No Yeast Doughnuts

Being out of yeast and out of range of any doughnut stores I had to find a solution. And this, I am very happy to say, is the perfect solution. The only problem… Read More →

Chocolate Trifle

What to do when you have half of a chocolate cake and no one to eat it?  Chocolate Trifle of course! Trifle is a pretty good answer to any question in my opinion.… Read More →

Double Chocolate Pudding

This is a great chocolate pudding on its own, or even better as part of a Chocolate Trifle! Double Chocolate Pudding 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 Tbsp cornstarch Pinch… Read More →

Raspberry Oatmeal Bar

This is a really simple recipe which ends with a great cookie bar.  I usually make this with raspberry jam on one side and marmalade on the other to give a choice of… Read More →

Cranberry Jewelled Shortbread Cookies

These cranberry jewelled shortbread cookies were sent to me by a friend for making at Christmas, but we were moving so I didn’t get a chance to try them.  I made them today… Read More →

Triple Berry Double Layer Crisp

Usually when I make a fruit crisp it has fruit on the bottom with the crisp as topping, but this recipe calls for the fruit to be added between two layers of the… Read More →

Crustless Baked Cheesecake

Cheesecake, something I have loved for too long.  When I was growing up there was only no bake cheesecake.  Then I discovered baked cheesecake…  The rest is history. This is a really great… Read More →

Shortbread Cookies

There is definitely something more-ish about shortbread.  This is a particularly light shortbread, made with icing sugar.  The recipe makes a lot of cookies, so I decided to cut the recipe in half… Read More →

Nigella Lawson’s Awesome Vanilla Cake

This is a really great vanilla cake, though this time I made it as cupcakes.  (I am going through an individual portion thing at the moment!)  I got 18 extra large cupcakes from… Read More →

“The Kids’ Chocolate Cake”

I found this recipe for a chocolate cake from 1950.  It was described as “the kids’ cake” as the mom of the house made a spice cake for Dad and this cake for… Read More →