I came home from work tonight completely shattered but really fancied something sweet and something nice for dessert, I didn’t have much in apart from a tin of pineapple in the cupboard, so thought I’d make a pineapple upside down cake. I’ve never made one before and it must be…
My Husband, the baker !
My Hubby has a very stressful job and the way he likes to unwind is to cook. Lucky for us everything he does he does well and cooking is no exception. Recently we have been watching The Great British Bake Off and one of Hubby’s passions is to bake…
Something nice !!!
The name of my blog is as you know “Sugar and Spice and everything Nice” !! Normally this refers to food, but nice can mean anything and I have previously posted about my favourite cookery books, my gorgeous Artisan and now I would like to share with you a…
Blackberry Schnapps
Summer has returned, just in time for the Children to return to School, but Luca and I have been making the most of the sunshine and the last week of the holidays to get out and about and do some blackberry picking. Even with the return of the beautiful sunshine…
Blackberry Muffins
It’s the last week of the Summer Holidays and the sunshine is back, so Luca & I are enjoying a rare day alone and decided to go Blackberry picking. We returned with a fair sized haul, covered in scratches and a few nettle stings and with purple fingers and mouths…
Rocky Road
I must apologise firstly for the lack of attention to my much loved Blog, I know that recipes have been few and far between as late but as usual, well more than usual life has become pretty manic. Firstly we went on holiday, then decided to move in September, so…
dotBBQ – Watermelon, Feta & Black Olive Salad
On Friday I decided to take on the task of entertaining the guys in Hubby’s dotCommerce team, a great idea we thought, a nice relaxing evening and a chance for me to get to know Hubby’s colleagues. What I didn’t know was that I would come back from holiday with…
Tunisia August 2010 – Mint Tea
Hubby & I have just returned from a week in Tunisia, not my choice I will add, I wanted to go to a lovely little Greek Island, but it was a good deal and we just wanted some sunshine, to be able to relax and no cooking for a whole…
Meet the Fockers – Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova
My poor little girl is rather over protected by her Brothers and Myself and this week she had the unenviable task of bringing home her new boyfriend for dinner. Even though we know she has grown up into a beautiful young woman, in our eyes she will always be…
