Food is for me, away to express caring and love. I love nothing more than bringing people together at the table, feeding them good food, pouring them some wine and spending quality time, talking to them and listening to them. Food, especially baking is a very important part of my…
Rhubarb Custard Tea Cake
My first rhubarb of the season is ready and I just had to bake this cake which I found on Pinterest, it is a gorgeous rhubarb custard tea cake. It is a little tricky, as the cake batter is very thick, I wrestled with the baking paper & got rather frustrated…
Ultimate One Bowl Chocolate Dessert Cake
Another sunny weekend and another weekend filled with lots of fun, love, giggles and family. The weekend started on Friday with a visit to Stephen and Rieanna’s for curry, a lovely walk with the dog on Saturday followed by a lazy afternoon cuddled up with Hubby watching movies and then…
The Perfect Easter Afternoon Tea
This isn’t really a new blog post or recipe in the traditional way, but more a simple way of helping you devise the perfect afternoon tea, obviously you can tweak the menu to suit your palate, but it offers a rough guide to help you plan your perfect afternoon. My…
Simnel Cake
Easter has to be one of my favourite celebrations of the year, I love the food, the thought that Spring has arrived and summer is hopefully just around the corner. The clocks change, evenings are lighter and we are finally seeing the sun, it puts a massive smile on my…
Snickerdoodle Brownies
I had never heard of Snickerdoodle Brownies or Cookies before joining Pinterest, but there are recipes for them all over the place. The name intrigued me and I automatically thought of Snickers Bars, so I naturally thought that they would have peanuts and chocolate in, but this is not the…
Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce (Gluten Free)
Whilst browsing on Pinterest I found this gorgeous chocolate cake with salted caramel sauce, its rich, its indulgent, very grown up and gluten free. I love anything with salted caramel, so could not wait to have a reason to bake this dessert. I say dessert because even though it was referred…
Italian Cream Cake
Well its been snowing and we have been having lots of fun sledging and with our new puppy, he has just loved the snow, so much so that we have renamed him ‘The Snow Dog’. It is our first winter in our new house and not only is it really…
Lemon and Thyme Cake
Happy New Year to you all ! I hope you all had a very lovely Christmas and a wonderful New Year, if you have made resolutions I hope that they are going well and you are managing to stick to them. I never make any, as I know if I…
Gingerbread Cake
Just had to quickly tell you about this sticky gorgeous gingerbread cake, a perfect Christmas treat, so simple to make, fills the house with yummy Christmas smells and really hits the spot served with a cup of tea on a cold frosty morning and because you can store it so…
