Category: Desserts

Feeling indulgent?  Want to spoil yourself?  Look no further- These chocolate profiteroles are just the thing! I tend to have a very limited range of desserts that I make, usually variations of pavlovas and cheesecakes. I decided it was time to be a bit more ambitious and settled on chocolate profiteroles which can be a […]

I love having people round for Sunday lunch. It’s a much more leisurely occasion than a dinner party with time to prepare, time to serve and most importantly, time to enjoy! I invited my good friend Louise and her partner Tim round for Sunday lunch and was really excited about their visit as I hadn’t […]

I have made many varieties of cheesecake in my day but never a pineapple one but I really thought it would work and so gave it a go.  It was a bit hit and miss as I had no idea how much pineapple to add but it really paid off as it was delicious and […]

So the World Cup is in full flow and there is no escape!  I am so stranger to football as my previous job involved me working at the World Cup and European Championships for years.  While this made me the envy of all my male friends- to be honest, I really took for granted.  It […]

I am always on the lookout for a nice pudding and this one really fits the bill- better still it needs no cooking which makes it an easy choice.  It’s quite rich so a small slice should be enough (unless you are like me and can always be tempted by another little piece!) To make […]

I had to share this with you as I was so impressed by the joint efforts of my sister, Diane and allotment guru, Mandy.  Mandy harvested a glut of gooseberries and gave a load to Diane, who coincidently was found by my parents under a gooseberry bush as a baby!! Diane has never been one […]

I was invited to a Moroccan themed dinner party at my friend Sarah’s house.  People were contributing various elements of the menu and I offered to make one of the desserts.  My rudimentary research on Moroccan desserts did nothing to make my mouth water and I really didn’t want to cause a disappointing end to […]

  When I recently visited the allotment of fruit and veg growing guru, Mandy, she kindly handed out a bumper lot of rhubarb which we loaded into the boot of my sister’s car.  She in turn delighted me my sending me this picture of an array of Rhubarb crumbles baking in her oven.  Such pleasure […]

Its Friday- time to forget the beach diet plan and allow yourself a bit of indulgence.  After all, you have had a very tough week and you deserve it, you really do! This  is a nice twist on a traditional pavlova and certainly looks impressive when it is served.  It involves a little bit of fiddling […]

A friend of mine had mentioned that she had seen a picture of these Cheesecake strawberries on Pinterest and they sounded lovely.  I definitely thought they were worth trying, even if they looked a bit fiddly and time consuming.  The basic idea is to hull the strawberries (taking away a bit more than you normally […]

My friend, Molly, and I were experimenting in the kitchen and decided to try making a baked alaska.  This was a favourite of mine as a child but I haven’t tried one since.  We decided to make one with a twist and used Jamaica ginger cake (mainly because there was one in the cupboard that […]

Regular readers will know all too well how fond I am of a pavlova.  It has to be home made though.  I really find the ones that are served in restaurants are just not the same.  Previous posts have shown variations on the pavlova theme, including pavlova roulade and chocolate pavlova.  This is just one […]

So, Im just back from a lovely break in Mexico and am really struggling to adapt back to real life.  The snow especially is a challenge as I miss my sun lounger and extensive range of tequila based cocktails! I have decided to spend the rest of January and beginning of February on a detox […]

I remember making banoffee pie when I was growing up and the most painful part of the process was boiling the tin of condensed milk for hours to turn it into caramel.  Well- guess what?  The boffins in the lab have come up with another labour saving solution for the 21st century and have introduced […]

Recipe for Toblerone cheesecake Base 80g Margarine or butter 160g digestive biscuits 1 tablesponful drinking chocolate Filling 220g Toblerone 220g Philadelphia light 60g icing sugar Large carton whipped cream Large bag maltesers Make the base by melting butter and adding to crushed biscuits and drinking chocolate. Press into tin For the topping, carefully melt the […]

My sister made this for me and shared the recipe. She actually got the recipe from the Tesco magazine but apparently it orginally came from Lisa Faulkners book – Recipes from my Mother to my daughter Its got quite a tart taste so would be good served with cream or icecream Baked key Lime pie […]