poffertjes: Dutch buckwheat pancakes

poffertjes (Dutch buckwheat pancakes These pillowy buckwheat pancakes are light, delicious and really rather indulgent. Even their name is d...

chocolate covered cinder toffee (honeycomb)

chocolate covered cinder toffee Chocolate covered cinder toffee (known in some parts as honeycomb , puff candy , hokey-pokey , yellowman o...

mango with sweet chilli and lime dipping salt - a heavenly taste of the far east

mango with sweet chilli and lime dipping salt I always seem to buy either mangoes or papayas that aren't quite ripe. I know that you are...

boozy rum babas with lemongrass and lime syrup

boozy rum babas drenched in l emongrass and lime syrup Have you ever looked through the cookbooks of the 1950's, 60's and 70's ?...

spicy mulled wine plum compote with star anise and cinnamon

spicy mulled wine compote Back in her stand-up comedy days, the comedienne Jo Brand used to say (and I am editing here as although I have b...

toffee apples for bonfire night (and fulfilling a childhood dream)

crunchy and sticky: toffee apples As a small child I yearned for toffee apples; for their beautiful enticing shiny jewel-like colour and pro...

a zesty plum and allspice crumble (puts a spring in my step!)

zesty plum and allspice nut crumble So I am bouncing energetically around the kitchen singing " There is nothing like a plum " to ...