Okay so it seems this is the new modern take on bread and butter pudding – Chocolate croissants used instead of bread! It’s yummy and chocolatey and super easy to make. It does take a lot of eggs but if you would rather have less egg, then just use extra cream or milk instead. So…
Sweet Treats
Nutella Buttercream Icing
You’ll have to put the diet aside for this one guys. Just for one day. It’s fluffy, it’s light and best of all it tastes like Nutella..which is a chocolate-hazelnut spread for the uninitiated! This recipe is just for the icing (frosting). I cheated and used Moirs’ Cake Mix for the cupcakes but if you…
Brownie Pudding
I made this for my dinner club the other night and it went down a treat. This particular recipe is taken from Barefoot Contessa which I came across through Pinterest….it’s been pinned and baked by many a Pinterest-a-holic and is wildly popular…for good reason! You just gotta get those mitts on and try it my…
Meringue Pavlova
Oh my word! My mother gave me this recipe and who knows why she kept it from me this long. It’s quick to prepare and super easy (of course!!). Best of all the meringue comes out crunchy on the outside and nice and chewy and light on the inside. Serve with strawberries or Kiwi or…
Beer Box Cake
My mom gave me this recipe the other day and for some silly reason (I have no idea why) I didn’t follow the recipe exactly – I used 7 eggs instead of 8, I used milk instead of boiling water and I rounded up the flour to 4 cups. The result was still yummy but…
Chocolate and Strawberry Roulade
I adapted this recipe from Fair Lady December 2012. I must say the recipe scared me a little, it sounded quite technical but I was desperate to make it. Roulades are simpler than I thought actually…the recipe just sounded daunting. What you see below is my simplified, user-friendly version. Enjoy!
Easy Fruit Cake
This is a light fruit cake – not dark and heavy like traditional fruit cakes but still wonderfully delicious and a perfect accompaniment for any Christmas occasion. My husband – who doesn’t eat fruit cake – said WOW, “this is the best fruit cake I’ve ever tasted!” so that must tell you something. It’s such…
Coconut and Chocolate Biscuits
Yummy, quick and easy to whip up!!! This recipe can be doubled (just in case)…… dipped into white or dark chocolate and then into your favorite nut sprinkles. Perfect tea time (anytime) treat.
Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I first tasted peanut butter cupcakes earlier this year when a friend said they were the best cupcakes she had ever tasted. So easy and so yummy. I like peanut butter a lot but I had never thought about it in a cupcake recipe! Well folks all I can say is mmmm mmm mmmm! Try…
Christmas Trifle in a Jar
Whilst researching “trifles”, I came across many different versions, some had jelly some didn’t, some had alcohol some didn’t, some had boudoir biscuits, some had cake, some had cream and others had custard…and some had it all!! I came to the conclusion that anything goes really! I wanted to make a trifle that was pretty…
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and Blueberry Icing
Okay…these are very yummy and so so pretty..I wasn’t sure to call these cupcakes or muffins, but either way they are delicious! The icing is quite tart but is balanced by the sweetness of the muffin / cupcake..interesting for the palate! The only thing is, I had trouble finding freeze-dried blueberries to make the icing….
Devil’s Food Cake
I’ve always wondered what exactly a Devil’s Food Cake was and after reading a few recipes I discovered that it’s really a chocolate cake, with a little coffee in it and then vanilla icing. I must say that I could hardly taste the coffee in this recipe and perhaps it could be made a little…