I started the bank holiday weekend a little early by taking the afternoon off work on Friday. I used the time to cook the ‘no knead bread’ I had started the night before and to go for a photowalk in Top Wood with Dave and the dogs. Gracie was in fine posing form and Maya [...]
I have been craving cake for days – I am female and cake cravings are entirely normal. When I got home from work I decided that I would have to do something about it and recalled a cake that Auntie Ganching had made with chocolate and marmalade – Store Cupboard Chocolate-Orange Cake. The recipe is [...]
Chocolate Whiskey Cake Originally uploaded by ZMB. Recipe provided by Dave’s mum. Grease a 18cm springform tin. Ingredients 2 eggs 2 dsp caster sugar 225g unsalted butter 200g dark chocolate 2 tbsp whiskey 225 g crushed digestive biscuits 55g chopped nuts Method Beat eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Gradually add melted butter and [...]
I was overcome with the urge to eat something sweet the other night, so I made some cookies. My customisation was to use almonds, mexican drinking chocolate tablets and orange zest. They were very yummy, but the mexican chocolate was a little bit gritty. From the Guardian 20 January 2007 This recipe allows you to [...]
I made the scones yesterday, with a few additions. I split the recipe as given below in half. To one half I omitted the sugar and added 50g/2oz cheese (this made for a very cheesy scone so you could add less). The other half I added half an apple, diced, and 1 tsp of cinnamon [...]
One of the few edible items in the canteen at work are the scones they make. I have had part of the recipe scribbled on a post it note for a few years. I realised when I was making them that the recipe is incomplete (perhaps the catering staff are keeping the recipe a secret!) [...]
Oat Shortbread Originally uploaded by ZMB. Recipe from the side of my packet of Speedicook Porridge. Ingredients 250g/80z butter 125g/4oz caster sugar 125g/4oz plain flour 325g/11oz Speedicook porridge oats Pinch of baking soda Method Cream the butter and sugar well. Add flour and baking soda and mix, then add Speedicook. Roll out thinly, cut into [...]
