A SLICE OF CAKE

  It was that time of year again - the weekend of the annual food, art and craft festival in the next village which goes by the name "L...

It's many times that on reading Dominic's blog "Dom in the Kitchen" I have felt inspired  compelled to bake something he h...

As time goes by we have become more adept at using up what we have in stock rather than shop for more food.  There are several reasons for t...

When it was a really nice day recently we decided to abandon all plans for chores, gardening and DIY and have a late lunch bbq. It being sti...

This is a very easy and tasty accompaniment to serve with any meat, chicken or casserole.  It’s fairly rich but a real treat.  I served mine...

We had dinner at a friend’s house one autumn evening last year and for dessert she served lemon posset, something I had never made or eaten ...

This is one of those cakes that I had the urge to make the minute I spotted the recipe which was in Dom's blog here.   I had made someth...

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 ...

Who doesn't love a lemon drizzle cake? They are always immensely popular at cake stalls. I made this gluten free version recently for a ...

In making cakes for a recent cake stall I took on the task of baking for people who like a slice of cake but need it to be gluten free.  Thi...

The weather has cooled down a lot and although there are some warmer days forecast it definitely feels autumnal now and we feel more like ...

Every year our apples fall from the tree too soon, heaps of them.  Most are unusable due to insect damage and end up in the compost but most...

The nectarine version. The recipe for this popped up in my FB feed and comes from one of Nancy Birtwhistle's books, the one about garden...

This gorgeous old fashioned dessert has a wow factor well beyond its simplicity. The recipe has its origins in a book by Simon Hopkinson cal...

I recently needed a gluten free dessert recipe and none of the ones I had used before seemed to be just right.  So I did a bit of internet r...