I know, totally strange time to post hot cross buns but so good you’ll crave them any time of the year! You see Easter came and went and there I was still thinking about making them! Oops. But here they are, finally! They’re so yummy […]
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Vegan chocolate Easter cupcakes recipe! And other Easter bakes or no-bakes…!
If you’re looking for a last-minute fast and easy Easter cupcake, you might enjoy these delicious chocolatey treats! They’re vegan but you can replace the aquafaba chickpea water with egg and decorate however you like. The amazingly light and delicious sponge is from my tried […]
Vegan chocolate layer cake recipe! With optional healthier spelt flour and coconut palm sugar! And about calçots…
Try this cake that will surprise everyone with its yumminess! It was first made for a post-climbing traditional calçots barbecue here in Catalunya (will tell you about calçots later) as one of the climbers going was vegan. Funnily enough she couldn’t make it in the […]
Pesto spelt mini muffins recipe – yummy picnic or party appetizers!
Little savoury cakes! Extremely tasty, moreish and easy to make. These delicious little treats are perfect for picnics, parties, hiking or climbing trips or just a nice light lunch at home. Made with spelt flour so easier to digest, these pesto mini muffins owe their […]
Healthier sablés or palets bretons recipe (Brittany salted butter shortbread biscuits/cookies)
You can use plain white flour and sugar but the versions with spelt or buckwheat flour, sweetened with light brown sugar or panela (rapadura) unrefined whole cane sugar are also delicious. These are the typical crumbly biscuits from Brittany made with salted butter. They can […]
Nutellotti recipe with plain or white spelt flour – the fast and easy Nutella biscuits (cookies) that went viral in Italy!
The name nutellotti comes from contracting Nutella together with biscotti, which means biscuit (cookie) in Italian. They’re very yummy and usually made from three ingredients: Nutella, egg and flour! You know some of my cakes take a little longer to make. Ahem. So this is […]
Tuna and egg crêpe cake
Crêpe craving? Come have a savoury tuna and egg crêpe cake with me! In fact let’s have it for breakfast! Brunch maybe? Any time’s perfect for these spelt crêpes with delicious layers of tuna and chopped hard-boiled egg in creamy white béchamel sauce. All made […]
A simple spelt scones recipe and the story of two villages – with drawings! :)
Get comfortable dear reader for there follows a short tale of foolishness and discord all over some simple spelt scones. How did a little boy make things right so everyone could stop fighting and just enjoy their deliciously light and fluffy scones made with natural […]
Spelt focaccia – a challenge or a doddle with Hollywood’s help? :)
Is making spelt focaccia easy? You spend a few minutes making it, ten seconds kneading and an hour or two watching it rise! Really tricky? No signora! The Daring kitchen challenge introduced me to many variations on this Italian flatbread so why spelt flour focaccia? […]
Apple tarte tatin with Chinese five spices and tamarind! A healthy recipe!
Sometimes things just happen. Like running out of cinammon so you open a previously neglected jar of tamarind paste. And before you realise what’s happening it’s in your Apple Tarte Tatin!! Because you thought it would complement the Chinese five spices, the lemon and the […]
Ginger bananas recipe from the Seychelles with spelt crêpes (Pick the World event!)
Are you hoping to find an easy recipe? Perhaps a simple delicious dessert you can make in less than an hour? Welcome to these Seychellois oven-baked bananas lightly-spiced in a blend of ginger syrup, rum and orange juice! Topped with dried cranberries and thinly sliced […]
Chicken, ham and cheese cake recipe with pistachios, rosemary and garlic – a quiche-cake!
Another savoury cake! Woohoo! Today’s offering is the second in our savoury cake series, a fine example of the picnic cake de voyage that is popular in France but might prove confusing to others. Friends have looked peturbed, ‘hmmm, it’s like a quiche, but it […]
The invisible story of an orange and rum fruitcake-cake anglais recipe for a biker! (‘special cake for you’ series)
Hello sweet reader! Nice to see you again! Here’s my little healthy rum and orange fruitcake-cake anglais, made with spelt flour, honey, light brown muscovado sugar and lots of yummy dried fruits and nuts! And this is the recipe: Yes, it’s invisible. And not because […]
Spelt crêpes recipe and some pancake humour!
Pre-Pancake Day greetings to you, sweet or savoury eater! Would you like to practise crêpe-flipping for Shrove or Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)? To help you out the Sesame Street Swedish chef will be giving a video demonstration later! 🙂 But seriously, these spelt crêpes are […]
The story of the life-changing healthy Apple Tarte Normande recipe
There was once a woman who ate too many cakes. The doctors she visited shook their heads sadly and to avoid her imminent and inconvenient collapse in their offices, sent her rapidly on her way to experts in distant places. One presented her with enormous […]
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