My Canadian mother rarely makes puddings. If she does, they most definitely do not involve suet. So Granny Dot has introduced this to me via savoury and sweet puddings; I love them. This is a winner, as is the savoury Bacon pudding. The most exciting thing about this is walking into the kitchen for about two …
To eat pudding for breakfast may not have crossed your mind. The thing is, I LOVE pudding! The idea came from a hotel in Borneo back in 1993. It somehow re-emerged through the recesses of my brain since my return trip in 2013. It is spoiling but my latest theory is that to start the day in …
This cake is another from my great great Granny. She calls it Ring cake and I don’t know why other than the tin perhaps. A rock cake, which was my previous post, is a rock cake, and not overly thrilling. This recipe however, is thrilling; I am excited about the icing and while I realise that such …
My late father adored these. I even have a photograph on my dressing table of him eating one. The thought of adding it to my blog feels a little too much, so please just picture a happy face indulging in something which always made him smile!
I bought one for my children to share after …
This is one of my great great grandmother’s recipes, re-invented. I have kept the same ingredients and changed the quanties, adding demerara sugar for a wonderful finish.
I made it for tea with a lovely lady, Barbara Marriott, the grandmother of a friend, whilst asking her for words of wisdom in the research I am doing for a book …
I have been to Sweden a couple of times to visit my husband’s family, but I have not actually had a bullar, or I am told I have but was pregnant at the time and I really can’t remember so I am guessing that it was not as memorable experience as I hope eating these …
