For the love of food
If you’re looking for any easy, fun and tasty activity for Easter or just a quick dessert idea, cheat’s Easter egg cookies are for you. Of course you can make the biscuits yourself, I’d recommend my gingerbread biscuits, but when they make a biscuit that’s already shaped like an Easter egg, why wouldn’t you use [...]
I was a latecomer to the tradition of hot cross buns. My latent childish food issues stopped me from eating the traditional fruit-filled version (and I still don’t like them) but when chocolate hot cross buns came on the market a few years back I started to look forward to Good Friday breakfast almost as [...]
The four people who I told I had made woopie pies yesterday all reponded ‘what are woopie pies?!’ If you’re also wondering what I’m on about then allow me to explain. A warning though, once you make these you’ll be hooked. A woopie pie is like two cake-like biscuits sandwiched together with some sort of [...]
Today is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday. For those of you who aren’t religious (I’m not either), Shrove Tuesday is the day before the beginning of Lent. It’s traditionally a day of final indulgences before 40 days of repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. It became known as Pancake Day in some cultures because [...]
This cake is very very well named. It seems that when you bake it, a little devil invades your body making it impossible not to devour and off-cuts or leftover icing. The name doesn’t describe the cake though. It is rich, smooth, chocolaty and heavenly. Made with cocoa instead of chocolate, it’s less expensive to [...]
I love gingerbread. I remember making them with mum when I was little and the smell of them cooking in the oven. It can be tricky to find just the right balance of ‘gingerness’ but I think this recipe is just about perfect. The first step is to melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup. [...]
I am Claire & I love food. Here you'll find my favourite recipes, tips, tricks, restaurants & plates full of frivolity with the odd crafty post. New inspiration posted daily.
