Patisserie week always feels me with a little dread because it requires a lot of daintiness and neatness, qualities I do not possess. So when I saw that this week’s GBBO involved making either *Cream Horns *Mokatines *Three tiers of choux pastry eclairs filled with creme pat I decided to go with what I thought … [Read more…]
Yes you have read this recipe correctly. Cookies that contain sweetcorn! And yet they work and they taste really nice, so much so that Jenson LOVED them and did not believe me, when I told him he was eating that yellow vegetable that he does not like on his plate usually inside something so ‘yummy … [Read more…]
I do love a fruit cake. Any type will do. It is not a cake I make very often because a sponge cake is so quick and easy to bake, and there are more variations you can make. However, when I saw that the theme for GBBO this week was Victorian and the baking categories … [Read more…]
With the weather being a little more autumnal recently, I have started using my slow cooker again. I love my slow cooker – such an easy way to make a great tasting meal for my family, which makes the meat so tender and full of flavour.
There has been an awful lot of bad press about sugar recently, and now according to the government guidelines, adults should not consume more than 7 tsp of sugar a day. That really is not a lot across one day, because so many foods and drinks contain hidden sugars. By giving our children a well … [Read more…]