I know I have multiple brownie recipes on this blog and so many recipes claim to be ‘the perfect brownie’ and if I am honest I truly believe that the perfect brownie is the Nigella one https://www.gelsominascucina.com/2010/06/chocolate-brownies-for-christine.html that is already on my blog, it is so indulgent, so rich, so…
This Dutch Butter Cake (Boterkoek) is a moist, soft butter cake, famous in the Netherlands and is often served with a cup of coffee. It’s so easy to make and very popular, a regular when visiting friends , the smell of the baking buttery cake often greets you at the doorway. …
I have to start with the fact that this recipe was another inspired from the fabulous writing of Holly Ringland, this time it is from her novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, which is also currently on Amazon as a beautiful TV series. Oggi, Alices first love, says that…
I was reminded of this beautiful Persian Love Cake whilst reading the most fabulous book by Holly Ringland called The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, the best book that I have read in a very long time, I was totally captivated and was totally bereft when I finished it. In…
So I suppose this isn’t really a recipe so to speak, but its a recipe that I never want to lose, a recipe I make every single day and a recipe that has been a Superhero Coffee to me and has really improved my health in so many ways. My…
I have to confess that when I was asked to make this Vegan No Beef Bourguignon I looked back over past recipes here on my blog to get some inspiration and to see if I had a recipe that I could adapt, and oh boy did I cringe !!! I…
Just a quick type up for this simple but extremely delicious vegan mango bundt cake as I am rushing off to the gym! This recipe really doesn’t need much said, it is so quick and simple to make, very versatile and very very moorish, I was completely addicted !!! Trying…
So summer has finally arrived and it is HOT !!! It’s time for BBQ’s, picnics, afternoon teas and summer Fetes, and we may be called upon to produce a good old fashioned Victoria Sponge, either dressed traditionally with Buttercream and Strawberry Jam with a sprinkling of caster sugar, or with…
I have just had the most amazing five days with my little girl, well not so little, she is nearly 30!!! What I mean is, I got to spend time with one of my most favourite people in the World, doing some of our most favourite things together, we hiked,…
I have been extremely lucky to have had some very wonderful friends over the years, I have been through so many journeys with them and they have seen me grow and become who I am today and I love and thank them all for being so wonderful. One very dear…
