Cup of cake

GG yesterday pointed out this link to me, linking to an online recipe for Chocolate cake, made in a mug, cooked in the microwave. I had the munchies last night whilst watching TV, and as we had no other form of chocolate in the house I decided to give it a go.
It was really really [...]

Valentine efforts

So, our Valentine’s Day was a little…unusual, given that we spent most of it with GG’s mother, sister and brother in law. However, determined not to ignore the festival altogether, I concocted a couple of little treats with a Valentine theme.

We had no bread in the house for lunch and so, rather than dashing out [...]

Sunday high tea

Yesterday evening, we had high tea at my mum and dad’s house. It was lovely! GG made a cake, I made cheese scones and Mum made fruit scones along with cooking all the other things that we ate. I’m sure we ate far too much, but then again we enjoyed every morsel!
  
And as the photo [...]

Snow day!

So, my children’s school has eventually given way and closed for the day. We have less snow on the ground than we did on Tuesday (not enough to play in ) but apparently the forecast is for heavy snow later today and I think they were worried about people getting home.
So I get to [...]

Onion, garlic and cumin bread

As requested by Suzy, here’s my recipe for garlic, onion and cumin bread rolls. It’s very easy to make, and very delicious! I’m planning on trying some variations to the flavours in the near future, so stay tuned for further developments!
I originally made these as we were making a curry for tea and had no [...]

Happy Apple Day! (Any excuse to eat cake!)

Hats off to Compostwoman who pointed out earlier today that this is indeed Apple Day! In celebration and commemoration of that fact, I decided to have a go at a recipe posted by Mama Sophia for apple chocolate chip cake. It was my first attempt at baking using the American method of measuring in cups, [...]

Chocolate Fudge Cake

As requested on my previous post, here is the recipe for the chocolate fudge cake which I made yesterday. I originally had the recipe from my mother, but I’ve no idea where she had it from! I’ve adapted it slightly, as I found that it made too shallow a cake but it rose too much. So [...]

Chocolate cake and shortbread

I’ve been busy today, doing lots of baking. My two good friends Jo and Maria are coming for tea this evening, and I promised Jo chocolate cake a long time ago. At the same time, I couldn’t leave Maria out, and so I decided to make her a special cake. She has coeliac disease and [...]

Cheese Scones

Thanks to the inpiration and temptation of my new blogfriend Suzy I made some cheese scones for our tea this evening. I used mexicana cheese rather than cheddar and they went down very well with my family!

If you fancy making some you should head over to Suzy’s blog where she recently posted recipes for both [...]

Bread and home baking

Last month I made sun dried tomato and garlic bread, and I’ll definitely be making it again. It was every bit as nice as the tear and share bread from the supermarket, and far cheaper! I love my bread, and so I was thrilled to find how easy it is to make at home, and that I [...]