From a mourning Paris I’ll just quickly give you the cake run-down first. The day before leaving for Paris I made a heavenly Raspberry, goats cheese and fig pavlova. The topping is easy and delicious and if you haven’t discovered pavlovas yet then do consider […]
Red velvet cake has become hugely popular not only in its homeland, the U.S.A. but also in Europe. To be honest I wasn’t sure about this cake and had heard positive and negative reviews … but I love it! The red colour’s created not only […]
Perhaps it’s a little early to be singing ‘I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas’ but it’s definitely time to start planning our Christmas fruitcakes! As I explained to my very surprised Catalan climbing friends in January, it’s actually normal in Britain to store this cake […]
Who’s Uncle Tetsu? Part of an incredible Japanese cheesecake phenomenon that has customers waiting up to an hour or more for one of his delicious treats! We’ll look at an article and some videos about this later. But no need to join the line dear […]
These are little cakes with a kick and health benefits, upping your daily intake of ginger. In the article Ginger is a Great Medicine it also says many consider Jamaican ginger to be the best in the world! Did not know that. At school my […]
Cupcakes (and cake pops of course) are my nemeses. Before these I’d never made truly fluffy cupcakes but knew I’d eventually whisk into battle again. And tada! These cupcakes are light, moist and topped with yummy swirls of swiss buttercream. With the magic Ispahan raspberry, […]
Once baked and golden brown allow the savarins to cool at least half an hour before the next stage. Last week on the phone mum said she’d like a rum baba for her birthday cake next month. I guess they’ll always be considered as treats […]
Sometimes you need a little shot of pâtisserie magic and light pillowy cakes with a heavenly touch of kirsch. Irresistible. So I pushed aside my resolution to avoid sugar or flour and just reduced my daily ration – hurray for freezers! The genoise sponge layers […]
Once again the Daring Kitchen threw down the gauntlet and issued a challenge: to make a charlotte russe or royale. I accepted and threw in some bergamot extract! What’s bergamot? It’s the light spicy citrusy flavour that haunts Earl Grey tea. More about it later. […]
Grand announcement to my family the other week: it’s my birthday and I want a Princess cake! I didn’t have to stamp my feet or throw a tantrum because I was of course making my own cake. My family were peturbed, imagining a pink multi-layered […]
My apologies but I couldn’t resist the pun on words. It’s such a berry very nice tart. Neither can I resist the tart itself, recommended by Kate of Cornwall who regularly and impressively makes cakes from this blog and many other sources. She passed this […]
She’d had serious doubts but unexpectedly fell in love at first bite. Swooning at the cloudlike gluten-free genoise sponge made with cornflour and flavoured with vanilla, merging as one with the chocolate icing and delightful dessicated coconut, she instantly realised why Australians and New Zealanders […]
A colourful, magical rainbow in a cake. Who could resist? Okay, maybe people like my brother who have strong feelings about E numbers in food. I did try using natural food colouring, I really did. But that plan failed and I’ll explain why later. Wait, […]
A tres leches cake should be pretty easy to make, right? A sponge drizzled with three kinds of milk (tres leches) and left in the fridge to absorb them and become a deliciously moist treat! Hmm, will tell you about the ‘issues’ later! My dream […]
Who’s Sant Jordi? He’s Saint George and the patron saint of Catalonia following a visit where he slayed the dragon and rescued a damsel in distress. He was a busy knight, completing the same heroic deed in Britain and various other countries. But did you […]
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