My love for Collies, Cakes, Cooking, Eating Out & Days Out.
Stir up Sunday is an annual tradition when you make your Christmas Pudding.
Usually the last Sunday in November which in the Anglican calendar marks the last Sunday before the start of Advent. When I was a little girl my Mum started to make her own Christmas Pudding and they were amazing. My own adult life always seemed too hectic and crazy so to make my own so I stuck to shop bought. That was until recent years when I was prompted to make my own. Continue reading “Christmas Pudding”
The weather here on Skye has taken a turn for the better so after weeks of rain it’s time to get outside. We decided Saturday would be some gardening
and Sunday a hike. These plans meant I needed to bake a robust cake that would survive a trip in a rucksack, wrapped in tinfoil. It calls for a Guinness Fruit Cake, any stout, or very dark ale will do but we always have Guinness in the fridge.
If like me you aren’t a beer drinker fear not you will still enjoy this Guinness Fruit Cake. You taste the richness of the stout rather than the hoppy beer flavour!
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”
As I made a Spiced Chocolate Cake last week it triggered the call for a Spiced Apple Cake, it is that time of year after all – Halloween and Bonfire Night! After a bit of encouraging on Twitter to create an Apple Cake here is my answer… Toffee Apple Cake.
This is a cake that looks impressive and seems as if it should be tricky to make. But fear not, this Toffee Apple Cake is easy to bake and uses the simplest of
ingredients. I’ve added an extra twist by covering it in Maple Syrup Buttercream and topping it with home-made Caramel Sauce. The best thing is you don’t need fresh apples, this Toffee Apple Cake keeps things simple by using shop bought apple sauce. It couldn’t be easier so lets get cracking… Continue reading “Toffee Apple Cake”
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”
Chocolate and Orange are perfect flavours when baking cakes and never more so than in this recipe for Chocolate Chip Orange Cake. Chunks of good quality chocolate lace the moist orange sponge. This Chocolate Chip Orange Cake is reminiscent of when you bake with marmalade only this time you use a whole raw orange!
Read on for my recipe…
It has taken quite a while for me to get up the courage to make Cinnamon Buns. Don’t get me wrong I love eating Cinnamon Buns but dough is my
nemesis. Back in secondary school our bread lesson in Home Economics was interrupted by a fire alarm and all our hard work was ruined. I went home with wholemeal cannon balls rather than bread rolls. Continue reading “Cinnamon Buns”
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”
When you get fed up of the same old spuds accompanying your meals give these Mini Jacket Potatoes with Sea Salt and Rosemary a try. They are quick and easy to prepare and very tasty.
Continue reading “Mini Jacket Potatoes with Sea Salt and Rosemary”
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”