I’m calling this apple and sultana cake a “pantry cake” because it’s excellent for those days when you want to bake, but don’t want to shop. Surely we all have a couple of apples lying around? Brown sugar? Maybe some…
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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Don’t expect a big, bouncy sponge. The pineapple upside down is quite a flat cake. But what you can expect is a beautifully moist cake with a heavenly syrup. I wrote about the history of the pineapple here, and how…
Heaven Lemon Flan
I can see her in the kitchen,Apron on and sleeves rolled up,Measurin’ spices in a teaspoon,Figs and raisins in a cup. Now she’s throwin’ apple quartersIn that wooden bowl of hers,‘Long with lemon peel and orange,An’ she stirs, an’ stirs,…
My Very Eton Mess
Love that they call these (photo above) meringue nests, as if the meringue are wee, fey creatures of the forest! This is a dessert that falls most definitely under the cbf cooking category (excuse my language!). Unless you’re making the…
Quick Sticks Blueberry Tartlets
Ok, ok, this is another round of my lazy-cook’s puff-pastry, easy-peasy, quick-sticks, oh-no-is-that-the-doorbell desserts! This time, little blueberry tartlets that can be dressed up or down, depending on your care factor. The premise is the same. Puff pastry, jam/sugar or…
Rustic Apple Crumble
I’m calling this apple crumble “rustic” not only because it’s far from being a fancy-pants dish, but also because the photo above shows it served in some rustic pottery I bought from the original potter on a road trip I…
Strawberry Yoghurt Trifle
This strawberry yoghurt trifle recipe is one I wish I had long ago. Ironically, I don’t remember ever having trifles as a kid – they just weren’t part of my cultural kitchen. But for some reason trifle seemed to…
Last Minute Pineapple Puff Pastry Dessert
I’ve lost count of the times, over the years, I’ve thrown puff pastry on to, around, or underneath something. It never fails to make a quick and easy meal or dessert, far greater than the sum of its parts. The…
Let-Them-Eat-Chocolate-Cake Cake
If Marie Antoinette indeed said, “Let [the peasants] eat cake,” she probably meant a kind of brioche, as what we understand as cake, and definitely chocolate cake, wasn’t around yet. However Marie Antoinette did love drinking hot chocolate. I love…
All Your Tinned Fruit & Peach Cobbler
Growing up the child of working class migrant parents in the ’70s, a bowl of tinned peaches with vanilla ice-cream seemed like the height of sophistication. I still love tinned peaches. The beauty with this cobbler recipe is that it’s…
Frozen Raspberry Nougat Parfait with an Ice-Cream Hack
This has saved Christmas a few times, especially the hack. The parfait recipe below calls for ricotta, sugar and cream, but, I have in my time … replaced all of those … with … softened quality vanilla ice cream. There,…
Lazy Dessert – Puff Pastry Lemon Curd Tartlets
These are a huge step up from Bridget Jones’s dessert of marmalade, while hinting at the lemon pie you could make if only you *languid sigh* had the time. All while using only two ingredients. Simple, quick and adaptable? Yes,…
