Now that recipe I mentioned last Monday. In my recipe book it is called ‘Danish’ strawberry cake but as it is a ‘Cordon Bleu’ cookbook I don’t know how authentically Danish it is. As we were going to be five for lunch that day, I decided that I needed to make double quantities as I… Read More Strawberry cake
Last weekend I decided to try making some oat bread. I thought I would share the recipe with you. This is how I made it, slightly modified from the book I got it from, though I have given the full quantities not the half amounts that I used. You start with 8oz wholemeal bread flour,… Read More Oat Bread recipe
One thing I like to do when the occasion arises is to make marzipan fruit. I don’t think I learnt to make these either from my mother or school; I think it must have been a book or leaflet. For those of you who have never tried this is what you need. Some marzipan, of… Read More Making marzipan fruits and Christmas baking
First a little story. I am very fond of the flowers of the Japanese quince (Chaenomeles), I had one in the last house, so when I moved here I planted one in the garden. However a few years ago it became infested with a pest that covered it in fine cobwebs and which died down… Read More Not quite a recipe!
In February I shared some knitting, crochet and a recipe plus a couple of photographs. The light has not always been good for photographs this month. For knitting I showed you my first attempt at a new way of knitting a short row heel with a chart and link in case anyone else wanted to… Read More February Montage
When I was a child chain-letters were very popular but having had the process explained to me I never had anything to do with them except for once when my mother was the recipient of a recipe chain-letter. We decided that you couldn’t go far wrong with that and took a chance. In the event… Read More Another tea-time treat
When I buy beetroot from the greengrocer’s, I like to buy it when the leaves attached are fresh and green. Then I have an extra vegetable to enjoy. First, I remove the leaves from above the red stems. I cut off the beetroot and they go in the fridge for another day. I keep the… Read More Yummy Beetroot greens
This is one of my children’s favourite treats and I am pretty fond of it too. The original recipe came off the back of a tin of condensed milk over fifty years ago. The home made version is so much better than any commercially produced version I have ever tasted, so it is worth making… Read More Millionaires’ Shortbread recipe
Quite a variety in August. Only one crochet item this month which was the star bunting f0r my elder daughter’s birthday that I have been making over the last few months, mainly during bus or train journeys. (This is not to say I have not been doing other crochet and even knitting this month.) No… Read More August Montage
I realised when I made a picture menu for my recipes that I have not yet shared with you my favourite peach pudding. I suppose part of the reason for this is that I am normally making it when I have guests so I haven’t time to think of taking photographs along the way. This… Read More Almondy Stuffed Peaches
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