blackberry and Apple Crumble
It's blackberry harvest time now in the UK. I really love to pick and eat them and I feel that the whole experience is quite wonderful. I've taken a look...
School Dinner Cake
Do you remember being in the queue in the dining room at lunchtime when you were at primary school? What was the food you looked forward to the most? Or...
Shortbread Biscuits
The recipe for shortbread goes back around 800 years to Scotland (The Scots are marvels for invention) and was called 'Biscuit bread'. It was made from left over bread dough...
Madeira Cake
[caption id="attachment_9649" align="alignleft" width="300"] No house brick jokes thank you!![/caption] After we'd chowed down this Madeira Cake, I had an urge to reaffirm in my middle-aged brain that in fact...
Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients: 250g plain flour 100g sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder pinch of salt 175ml milk 75ml vegetable oil 1 egg Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract 125g chocolate chips (...
Chocolate Flutterby Cakes
I know these are meant to be called 'Butterfly Cakes', but I call them 'Chocolate Flutterby Cakes'. It is a name given to them by my youngest son, when we...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: How long's a piece of string? Cooking time: Depends on your oven, but around 10 minutes. Ingredients: 225g caster sugar 300g plain flour 200g melted butter 1tsp vanilla...
Victoria Sponge…Kind of!
Have you ever tried a proper Victoria Sponge cake? It's the plainest of cakes, which is right up my street, because I am the ultimate plain Jane, enjoying rich tea...
Butterfly Cakes
This is a trip down nostalgia lane. I made these fairy cakes as my first cooking experience as a child. They were the first recipe I attempted at school, and...
