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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
