Meatballs (Daring Cooks Challenge June 2013)
I’m not a meat ball eater, but was inspired by my very old waitrose free ‘Seasons’ cooking magazine (back in the days when they didn’t have those weekend newspapers) I […]
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Swedish Prinsesstårta (Daring Bakers Challenge May 2013)
Prinsesstårta This cake brought me back to my youth – a day trip to Ikea for flat-pack furniture, 39p hot dogs & car shaped sweets. On occasions I would try […]
En Croute (Daring Cooks Challenge May 2013)
Vegetables en croute / Vegetarian Cornish Pasty Our lovely Monkey Queen of Don’t Make Me Call My Flying Monkeys, was our May Daring Cooks’ hostess and she challenged us […]
Dutch Pastry Gevulde Speculaas (Daring Bakers challenge Jan 2013)
Francijn of Koken in de Brouwerij was our January 2013 Daring Bakers’ Hostess and she challenged us to make the traditional Dutch pastry, Gevulde Speculaas from scratch! That includes making […]
Panettone (Daring Bakers Challenge December 2012)
Homemade panettone ROCKS! I love everything about this cake – the zesty aromas, the soft texture & buttery flavours. Over the past 10 years or so, I’ve noticed this cake […]
Twelve days of cookies (Daring Bakers Challenge Nov 2012)
Shortbread Holiday season is the time for sharing and Peta of Peta Eats is sharing a dozen cookies, some classics and some of her own, from all over the world […]
Brining (Daring Cooks Challenge Nov 2012)
Audax of Audax Artifax was our November 2012 Daring Cooks’ host. Audax has brought us into the world of brining and roasting, where we brined meat and vegetables and roasted […]
David & Feng say Thank You!
Feng & David (aka wordpress alter egos – Squeaky Mouse & Slackenerny) have tied the knot! We foolishly decided to make (almost) everything for our wedding reception. Earlier in the […]
Pate a choux shapes (Daring Bakers Challenge August 2012)
Kat of The Bobwhites was our August 2012 Daring Baker hostess who inspired us to have fun in creating pate a choux shapes, filled with crème patisserie or Chantilly cream. […]
Battenburg
Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to […]
