Coffee & Brazil Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies


Recipes

When I made the cookie batter for this recipe and tasted it, it reminded me of the truffles my mum would make when I was younger, she would make coffee and walnut though and they would be huge truffles that she would keep on a plate in the fridge, unguarded, silly mistake! They lasted all […]

October 14, 2013

Papaya & Matcha Cake with Green Tea Frosting


Eating

I’d completely forgotten about the pack of Matcha Green Tea Powder I got a while back, it’s been hiding at the back of my cupboard and I rescued it the other day and put it to good use.  I’ve only used it once before in a cookie recipe and thought I’d give it another go […]

October 10, 2013

Simple Cranberry Vanilla Muffins


Eating

I just love the zesty taste that cranberries give cakes and cookies, it’s fabulous, I’ve been stocking up on them as I’m contemplating some kind of Christmas Cake (It’s about now you have to start thinking of making Christmas Cakes isn’t it?) and I think these would be a great addition to the dried fruit […]

October 5, 2013

Beautifully Moist Vanilla Carrot Cake Muffins


Recipes

It’s been absolutely ages since I baked with carrots and I had one just sitting there all lonesome and forlorn, so I grabbed it up and set about some muffin baking, so glad I did as these were just fabulous, even if I do say so myself. You could, if you wanted, add a little […]

September 29, 2013

Chocolate Bakewell Muffins with Almond Frosting


Eating

Almonds…. yummy, I’ll eat almonds and marzipan all day long if I could and I love to bake with them, they are sublime in cookies and cakes and with a little help from some almond extract, well, need I say more, a taste sensation! My mouth has just started to water just thinking of these […]

September 27, 2013