In my previous post I mentioned a school Coffee Morning that we held for Comic Relief. Along with the Red Velvet Cake I also made Chocolate and Walnut Brownies and Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies. This brownie recipe is an easy one… Read More ›
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Red Velvet Cake – perfect for a Comic Relief Coffee Morning
Here in the UK we have a fundraising body called Comic Relief that was set up 25 years ago (unbelievable because I remember the first event and it really doesn’t seem that long ago!), whose mission is to “drive positive change through… Read More ›
Cinammon and Apple Cake
This is a great recipe if you want to make a cake but don’t have the time to stay in and wait for it to bake. Here in the UK we have had some very cold and snowy weather recently:… Read More ›
Chocolate Fudge Cake – a birthday cake and dessert, all in one
If you need a birthday cake that can double as dessert, this is the one! Chocolate Fudge Cake is generally a crowd pleaser and if your guests don’t like it, all the more for you… I have mentioned my friend… Read More ›
On Meringues, Gifts and Good Friends
I have two great friends who both have birthdays in the first week of January. (Along with my son and my dad, it’s a busy week!). This year Vana and Gilly were both 40, so more of a month of… Read More ›
Blackcurrant Trifle – a reminder of summer
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while will know that fruit picking is one of my favourite summer time pastimes (yes, my life really is that exciting!). This year the weather was so terrible there… Read More ›
Gingerbread Wreath Cake – perfect for Christmas coffee mornings
Blogs feature highly on my “to do” list these days, either for writing posts or reading other people’s. There are definitely not enough hours in the day to read or write all the posts I would like to, and one of the… Read More ›
Lemon Cheesecake with Raspberries
If you are expecting guests and don’t want to be doing everything at the last minute, this is the perfect dessert. You can make it the day before and keep it chilled until you are ready for it. It has… Read More ›
French Lemon Tart
This is a great dessert that looks a lot a harder to make than it really is. You can either make one large tart to share or individual ones. And one of the great things about this recipe is that… Read More ›
Chocolate Brownies with beetroot – shh, don’t tell the kids!
I had some beetroot in my vegetable box this week, which always seems like a good thing at the time but I generally spend a week wondering what to do with it. Last time I had beetroot I made a Chocolate and… Read More ›
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