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…
Godstone Mud Pie (Mississippi Mud Pie)
I haven’t been very well the last few days and have spent today laying on the sofa watching the Foodie Channels, being inspired by Nigella and James Martin and getting some great ideas for Hubby’s upcoming works BBQ. I have also been very lucky today as Rosie has been…
Parmesan-crusted blue-eye and braised potatoes with peas
As you know it was Hubby’s birthday and I cooked him that mammoth birthday cake and afterwards I still had his birthday dinner to cook. I was going to do one of his favourite dishes which would include steak of some sort but decided that it would be better doing…
Fabulously simple chocolate fudge cake
As you know from my previous post it was my Hubby’s Birthday and our 5 year anniversary, also you will probably also of gathered by reading my blog that I don’t like to do things by half and Birthdays for my loved one’s are no exception. I decided to…
Everyone needs a good basic sponge recipe
Everyone should have a simple, but works every time sponge recipe in their repertoire, something that you can knock up in seconds and can adapt. My recipe comes from a cookery book that I have had for over 22 years, pages have now fallen out, there is no index,…
Fried custard squares
I am a very lucky girl, as I am married to the most amazing man, he is intelligent, loving, supportive, Ok I’ll stop, I know, I am always banging on about how great he is, but I am lucky and I would never take that for granted, but to add…
Budino di semolino (Semolina Pudding)
I know that many of us have horrific memories of semolina from our childhoods, the thought of it conjures up school dinners and all that was so disgusting about them, but please trust me when I tell you that this delicious Tuscan pudding is so far removed from any horrid…
Italian Apple Cake
My eldest Son Simon loves his puddings and this is one of his favourites. I miss having him at home so much as he like’s the same desserts as I do and if I make them for myself I just end up eating the lot and then moaning that I…
Courting Cake -Simon’s 22nd Birthday – June 2010
Sunday 13th June 2010 was my eldest Son Simon’s 22nd Birthday and he had decided to spend it with us this year, as you can imagine I was very excited and started planning immediately. As we were watching the first England game of the World Cup and as Simon…
