While frantically trying to clear my backlog of restaurant reviews in order to take my blog on its new Second Year journey, I do need to post this recipe in a timely fashion for Christmas: Fruit Mince! Charged with making the mince pies for the family Christmas this year, I thought I’d try making fruit … Continue reading
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Domestic Goddess attempts 2 and 3: Lemon-Raspberry Muffins and Blueberry Muffins
So my self-challenge to cook all the recipes from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess continues with two muffin recipes: Lemon-Raspberry Muffins and Blueberry Muffins. I cooked the lemon-raspberry muffins first, as I had a pressing need to get rid of the absurd amount of frozen berries I had filled up our tiny freezer with … Continue reading
Fresh Bread cooks: Best Ever Triple Choc Biscuits
I’m not sure if I’ve told you this before, but I’m the only one not studying a postgraduate qualification in my share house (I dropped out). I’m living with a CFA candidate, a PhD candidate and a Masters student. Such high achievers! Therefore, I am of course, trying to make them fat. Only kidding. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Fresh Bread cooks Coconut Cake: my grandma’s go to recipe
This is ridiculously easy. You’ll not believe me that it tastes delicious, but it does. I took it to work once, and got requests for the recipe – which I could write off the top of my head, as it’s SO easy! The sugar and coconut kind of caramelise together to form a delicious crust … Continue reading
Fresh Bread cooks Berry Friands: gluten free goodies for friends
I’m not coeliac, but I know someone who is. Actually, I know multiple people who are coeliac (it can be up to 1 in 100) and have a legitimate reason not to eat gluten as their bodies can’t digest it. I also know many, many more that have decided that for whatever dubious reason, they … Continue reading
Fresh Bread cooks Gingerbread: too much ginger is not enough…
…unless you’re my housemate G, who was quite happy with my initial attempt at these gingerbread men because I had used old, impotent dry ginger expiring in 2006. BORING! Unfortunately for G, I’m trying to perfect these little buggers because I want to give them to Mr Behemoth’s family as a Christmas present in lieu … Continue reading