The other day, just by chance I heard an interview on BBC Radio 4 with Alan Power, the head gardener at Stourhead. It stopped me in my…
I remember helping Gran mixing the eggs and sugar for this recipe: sitting on the kitchen chair with a big bowl on my lap, a wooden spoon in…
Chocolate sauce and pancakes. What’s not to like? A classic recipe from a great restaurant tradition. A fitting treat for any celebration. All the components come together in…
Based on Maida Heatter’s Budapest Coffee Cake from from her Book of Great Desserts with a few changes.
This was a special request bake for the good man’s birthday. Based on the brilliant Anna Olson’s recipe, with a few changes, it makes two cakes, which is handy…
It’s membrillo cake time again. I am baking it for the second time. It brought back floods of memories from the time when I was little and naive…
This is quince cheese or membrillo in Spanish. Here is how I made it. Take as many quinces as you have at hand (I only had a couple)….
The oaty ginger cake from Yorkshire, traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night. It’s dense and comforting, goes down well with a cup of coffee or tea on any…
