Tag: Sweets

Desserts, Recipes

Blackberry and Chocolate Mini Tarts

I have been desperate to try out a recipe with blackberries since the season started and it’s taken me this long to be happy with it.  I’d also never made ganache and I wanted to try that too, so here we have a blackberry and chocolate tart. First I tried […]

 
Breads, Desserts

Blackberry and Banana Bread

Bananas? Hate them, not just a little dislike but a proper hate… banana smoothie, banana milkshake, banana flavoured sweets anything banana-esque, even banana cake or banana bread. Give me bread , give me cake but don’t even think about putting bananas in there . So what do you do if […]

 
Recipes

Halloween Ghost Meringue Cookies

BOO! Who’s ready for Halloween? No quite? Well hopefully these little beauties will make things little easier. Don’t  worry too much about your piping skills , I certainly haven’t , and they certainly aren’t the same (oops) but seriously who ever said that all ghosts looked the same 🙂 I […]

 
Recipes

Chocolate and Plum Crumble Tart

Okay, its that time of year when all I want is chocolate , chocolate , chocolate and with half term looming, what better way than to kick off with  an indulgent bake of plum and dark chocolate crumble tart. The mix of sweetness from the chocolate and the tanginess of […]

 
caramel choc chip cookies
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Caramel and Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are chocolate chip cookies stuffed with Rolos..or as I like to call them Rolokies (see what I did there) basically deliciously sweet caramel filled gooeyness, what’s not to like!? I’ve never been very good with cookies; historically I’ve always ended up with a single sheet of thin crispy biscuit […]

 
Sweet Caramel Lassi
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Deliciously Sweet Caramel Lassi

You can not have an Indian meal without some form of lassi.  The traditional lassi made with yoghurt and salt, and garnished with ground cumin is my favourite.   Nothing is as refreshing to me as a cold salted lassi in the heat of summer.  I thought I had tasted all […]

 
Chocolate and Coconut Barfi
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Chocolate And Coconut Truffles – Happy Diwali!

Happy Diwali Everybody!!! Diwali is the the festival of lights is the celebration of light over darkness, good over evil and hope over despair and like every good celebration and festival there’s plenty of delicious food to eat and share.  As you can tell from most recipes on this blog […]

 
Classic Madeleines
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Oo la la Madeleines!!

Ok so I’m not sure why I’ve decided to try my hand at these little beauties, considering I have never tasted one myself…there’s a lesson to be learnt there.  Anyways I was set the challenge by my boss to make the small buttery little cakes called Madeleines, a french classic […]