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Yes, it’s an unusual combination in a cake – a moist lemon sponge with a special centre layer of juicy blueberries and topped with tart lemon icing. Perfect for afternoon tea. Don’t ask me about storage – I’ve never had one of these last long enough! The image here is distorted in colour, if I [...]
This easy to make no-bake slice is perfect for afternoon tea on a bright spring day. Please note: I use a 20ml tablespoon and 250ml measuring cup for all of my recipes. If you are using a 15ml tablespoon, you will need to use 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of lemon juice in the base [...]
I love these easy to make treats, they remind me of summer fund raising cake stalls, sunshine and lazy days. You can add crushed nuts to make them slightly less sweet and for a bit of variety. I’ve also seen them with choc bits added but that seems weird to me. 90g butter or margarine [...]
On a recent trip to Munich I sampled this traditional Bavarian dish. It’s essentially a smashed up pancake served with stewed apple and it’s very quick and easy to make. The name isn’t really translatable – Kaiser we know as Emperor, but Schmarrn means something like nonsense, or mishmash or rubbish. The story goes that [...]
I can across this delicious sounding recipe for Pork and Garlic Chive Dumplings on the food blog A Table For Two and I’ve putting into my must do list! Just thought I’d share…. Ingredients (makes 30 dumplings) 500 gram pork mince 1 bunch garlic chives (chopped) 3 cloves garlic (chopped) 1 packet of dumpling skin [...]
I love these biscuits, they’re cute as a button and so easy too! Perfect to take to your next craft group get-together or guild meeting. They look great dipped in chocolate too To make it easier for you I’ve taken photos of every step and given my tips as well. Ingredients 125g butter 125g caster [...]
OMG! This stuff is just gorgeous, better than I expected and so easy to do. I took a large screw-topped jar, filled it with mixed berries and currants and scraped the seeds from a vanilla bean in there, added the bean itself and then filled with some high-quality gin. Left it for 2 weeks in [...]
