These bites of chocolate heaven are just perfect for weekend baking, quick mid week baking when you need something to serve for pudding but don’t have much time or energy, or as an impromptu bake when you have unexpected visitors arriving; who am I kidding? These brownies are perfect anytime all the time. Who [...]
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Last week I had a pineapple in my organic box delivery and I’ve been debating what to do with it since I unpacked it. You see the problem is I don’t really like pineapple but even more so I hate waste so I couldn’t just see it end up on the compost heap. I set [...]
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One of my favourite liqueurs is Frangelico. Most often I’d just sip it, with ice is good, as a ‘digestivo’ but it is also good to bake with. Frangelico is a hazelnut and herb-flavoured liqueur which is produced in Canale (Piedmont region of Northern Italy). It was released in the 1980s, gaining attention largely because of its unusual [...]
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Don’t get me wrong I love a challenge, and sure, isn’t that why I joined the Daring Bakers? This months challenge though nearly tipped my challenge enjoyment level over the edge, it wasn’t difficult as such but just such a palaver. I spread the challenge over two days (very unlike me) to try and give [...]
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I was sipping some Twinings herbal tea at work the other day and began to wonder what would happen if I added a strong infusion of it to a sponge cake; and hey presto I had the recipe formulated. It is a very good job I’m never without pen and notepad to jot all my [...]
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“Cream – Rich as an Irish Brogue Coffee- Strong as Friendly Hand Sugar – Sweet as the tongue of a Rouge Irish Whiskey – smooth as the Wit of the Land” Joe Sheridan, Foynes Flying Boat Museum Whether I’m just having a melancholy moment or whether it was seeing all the stunningly beautiful Connemarra scenery [...]
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In a virtual sense at least do come into my kitchen, sit down and relax, now enjoy a nice slice of cake with a cup of tea or coffee – your choice entirely; now share your views on what you see and eat. Alongside the choice of beverage you can also choose which sweet bake [...]
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The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. For the first time ever I’m late posting my Daring Bakers entry (sorry folks)! We had the option to make either the Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies or the Milan Cookies, or [...]
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Inspired by a lovely punnet of frozen raspberries and some gorgeous red currents sitting in my fridge I decided to get cake baking again, after all the Grape Crumble Cake only lasted a day (oops)! This time though I didn’t want to go following another chefs recipe, I wanted this to be all mine I [...]
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Inspired by our lovely Heather over on Violets Pantry I decided to make (or should I say bake?) a Rachel Allen recipe: Cherry Crumble Cake, there was however a slight problem with this idea in that I didn’t have any cherries! Oh what to do? Well I had a hunt around my fruit bowl and [...]
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I just adore cardamom, from its sweet heady aroma to the gentle aromatic taste it gives to both sweet and savoury foods. It is a very well used spice in my kitchen. Cardamom is one of the world’s very ancient spices. It is native to the East originating in the forests of the western ghats in southern [...]
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