This recipe looks fancy pants enough to serve to friends for a Saturday night dinner, but actually isn’t particularly time consuming or tricky to make (and The Teen and The Husband absolutely love it). Consequently I need next to no encouragement to make it – so long as there’s a pork fillet in the freezer… Continue reading Pork with Marsala sauce
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Cauliflower cheese
The clocks have gone back, every leaf from miles around seems to be dropping in our garden, and I’m wearing a coat to walk the dog – Autumn is officially here, and cauliflower cheese is exactly what I want to eat. Surely the sheer quantity of vegetable here counterbalances the vast amount of cheese involved,… Continue reading Cauliflower cheese
Sticky toffee pudding
This is an absolute stone cold classic pud for a reason – it’s completely, utterly, delicious. A sticky date filled cake combined with tooth achingly sweet butterscotch sauce, all resistance is futile when faced with a bowl or plateful, and basically life is too short to deny yourself from this delight. This particular recipe is… Continue reading Sticky toffee pudding
Easy chocolate cake
This is my go-to chocolate cake that is guaranteed to make my chocoholic family very happy indeed. Leave out the chocolate elements and switch the sugar to caster and you pretty much have my standard vanilla cake recipe, and it’s the same recipe that’s been in my head since I was a child. Back then… Continue reading Easy chocolate cake
Oreo chocolate tofu tart
As unlikely as it seems, I promise that you won’t realise that you’re eating tofu when you’re licking the plate clean after eating this tart. It’s utterly smooth, creamy, and moreish, and as an added bonus it’s quick and easy to make. Inspiration came from a recent BBQ with friends where someone explained how to… Continue reading Oreo chocolate tofu tart
Chewy brown sugar cookies
Me Want Cookies. I know how Cookie Monster feels, because me generally (always) do want cookies. Actually my favourite biscuit is probably a custard cream, but this cookie is absolutely excellent in its caramelly toffee chewiness, plus the dough is also rather wonderful chopped up and mixed into vanilla ice-cream, so it’s one that I… Continue reading Chewy brown sugar cookies
Cinnamon rolls
Well these lasted all of about 5 minutes before they’d all been scoffed, they are THAT GOOD. They take a bit of effort, time wise, but there’s no crazy equipment or skills needed. The trick is to do most of the work during the day before the day you want to eat them, then in… Continue reading Cinnamon rolls
Simnel Slice
Or, as I like to think of it, simnel cake without the cake for those who don’t like fruitcake, but still want the utter excellentness that is marzipan at Easter. Making your own pastry is entirely optional and will save you an hour ish of making / chilling time (but it’s not hard to make).… Continue reading Simnel Slice
Easter nest cake
🎵 Oh I wish it could be Easter everyday 🎵 Wait, sorry, wrong holiday. However as my husband is a complete chocoholic I suspect this song is in his head most of the time. He looooooooves this cake, because it is a chocolately delight. It’s a flourless sponge which rises in the oven then falls… Continue reading Easter nest cake
Rose + pistachio macarons
It’s the return of one of my favourite flavour combinations here, rose + pistachio, this time in macaron form as a present for my wonderful Mother on Mother’s Day, because she’s really lovely (and also reading this. Hi! 💕). If you look at the photo you’ll see that a) I can’t get the tops of… Continue reading Rose + pistachio macarons
From My Kitchen 