Its nearly Christmas and at this time of year, more than any other time of the year my thoughts are of Gelsomina. I loved spending Christmas with her, we would spend weeks in the kitchen coming up to the big day baking, making mincemeat and just really enjoying the company…
Twelfth Night Cake
The Twelfth Night is a festival in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas,the cake traditionally celebrating Epiphany in France is called a galette des rois and consists of flaky puff pastry layers with a dense centre of frangipane. Tradition…
Salted Caramel Apple Pies
This morning I woke to a stunning Autumnal morning, the garden had been given quite a dusting of sparkling white glitter from Jack Frost and it was so beautiful. It made me aware that our Autumn days will soon be behind us and that Winter will be well and truly…
Chocolate and Ale Cake
Thank god for chocolate cake! Chocolate cake ticks all the boxes that all good comfort food should and this one not only ticks the chocolate box, the cake box, it also ticks the booze box. It is so rich, dark and moist and served with the muscovado and malt cream would…
Jasmine Cake
When the Primrose Bakery Celebrations Cookery Book dropped through my letter box the other day I knew straight away that this Jasmine Cake would have to be the first cake that I baked. I have been looking for the perfect Jasmine Cake for my blog for a while now, as…
Simple Pea Soup
Its funny the things that pop into your mind sometimes and I can not think about this simple pea soup without thinking of the poem the Owl and the Pussycat and their pea green boat !! I know, I am a little odd, LOL. Anyway on to todays soup, this…
Red Pepper Soup with Rocket & Goats Cheese
So another day, another soup ! I am currently working my way through my Covent Garden soup cookery book and so far they have all been delicious, the detox is working well and I am starting to feel really good and really healthy. I am not drinking alcohol and not eating…
Granary Loaf
I am sorry, I know, its another bread recipe, but with all this soup making we need bread and I just don’t fancy eating the same boring bread day in and day out, so if I find a good one, I just have to share it with you, and boy,…
Spelt Muffin Tin Buns
If you are a regular reader of my blog you will already know that I am a huge fan of spelt flour and I use it where ever I can in recipes, it is an ancient relative of modern wheat, the spelt grain (triticum speltum) was widely grown by the Romans….
Simple White Bread Rolls
The smell of fresh bread baking has to be one of my favourite smells ever and I love working with dough, I know that many people think its hard work or to time consuming, but I love the science behind it and rather than finding it time consuming, yes it…
