A SLICE OF CAKE

This was one of the recipes in Mary Berry's Christmas programme last year.  It looked so good that we bought extra pigs in blankets in o...

  The Ecclefechan tart was amazing. For some time I have wondered where I am going with this blog.  There is great enjoyment writing it but...

I offered to make two trifles for a Christmas party, one gluten free. I rarely make my own cake for a trifle.  When in the UK I would use a ...

  It looks like it was a busy year on the blog! Cakes and bakes : 16 Savouries : 17 Soups : 7 Desserts : 5 Preserves : 2 Our Christmas cake ...

My birthday is in December and the weather is usually grim.  This is in sharp contrast to my OH's birthday which is in November when the...

I had an urge to bake some mince pies, something you never see here in France except amongst the British ex-pats.  The French don't unde...

More haste, less speed, is a saying my mum used often.  What it means is that doing something in a rush will take you longer in the end beca...