Posted in - Breakfast & gluten free & Puddings & Sweeties & Tea Time on October 3rd 2019
strawberry jam
I bought some strawberries which really had to be eaten last night but in my absence at a book talk in Bath by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver of St John London, they were not. So by this morning they had to be eaten straight away or be made into something. So this is …
Posted in - Bake & Puddings & Sweeties on February 16th 2015
biscuits chocolate florentines Treats
I briefly gave cookery demonstrations in 2012 and in searching for my Florentine recipe, found I had not put them on this blog. So here they are. As delicious as we all know they are but with a twist of roasted almonds. This happened by a mistake because I meant to skin them, found that …
Posted in - Sweeties on February 14th 2015
Chocolate lollies Valentines chocolate for children Valentines Day
At boarding school from 1985-1992, every February 14th, the lower 6th form would call us all to the main Hall where everything took place from Chapel to Detention. They had collected Valentine’s cards which had been sent to us over the previous days. One or two of us were selected to read our card out in …
Posted in - Healthy Recipes & Recipes & Sweeties on January 28th 2014
cashew nuts cocoa powder date sweets dried fruit
The inspiration behind this post it two-fold. One is Mary-Anne my healthy and artistic friend, and the other is children, my children in particular who have volunteered not to eat sweets – Mats for 3 days, Olivia for two weeks! The thing is, they don’t eat sweets every day and certainly during week days …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Recipes & Sweeties on January 16th 2014
caraway comfit
My mother tells me that my Canadian great grandfather loved caraway cake. I’ve never had it though I did once attempt to make it. Anyway, caraway has re-emerged via Granny Dot’s books:
‘Aunt Charlotte was tiny and fair, with smoothly-parted hair, a bonnet,
exquisite little kid boots, which she bought from a celebrated London bootmaker, and …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Sweeties on October 11th 2013
apricots candied cherries greengages pear plums Sweets
Pear sweets! I was given two large bags full of pears. I thanked my neighbour very much, really not knowing what I would do with them all. With some I made pear and apple juice which is in milk cartons in the freezer so that it lasts, and with the others I made these. And …
Posted in - Recipes & Sweeties on April 14th 2013
I have been asked to show the 12/13 year old girls at my daughter’s school how to make sweets as part of their final term’s entertainment. Therein lies the inspiration for this very sweet (warning!) and decadent recipe….
Ingredients
250g condensed milk
110g icing sugar
200g dessicated coconut
1. Put the condensed milk in a bowl and sift the icing …
Posted in - Recipes & Sweeties on February 25th 2013
bicarbonate of soda Chocolate Crunchie Honeycombe Sweets Treats
This could not be easier to make – if you google you will find loads of recipes. It can be made with just golden syrup or with butter and sugar too. I have gone for the latter option because everything tastes better with butter!
Warning: stir and jiggle the pan as little as possible but enough …