The buckle cake is a North American recipe which calls for lots of fruit – lots! While berries are typically used, other fruits can be substituted! Click here for: Blog post – Rhubarb and Strawberry Buckle Cake
Rhubarb and Marzipan Torte – Tangy and Almondy!
Batons of marzipan are hidden in the almond meal and marzipan batter, and then topped with batons of rhubarb! Click here for: Blog post – Rhubarb and Marzipan Torte
Layered Latvian Cake – Make it days ahead!
This traditional style cake has three layers of biscuits and three layers of cream mixture. Make it a couple of days ahead to allow the flavours to meld. Click here for: Blog post – Layered Latvian Cake
Shortbread – The Vanilla Version!
This recipe uses vanilla bean sugar and is made in a food processor. The end result is a shortbread with a light, ‘fluffy’ texture rather than a chewy biscuity one. Click here for: Blog post – Shortbread – With Vanilla Bean Sugar!
Beetroot – A Fascinating Cake!
An amazing feature of this recipe is that when you make the batter it looks like the cake has been made from raspberries! Click here for: Blog post – Beetroot – Salads, two Dips, one Cake!
Lemon Curd Sponge – Light, Lemony, Creamy!
This is an inspired combination bringing back wonderful memories: two sponge cakes, made from an old family recipe, layered together with lemon curd and cream! Click here for: Blog post – A January Dinner Party
Christmas Sink Cake – Great for a Crowd!
A versatile recipe for Christmas and other times you need to feed a crowd. You can modify the ingredients in many ways, varied according to what you have on hand! Click here for: Blog post – What’s in the Fridge? No. 9
Homemade Scones – With Jam and Fresh Cream
My mother, Olive, would make scones reasonably often. She used the “old fashioned” way of rubbing butter into the flour and she used to cook them in her wood-fired cast iron stove! For the recipe, click here – Scones, Jam and Cream
Pecan Pie – With Maple Syrup!
Pecan pie is one of the traditional dishes of the USA. This recipe gives a pie that will set with a crusty top and almost gooey interior! For the recipe, click here – Pecan Pie
Strawberry Blonde Cheesecake – With Chocolate Sauce!
A full page from the newspaper was taped to the glass door. It included a photo of a large slice of strawberry crowned cheesecake and the words “the strawberry blonde cheesecake is to die for and worth the month on the treadmill”! For the recipe, click here – New York City – The Big Cheesecake!