So, I haven’t quite jumped onto the instagram bandwagon yet (I probably should for blogging purposes). However, having more than a passing interest in food, I tend to collect photos of beautiful food in every form. A lot of these pictures are things my friends have made or are meals in restaurants I’ve reviewed. I hope you enjoy having a look at my food (and … Continue reading Food gawking
Now, this recipe was inspired by my utter obsession with the raspberry and white chocolate brownies that used to be on sale in my work canteen. They were little squares of brownie heaven that I have tried to recreate. Now these brownies are pretty squidgy and messy to eat but they do taste so wonderful its worth the sticky fingers. They are also pretty quick … Continue reading Raspberry and white chocolate brownies
As mentioned in my previous post I was at the Cake and Bake show at the weekend first with J, then accompanied by my parents. It was nice to go and absorb some knowledge and buy some cool kitchen stuff (zombie biscuits will be a definite blog post). I particularly liked all the demonstrations from various people in the food industry and as much as … Continue reading The Cake and Bake Show, Manchester
This dessert is definitely one of those unassuming looking ones that packs a great chocolate punch. It just doesn’t look that pretty when you’re cooking it (although the smell of dark chocolate is divine!). It’s the culinary equivalent that old cliché of the girl everybody overlooks through high school who arrives at prom night and everybody falls in love with her. As an added bonus … Continue reading Dark chocolate mousse dessert
Ok, I’ll work on the name. Now occasionally when I bake I tweak recipes. Well I decided to keep similar proportions to my basic shortbread but to tweak it so it was more flavoursome. In addition I was pushed for time so instead of creaming butter and sugar I melted everything bar the flour together. Using maple syrup and brown sugar resulted in a richer … Continue reading So I made up a biscuit recipe – “Easy maple syrup biscuits”
Well ladies and gentlemen, as one of my friends would say, I have been riding the sugar wave today. Aside from the tiffin made in the previous post I have eaten a large amount of treats I bought for trick or treaters that never appeared and cake. Possibly the mostly beautiful and gory Hallowe’en cakes I have ever seen. These babies were made by my … Continue reading Halowe’en baking geniosity (Disclaimer – I did not do the baking)
So I don’t know if this is strictly what you’d call tiffin, but I really don’t think there are any hard and fast rules when it comes to crushing up digestives and adding melted chocolate. This is a very easy recipe that, while it’s not the prettiest Hallowe’en treat, will win you many friends when you produce it. Plus there’s only a little bit of … Continue reading So its Hallowe’en tomorrow and you forgot to make treats…..easy tiffin
As an aficionado of all sorts of baked goods it’s all to tempting to make (and eat) biscuits and cakes more often than I should. However, I usually reserve baking treats for times when I can share the delights (and the occasional disaster) with others. As my brother shares my passion for all things biscuity I decided to make some shortbread for when he visited … Continue reading 3 – 2 – 1 Shortbread. A simple shortbread story.
The Bunfight 