For the Longest Day, Summer Solstice and Midsummer Today’s recipe for “Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake is in celebration for Midsummer and the longest day – the Summer Solstice, which happens to be today, the 20th June 2016; Midsummer follows on this week and falls on Friday the 24th June, which is great news, as it means…
Dessert
Apple, Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake
with Bramley Apples, Lemon Curd and Elderflower Cordial After a weekend of dizzying high temperatures, with the mercury reaching the high twenties in the South of England, it’s time to pack up my winter recipe file and share some spring and summery treats; and, there can be little more spring-like that the prospect of a light…
Creme Egg & Malteser Chocolate Tiffin Bundt Cake
A No-Bake Cake for Easter Hot on the heels of another Spring Recipe Post, for Apple Rose Tarts for Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday) that I published a few days ago, I am very pleased to present with a chocolatey flourish, a brand new Easter baking recipe (or a non-baking recipe as it happens) for No-Bake Creme Egg & Malteser Chocolate…
Apple Rose Tarts for Mother’s Day
A Mothering Sunday Tea Time Treat Mothering Sunday, which the correct title for Mother’s Day in the UK, is just three days away now – this year the date falls on Sunday the 6th March, and just in time for this special day, I have created the prettiest tarts I’ve seen in a long time….
Spiced Cinnamon and Coffee Buns
For Fairtrade Fortnight 29th February to 13th March 2016 Fairtrade Fortnight is just over a week away, and these Spiced Cinnamon and Coffee Buns would be perfect for any breakfasts, office lunch box treats or for afternoon tea. These little buns are made with Fairtrade coffee by Percol as well as Fairtrade brown sugar – they are…
Cappuccino Pancakes with Bananas for Breakfast Week
And for Fairtrade Fortnight This week is Breakfast Week in the UK, and as breakfast is one of my favourite meals of the day, and I DO eat it every day, it only seemed right that I share this recipe for Cappuccino Pancakes with Bananas for Breakfast Week. With the slogan of “Shake up your Wake…
Coffee Shop Style Banana Bread
Healthy Low-Calorie Recipe for Weight Watchers I bet we’ve all had a bowl of bananas that have just “gone” all of a sudden.……one minute they are pert, bright yellow and slightly green, and suddenly you have a bowl of brown spotted yellow fruit that would rival a Giraffe’s markings. I love bananas and eat one…
Twelfth Night & Epiphany: Mincemeat Soda Bread
Using Leftover Mincemeat Tomorrow, January the 5th, is Twelfth Night, and the day that I take down all my Christmas decorations and the Christmas tree; it’s the traditional end of the Christmas festive season, and one of the saddest days for me, as I love Christmas with all the food, family gatherings and the age-old customs…
Celebration Raspberry and Almond Trifle
Cooking with a2Milk at Taste of London Trifle, that most quintessential of British desserts, layers of fluffy cream, dreamy custard, sherry soaked cake, fresh berries and tangy jelly, all bound together in one large bowl of deliciousness. Always seen on the Christmas Tea Table, as well as other celebratory occasions throughout the year. But what…
Stir-Up Sunday Christmas Pudding & Silver Sixpence
Making my Christmas Pudding with The Royal Mint Last Sunday the 22nd November was Stir-Up Sunday, traditionally the day that all organised cooks and housewives made their Christmas puddings…….I was planning to make mine on the day too, but as it happened, I was in London cooking at the Taste of London Winter Festival, so,…
Get Ready for Stir-Up Sunday with The Royal Mint
Claim your FREE Sixpence! I am delighted to tell all my readers that I have teamed up with The Royal Mint this year in order to try to re-establish the age-old tradition of Stir-Up Sunday. I am also thrilled to be able to share The Royal Mint’s recipe for a traditional Christmas Pudding, which you can all make…
Waterfalls, Wine and Vineyards of Niagara
Waterfalls, Wine and Vineyards of Niagara AND Cooking with Anna and Michael Olson Imagine a long weekend of wine tasting, eating, visiting one of the most famous and stunning natural features in the world and cooking alongside a famous TV chef or two; well, that’s exactly what I enjoyed on a recent trip to Niagara in Ontario,…
Foodie Ontario: Butter Tarts, Peaches & Farm-Gate Markets
Foodie Ontario: Butter Tarts, Peaches & Farm-Gate Markets Part One: Explore Canada – Let me take you on a food journey through Niagara in Ontario, Canada…..Foodie Ontario: Butter Tarts, Peaches & Farm-Gate Markets………….. Hugging the great lakes to the south, the Hudson Bay to the North, whilst also bordering two other Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Quebec, as…
Autumn Harvest Treat: Beetroot Flapjacks
Autumn Harvest Treat: Beetroot Flapjacks Welcome to my fourth and final guest post, today we have my good friend Choclette, from Tin and Thyme taking over Lavender and Lovage with her rather special recipe, a real autumn treat, for Beetroot Flapjacks. Choclette is better known to some of you for her blog Chocolate Log Blog,…
Blondies with Pistachio and Cardamom
Blondies with Pistachio and Cardamom Welcome to my second guest post, today we have the lovely Vanesther from Bangers and Mash taking over Lavender and Lovage, and what a treat is in store for all of you, as she has baked some Blondies with Pistachio and Cardamom to share with all my readers! Vanesther and I…
