Sometimes when you are entertaining or even just fancy a dessert, you don’t always want to spend hours on making something or actually want anything to heavy, sometimes its nice to offer a gorgeous chocolate torte with some lovely fresh fruit and cream, well this dessert ticks all of the…
Cherry and Vanilla Liqueur
As promised, here is another boozy recipe, this time a gorgeous cherry and vanilla liqueur. I have recently lost my blogging mojo but as the weather has taken a turn for the worse today, I have decided to bake Paul Hollywoods iced buns http://dianastaveley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/iced-fingers-paul-hollywood-recipe.html , must of been inspired by ‘The…
Apricot and Lavender Liqueur
Summer has been a bit hit and miss this year as far as the weather is concerned but on a personal level it has been one of the best summers ever, this is partly due to our gorgeous new house and beautiful garden but also due to me having the…
Rhubarb and Ginger Jam
Well it appears that we have had an amazing glut of rhubarb, it must clearly enjoy this wet summer we have been having, but it is now at the point of becoming a little stringy and I felt it was time to cut it all back and give any new…
Elderflower Panna Cotta & Butterfly Lane
I was recently asked by the lovely Nikki at Butterfly Lane to write a guest post for her blog, now this is all new to me and I had no clue where to start or how to do it, but felt very honoured to be asked and once I had…
Freedom Food, Eggs & Lavender Ice Cream
As a keen baker and cook I think I would be horrified if I counted up the amount of eggs I use in a year, I know it would be 100’s, if you think about it, nearly everything we bake has eggs in it in some form, it may be…
Wild Garlic Pesto
I love this time of the year, its the start of the foraging season, during the Spring and the Summer months the great outdoors presents us with a wonderful array of delicious free food and in Spring I think it is at its most potent, its full of energy, everywhere…
Rhubarb & Vanilla Jam
Well it has been another busy week, but I have found time to bake and to make some jam, feeling rather pleased with myself as I have made the jam with my first batch of rhubarb from my garden, its going mad, so I have made muffins, jam and in…
Blackberry Jam
It’s that time of year when you feel the sense of change in the air, evenings smell and feel different and the evening sunlight has that glow to it of autumnal evenings, I have also noticed how early the leaves on the tree’s are starting to change colour. My thoughts…
Lavender Shortbread
I love cookery books, this is no secret, it is also no secret that I have a rather large collection of them, some I have brought and have been disappointed by, some I have brought and cooked loads of recipes from, but I now have a book that I want…
