Recipes

Light Chocolate Cake
Lovely moist cake with the added bonus of being very easy to make. Beautiful texture and taste. Once the cake  has cooled, keep it properly covered and that way it will stay moist for longer..I like to keep mine in the fridge.     Ingredients 75g unsalted butter, softened 1 cup caster sugar 2 eggs1  Continue Reading
Greek Eggplant, Spinach and Feta Cheese Quiche
Aubergines, layered with spinach, feta cheese and rice make a wonderful filling for pie that is perfect to eat warm or cold and also a great pie to take on a picnic.       Ingredients 190g | 6½ ounces shortcrust pastry, thawed if frozen  2 tablespoons olive oil  1 small eggplant, sliced into rounds  Continue Reading
Chocolate, Hazelnut & Salted Caramel Tart
This tart is very delicious. A bit time consuming but very easy to make. Not too sweet and not too rich and it is worth every single calorie.       Ingredients For the hazelnut pastry: 50g | 1.8 oz blanched hazelnuts 200g | 7.5 oz plain flour  1 tbsp icing sugar  140g | 5 Continue Reading
Cheese and Herbs Muffins
This is great recipe which can be adapted to suit your tastes, so feel free to experiment with different flavours and add any type of fresh or dry herbs that you like. Perfect for snack that also go brilliantly with soup. You can either bake these in a muffin tin, in ramekins, or even a oven-proof Continue Reading
Chocolate Brownie Cake
Make this delicious chocolate brownie cake in just 10  minutes with ingredients that you probably have around the house right now ! I don’t recall a time when I’ve made this and it did not turn out perfectly! It’s the cake that everyone loves. Crunchy texture on the outside and gooey on the inside.  Delicious !! Continue Reading
Quick Zucchini and Chorizo Lasagna
This comforting midweek meal is on the table in under an hour, and it’s sure to keep vegetarians and meat-eaters happy. if you’re a vegetarian skip the chorizo. Love it !       Ingredients olive oil  2 large zucchni , grated  200 g | 4 1/2 oz Chorizo, chopped into pieces  (optional) 1 clove garlic , grated  a Continue Reading
Buttery Rolls
These warm buttery rolls are very easy and quick to prepare and are super delicious. I love them warm and simply buttered.       Ingredients 1/8 cup warm water ( 46 C | 115 F degrees)  1 packet ( 7g | 1/4 ounce ) active dry yeast  3/4 cup warm whole milk (46 C Continue Reading
Self-Saucing Chocolate and Orange Pudding
This intense chocolate orange sponge bake with thick sauce is about as indulgent as a good pudding gets.       Ingredients 100g | 3 1/2 oz butter, melted, plus a little extra for the dish  250g | 8.8 oz self-raising flour 140g | 5 oz  caster sugar  50g | 1.8 cocoa  1 tsp baking Continue Reading
Smoked Salmon Carbonara
Every time I make this pasta I’m surprised just how delicious it is despite being so simple. Truly fantastic recipe !        Ingredients 300g | 10 oz  spaghetti or tagliatelle  1 tsp butter  1 garlic clove ,finely chopped 1/2 chilli, deseeded and finelli chopped  150ml | 5 fl oz double (heavy) cream  2 Continue Reading
Toffee Apple Pudding
This is the best apple pudding I have ever tasted and so cheap and simple to make. I’ve made it several times now and it always turns out perfect and never fails to please.         Ingredients 85g | 3 oz butter , melted  140g | 5 oz self-raising flour  100g | 3 Continue Reading
Naan Bread
I had no idea that making naan was so simple to make ! If the dough is too sticky, add more flour until you have very elastic but still wet dough.        Ingredients 400 g | 14 oz all-purpose flour 9 g | 2 1/4 oz instant dry yeast 170 g | 6 oz Continue Reading
Quick Apple and Cinnamon Cake
This fruity, spicy cake is quick and easy to make and the appetizing aroma as it bakes is wonderful. You can also make it with pears.       Ingredients 1 egg, beaten 40 g | 1 1/2 oz | 3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar 120 ml | 1/2 cup milk 50 g | 1/4 Continue Reading
Butter Whirls
These crisp, melt-in-the-mouth piped cookies are perfect for an afternoon coffee or a tea. Take less than 10 minutes to make them and another 12-15 to bake them. If you want to make them  Mocha Whirls, substitute 25 g | 1 oz | 1/4 cup (unsweetened) cocoa powder for 25 g | 1 oz | 1/4 Continue Reading
Custard & White Chocolate Biscuits
These are very light, crunchy, delicious and super easy to make. The original recipe calls for caster (superfine sugar) but I substituted it for light brown sugar. Turned out perfect. With caster sugar they would have been too sweet for my taste. Highly recommend you to try them.     Ingredients 140g | 5 oz butter , Continue Reading
Chocolate – Cherry Cookies
This is one of the best cookie recipes I’ve made so far. Absolutely lovely, melt in the mouth cookies. Plus, they can be baked from frozen ! You can use glazed cherries if you like, but I prefer canned.       Ingredients 200g | 7 oz unsalted butter , at room temperature  85g | 3 oz Continue Reading