‘Marmalade. You either love it or loathe it – and I adore it’… begins Shirley Spear in her new book The Three Chimneys Marmalade Bible. Shirley Spear and her husband Eddie opened the internationally acclaimed The Three Chimneys on the Isle of Skye in 1984. Although they had no previous experience…
I had quite a different eating experience in 2015. After years of stuffing myself with butter, cream, cake, chocolate, crisps, pastry, burgers, cheese, bacon….well, you get the picture, I suddenly felt the need to eat a little ‘better’. As much as I loved my diet of fat, my body didn’t…
My favourite cake is a Victoria Sponge Cake. There is something so simple and perfect about it. I have been making Victoria sponge cakes since I was a child. Back then I thought my mum named them after me so I thought they were very special indeed! To me, it…
It’s cold outside, very cold. In fact its snowing around most of the UK at the moment. When the weather is like this, I just want to eat warm, comforting food. I saw someone making a Bakewell Tart on the Food Network a few weeks ago and I haven’t been…
Its cold outside…really cold. And when it gets cold, I want to eat lovely comforting food to cheer myself up a bit. So the other day, after a rather freezing walk with the dog, I fancied making a cake. I went through my folder of recipes that I pull out…
As you may of may not know, it is still National Chocolate Week…what a wonderful name for a ‘week’. What could be better than a chocolate week? Anyway…this wondrous ‘week’ gave me a marvellous excuse to try out some chocolate recipes I’ve had my eye on. One recipe I was desperate to…
I was reading the Observer Food Monthly on the tube home the other day and was pouring over the recipes from Nigel Slater’s new book The Kitchen Diaries II when I saw this recipe for blackberry & hazelnut friands. They looked beautiful and running over the ingredients I realised that…
My friend Louise has a beautiful apple tree in her garden and brought a load of its apples into work for me to bake with. These seasonal apples are perfect for pies and crumbles. I made a blackberry and apple crumble with them last week and this week I decided…
As you can see from my previous post, apples and blackberries are currently in season, so this is the very best time to make apple and blackberry crumble! I made this at the weekend and it was divine. It is so quick and simple to make. Ingredients For the filling:…
I am not a big fan of ice cream, I never have been. Not sure why. I just never found it particularly enjoyable to eat. Maybe its because I have sensitive teeth and it hurts, maybe its because you get brain freeze when you eat it too quickly. Its just…
For the base 150g Digestive biscuits or Graham Crackers 75g butter, melted 1 tbsp caster sugar For the filling 375g cream cheese, at room temperature 112g caster sugar 2 medium eggs 150ml double/heavy cream 30ml lemon juice Splash of vanilla extract Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan)/350°F and line a…
I think its safe to say I have a lot of weaknesses when it comes to food in general but I think my biggest weakness has to be chocolate profiteroles. I adore them. The light airiness of the choux pastry, the rich softness of the whipped cream and the smooth,…
