Archive for the 'Sweetness' Category
Pancakes!
Last year, a friend of Stephen’s brought us back a tin of Dulce de Leche from Argentina and it’s been sitting in our cupboard ever since, very much like those bottles of wine that are given to you as gifts and are too good for every day drinking. Tonight felt like the perfect time to […]
Read More..>>Baby Pears and Ice Cream
Some friends gave us baby pears preserved in sweet wine as a Christmas present. I thought that they would go well with some vanilla ice cream, so that’s what we did. When I opened the jar I realised that the baby pears were a lot more baby than I thought they’d be; they were very […]
Read More..>>Marmalade
Check us and our new found, Flickr tools! We vaguely talked about making marmalade earlier in the year but couldn’t find any Seville oranges. I was secretly quite pleased about that as it seemed like an awful lot of work for something only eaten at the weekends (we tend to eat cereal during the week). […]
Read More..>>Coffee and Walnut Cake
I was quite pleased with how this worked out, despite it’s somewhat lopsided appearance. I’m not a very experienced baker so I’m not sure why this happened, perhaps I had the oven too hot? I followed a Delia Smith recipe, best to stick to basics when you’re not that confident in your ability was my […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Mousse
As Stephen mentioned, my family came to visit today and requested chocolate mousse for dessert, they were particularly interested in the Baileys mousse we made recently so we made up two of those. We also made two with Cointreau which I preferred – the combination of chocolate and orange is one of my favourites. We […]
Read More..>>Ginger Cake
Having a birthday is a good excuse to make a cake. I made this on Friday and left it for a couple of days before eating to mature. That sounds incredibly restrained, the reality is that there just wasn’t any time to eat it before today! I found the recipe online but couldn’t find the […]
Read More..>>Christmas Pudding Ice Cream Revisited
When doing some clearing out of our rather small freezer compartment, we found the leftovers of the Christmas pudding ice cream that we had made for our pre-Christmas dinner. We left it out for a bit to soften and then had some. It was still good and it struck me again just how much it […]
Read More..>>Cobnut Meringues
We picked up a bag of cobnuts while we were in Kent over Christmas and so far have just used them sprinkled on salad. We wanted to do something with them that gave them more of a starring role and decided to use them in meringues – the added bonus being we could strike those […]
Read More..>>Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding
We were given a panettone for Christmas which we’ve been enjoying but they’re rather large for two people and as it’s been open for a little while we thought we would try and use it up in a different way. The obligatory Christmas leftover recipes in magazines always suggest using it instead of bread in […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Mousse with Coffee Baileys
Shortly before Christmas the people at Baileys asked us if we would like to receive a bottle of their “Baileys with a hint of coffee” to use while cooking, I knew my mum would love it so accepted their kind offer. Unfortunately we forgot to take it away with us for Christmas so my mum […]
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