Given this is my second post on cheesecake in less than a week, it is funny to think that I used to be an ardent cheesecake hater. I am not sure if anyone else has been scarred by the cheesecake of their childhood, but I grew up in an era when a frozen Sara Lee … Continue reading »
This is my entry for April’s Random Recipe Challenge over at fellow food blog, Belleau Kitchen. Apparently, Dom (the brilliant brains behind Belleau) will have been blogging up a storm for two years this month so in celebration of Belleau Kitchen’s second birthday, the focus for April’s challenge was to “bake something lovely.” The rules for this … Continue reading »
This banana cheesecake is my entry for AlphaBakes, a monthly blogging challenge hosted by Ros from “The More Than Occasional Baker” and her sidekick Caroline from “Caroline Makes.” Each month, a letter of the alphabet is chosen at random and bloggers have to bake a dish that starts with (or uses an ingredient that starts … Continue reading »
For this week’s Short and Tweet challenge there was a bounty of biscuit recipes on offer to make from Dan Lepard’s “Short and Sweet.” I decided to forgo the sweet stuff for once and elected to make both the buttermilk oatcakes and the blue cheese and oatmeal biscuits. The great thing about both these recipes … Continue reading »
I haven’t participated in the Weekly Bake Off for a while but when I saw that the selected recipe for this week’s Bake Off was the delicious sounding ‘Ultimate Chocolate Roulade’ from Mary Berry’s “100 Cakes and Bakes,” I just knew I had to join in. I have made a few swiss rolls and roulades … Continue reading »
Since starting my blog, I have been astounded by how big the community of food bloggers is out there. The natural habitat of the lesser-spotted food blogger seems to be Twitter. Here they can be found hanging out, titillating each other with pictures of their latest creations, going all gooey when a foodie celeb replies … Continue reading »
There is a great little restaurant near us called The Green Peppercorn. My newest obsession is their prawn tempura wraps. They make their own flour tortillas and stuff them with big fat juicy prawns in crispy batter, avocado, mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce and the result is seriously heavenly. Because I can’t afford to eat there … Continue reading »
This is my first ever entry for the “We Should Cocoa” challenge co-hosted by Choclette of Chocolate Log Blog and Chele from Chocolate Teapot, a monthly event for food bloggers which (you’ve probably guessed it by now) focuses on chocolate. April’s theme is a bit of a curveball, being as it is chocolate and cheese. … Continue reading »
