My love for Collies, Cakes, Cooking, Eating Out & Days Out.
When it comes to making and eating scones my husband is the expert. He was
gifted the National Trust Book of Scones a while ago so for National Cream Tea Day we got baking together. We chose the Chocolate Orange Scone Recipe from Goddard’s House and Garden for a delicious treat. We made a couple of adjustments to the recipe but they were delicious.
Whilst thumbing the pages of New York Cult Recipes by Marc Grossman I stumbled across a recipe for Chocolate Babka. This is a breakfast cake popular in Jewish New York bakeries and Deli’s. A hybrid between bread, brioche and cake with lots of added chocolate. What’s not to love!
The ingredients are simple and easy to come by. You need a bit of time for the dough to rise twice but not many other tricky skills. So here is the recipe from the book and my experience of making and eating Chocolate Babka.
As it is my birthday this week my hubby said he would bake me a cake instead
of me baking one. Not going to argue with that! After a bit of mooching through some recipes we found the perfect one. From the book Scandinavian Baking by Trine Hahnemann, Honey Cake with Orange Buttercream. This is a book we’ve had a while but not yet tried a recipe from but this one has a lot of my favourite flavours in it. So whilst hubby baked I was snapping photos so I can share this bake and recipe with you. Continue reading “Honey Cake with Orange Buttercream”
This cookbook challenge recipe for slow roasted garlic and lemon chicken 
comes from Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson. The book previously belonged to my late Mother in law who sadly died in 2016. She had marked many recipes in this book but never got chance to make them all. In her memory I am working my way through some of the recipes she ear marked. This recipe struck me as a dish that would work in both summer and winter alike, just varying the accompanying dishes. Continue reading “Slow roasted garlic and lemon chicken”
This Cookbook Challenge recipe for Pastiera di Maccheroni comes from 
Gino’s Pasta by Gino D’Acampo. I have cooked quite a few pasta recipes from this book and always had a great result. The methods of cooking are very traditional and relatively simple. The Pastiera di Maccheroni was a recipe I had just never got around to making. In simple terms it is a meaty macaroni bake. Continue reading “Pastiera di Maccheroni”
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to receive an advance review copy of Lavender and Lovage by Karen Burns Booth. The book is released on 13th November 2018 and is Karen’s first solo book. I met Karen many years ago at
Malton Food Festival and have followed her work with great interest. Karen’s blog Lavender and Lovage is packed with mouthwatering recipes, tantalising food photography and passport grabbing travel. Now she has unleashed all this into a book – Lavender and Lovage. Continue reading “Lavender and Lovage Book Review”
This week I dug out my 40th Edition Be-Ro book and did the Cookbook Challenge. It is a well thumbed recipe book so was hard to find something I
haven’t baked before but hiding away on page 53 is Chocolate Spice Cake.
This cake is suits Autumn perfectly, especially this week being Halloween and Bonfire Night. The Chocolate Spice Cake is lightly spiced with cloves, cinnamon and mixed spice so is a lovely alternative to parkin and gingerbread. Continue reading “Chocolate Spice Cake”
This recipe for Moroccan Orange & Almond Cake comes from a 2010 book called Everyday Baking. I flicked through it one day in a cheapy bookshop, liked
the look of some of the recipes and bought it for £4.99. Until this day it has sat on my bookshelf unused. So I have picked a the Moroccan Orange & Almond Cake recipe for my Cookbook Challenge. Continue reading “Moroccan Orange & Almond Cake”
This weeks Cookbook Challenge comes courtesy of the Hairy Bikers. In 2009
the Hairy Bikers presented a cookery show where they toured Britain and cooked up dishes using local recipes and ingredients. I bought the accompanying book and have made a couple of the recipes religiously. However my cookbook challenge gives me the incentive to try something new so today it is Somerset Chicken. Continue reading “Hairy Bikers Somerset Chicken”
This recipe for Almond Macaroon Cake is my very first Cookbook Challenge. I 
love to bake a cake so it was an easy place to start. Not wanting to give myself a free pass I have chosen a cake I have never seen before. Also because I now call Scotland my home I wanted the first recipe to have a bit of Scottish history. Continue reading “Almond Macaroon Cake”