Category: Occasions

A recipe, and instructions for making a fantastic "Champagne on Ice" cake. This cake looks amazing, tastes great and is sure to impress your guests. Best of all- it's easy to make!

These spooky eyeball drinks toppers are super easy to make and perfect for Halloween. They only need 3 ingredients and look suitably scary

How to make yummy gin truffles. Easy to make and delicious too. A perfect gift, if you can bear to give them away! Warning- these are addictive.

A recipe for an easy to make and delicious Victoria Sandwich cake plus 5 reasons to make a cake in case you need justiification!

I have created a gluten-free, sugar-free recipe for cupcakes and I couldn't be more thrilled!

If you are looking for something to do next Saturday, 18th August, why not pay a visit to the Speciality Food Fair in Moira Demesne?

I recently got to meet some of the cows at Clandeboye yoghurt and was gifted some of their produce. I used the Madagascan vanilla Greek style yoghurt to make white chocolate and raspberry profiteroles. Pretty yummy even if I do say so myself!

Eating Ideas was invited for a visit to the newly refurbished Ivory Restaurant and Roof Terrace in Belfast. This is a favourite haunt of mine so how could I resist?

I have been working with NVTV (Northern Visions Television) to develop a new food and drink TV show for Northern Ireland. How exciting is that? A chance to see your favourite local products, producers, places and people on screen.

Eating Ideas was invited to the official opening of Indus Valley by Safa, a new Indian restaurant in Coleraine. Authentic and deliciious Indian food?- Yes please!

All the talk of Prince Harry getting engaged to Meghan Markle has prompted me to write this post about making this fabulous wedding cake for my niece, Anna and her new husband, Dave. It's only the second wedding cake I have ever made and I have to say that I am exceptionally proud of it. The main tier is a 12 inch madeira cake and I have shared the recipe here.

Irwin’s Bakery invited me to spend the day at the bakery in Portadown to learn all about how they bake bread, including the new Irwin’s Artisan range, as well as the secret behind how the famous Nutty Krust is made. As a massive fan of Nutty Krust, this was one invitation I couldn’t refuse!

Eating Ideas was invited to the official opening of Babel, the new rooftop bar and garden at Bullitt Hotel with panoramic city views across Belfast. What a treat!

The nice people at the Hillside have given Eating Ideas 2 tickets to their "Annual Game Evening" on Thursday 2 November 2017 for one lucky reader to win!

There's only a few days let to vote in the Irish Curry Awards. Ali Askir, founder of the awards, joined Eating Ideas for a chat and to provide all the latest information. Don't miss your chance to vote for your favourite restaurants and takeaways throughout Ireland.

I'm totally thrilled to have won the Golden Cow Softer best Northern Ireland Scone recipe competition. I entered my posh cheese scones and couldn't be more shocked that they won! They have even been on Television- Pamela Ballantine featured them on her chat show, UTV Life!