Archive for the 'Sweetness' Category
Mince Pies
Yesterday we spent the day decorating the house and the tree. It seemed fitting to have some mince pies while we did so and luckily we had some mincemeat in the fridge that we’d made a week or so ago, to our usual recipe. We didn’t quite get the sizes right, our cutters were either […]
Read More..>>Cheesecake
We went to lunch at a friend’s yesterday and took along a cheesecake that we made on Saturday. It’s a recipe we’ve cooked a few times before and one which has always been well received. Crucially, it’s pretty foolproof and easy to transport. The original recipe comes from another food blogger who no longer posts, […]
Read More..>>Apple Crumble
We made an apple and blackberry crumble recently and it came out really well (typically, we didn’t blog it at the time as the pictures weren’t very good). With a surfeit of apples this week, it seemed sensible to make another. We didn’t have any blackberries this time but I cooked the apples in the […]
Read More..>>Shortbread
Part one of our Christmas-Present-Experiment. These didn’t turn out too badly for a first attempt but I think I over-cooked them, I’ll reduce the cooking time to 10-12 minutes next time. We used this recipe which was very easy to follow but I had some trouble “mixing into a smooth paste”.
Read More..>>Parkin
Like many other bloggers, we decided to make parkin in honour of Guy Fawke’s Night. Neither of us had eaten it before so weren’t sure what to expect, the combination of ginger and cinammon sounded irresistable though so off we went to purchase the huge amounts of sugar, butter, treacle and syrup we needed. I […]
Read More..>>Muffins
Both Stephen and I were out last night and today we both had big lunches so not a lot of cooking happening. We did however make muffins this evening to take to brunch at Stephen’s sister tomorrow. Mmmm, muffiny 🙂
Read More..>>Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake
Stephen and I have this week off and don’t have much planned apart from a little cooking and a lot of relaxing. We’re both quite fond of cake but don’t tend to eat them very often or make them ourselves as we always seem to have one eye on the waistline. Being on holiday is […]
Read More..>>Summer Pudding
We’ve made summer pudding twice recently and took a number of photographs while we did so, so here are some step-by-step, illustrated instructions in case anyone is interested in making it and hasn’t done so before. Summer pudding is quite simple to make, but it does require some forward planning. In fact, it needs to […]
Read More..>>Party
You’d be forgiven for thinking that things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Both Stephen and I were out on Thursday and regrettably there was no food involved, only wine. And mojitos. For that reason, Friday saw us give in to the temptation of the supermarket pizza. As you might imagine, it wasn’t […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Brownies
We were invited to a barbecue today and I offered to make cheesecake. When it came to making it though I realised that I’d actually left the base of the tin at my mum’s place so we had to improvise. I originally made these particular brownies in June of last year and took them in […]
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