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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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