Traditionally Lent and Easter must have been a bit of a culinary rollercoaster. Indulgence on Shrove Tuesday followed by fasting from Ash Wednesday through to the Easter Weekend, followed by a feast and chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t Easter without Hot Cross Buns. The smell of the fragrant spices and fruit as you bake/toast [...]
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Recipes, Vegetarian on Apr 15th, 2009
My friend Emma from work went away for a few days, leaving some bananas on her desk. By Friday afternoon, they were brown and squasshy and headed for the bin – ideal for a banana cake I thought! I didn’t know a recipe, so I searched through some books at home. There is a great [...]
Only one month to go! This weekend we had a bit of a mad Christmas baking session, we made quince mince pies, ginger and pineapple Christmas cake and the biggest Christmas pudding I’ve ever seen! The recipe for the mince pies is below and Paul will add the recipes for the other two later. Quince [...]
Posted in Baking, Recipes, Vegetarian on Nov 25th, 2008