Today is Valentine’s Day and although I didn’t get Red Roses and breakfast in bed from my husband, we are going to the stunning Antique Cafe at Churchill House with good friends…
Baking
-
-
A very special couple celebrated their 40th (Ruby) Wedding Anniversary this weekend, and I made these sweet little wedding cakes for them. Congratulations Kev and Pam !!!!! I decorated the bridal flowers…
-
These chocolate shortbread cookies are a variation on a traditional shortbread recipe, and I decided to decorate some with white fondant and the others with royal icing. Watch this quick…
-
We all have our favourite Christmas Cake recipe, this is mine that belonged to my mother, and probably her mother before that. I have been making it for as long as…
-
I bought some great farm eggs with yolks that were almost orange they were so dark. I knew they would make the most amazing lemon curd, so I whipped up a bottle…
-
I thought I would share with you some of the gorgeous chocolate cupcakes that Helen and I have made . Some of the icing flower work is intricate and detailed, but…
-
“Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners” – Roald Dahl. Well Roald Dahl my friend, you…
-
Helen made this beautiful African inspired cake for her friend’s 30th Birthday. Its a dense chocolate cake which is perfect for a base for fondant icing. It is made with dark…
-
This is the second recipe for this weeks PnP Food Bloggers challenge sponsored by Robertsons Spices. We had to use both cayenne pepper and cinnamon in two separate recipes.…
-
Eclairs, also known as profiteroles, paris-brest, and cream puffs are made with Choux Pastry which is very easy to make. If you follow my recipe, your choux pastry will never be a flop. Eclairs…










