Recipe Archive

Jul 20th 2010

Strawberry mirror cheesecake

Strawberry mirror cheesecake

If you ask me, there are three broad categories of strawberries: there's the tasteless stuff you get in supermarkets during the winter months, force-grown in ... Read more

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Jun 15th 2010

Strawberry tartlets with basil-infused pastry cream

Strawberry basil tartlets

A few days ago my inner mad scientist conspired with my hatred of food wastage and zeroed in on a bunch of basil which was ... Read more

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Jun 7th 2010

Stripey Coffee Walnut Bundt Cake

Coffee Walnut Bundt Cake

I'd been wondering why a stripey cake has been following me around - not literally - for a while now. Perhaps it's got something to ... Read more

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May 12th 2010

Cardamom Cranberry Cookies

Cardamom cranberry oatmeal cookies

These cardamom cranberry cookies, or the fabulous CCCs, are a twist on the classic oatmeal raisin cookie. With just two little changes to the traditional ... Read more

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Apr 21st 2010

Lemon meringue tartlets, oh my

Lemon meringue tartlets

There's something special about lemon meringue tarts. When I delivered these beauties to my chums at Madgex there was a veritable sugar ecstasy in the ... Read more

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Apr 12th 2010

Brighton Chocolate Invasion!

Cocoa nib chocolate-dipped cookies

How is this for striking a balance in one's daily life: on the same weekend the Sports Relief rolled into town, Brighton was also host ... Read more

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Mar 3rd 2010

Toasted hazelnut and chocolate cake

"Hazelnut and chocolate cake with nutella icing" sounds pretty enticing. "Toasted hazelnut and chocolate cake with nutella icing" sounds even better. What is it about ... Read more

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Feb 14th 2010

Absinthe Macarons

I have something of a past. See, I used to be in the mafia - the absinthe mafia, that is. Sometime in the late 90's ... Read more

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Feb 7th 2010

White chocolate macarons

Macaroon with white chocolate cream cheese filling

Macarons - true, Parisian macarons - can easily become an obsession. With just four or five ingredients, they are nevertheless demanding little biscuits, requiring patience ... Read more

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Jan 31st 2010

Nom-tastic Nanaimo bars

I'm not quite a Daring Baker yet - I've only just signed up. But when I saw last month's challenge recipe,  I couldn't resist it ... Read more

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