Pagan life, with just a hint of fairy dust, of a UK Witch
On Christmas morning, I was in the kitchen with my younger son, who desperately wanted to help with the cooking. As we’re vegetarian, and not really into the whole Christmas thing, dinner was nontraditional (enchilladas) followed by a very English-style pudding. I had the dinner under control, so I supervised the cake making and I did [...]
I love making muffins because they are just so quick and easy. Plus I usually have the ingredients around the kitchen to make a basic muffin. This recipe was born out of a need for cake, which I’m sure you can understand, and only a couple of apples to add to the mixture. What you [...]
I think the name is a bit misleading as these cakes are more like big cookies but really when we’re talking about sweet things who cares? I was sold when I noticed it used rose water – I love rose! This is an old recipe, probably back to the middle ages and made for religious [...]
If you read my post on my first disastrous week of getting a bit fitter then you will be wondering how I can possibly improve if I make cakes. Then eat them. You would be right to wonder and I am trying to come up with even the slightest reasonable excuse. Erm… my husband made me do [...]
The hazelnut has long been associated with Halloween divination – it’s considered wise to eat a hazelnut before attempting any future telling on Halloween. A charm made by stringing 9 hazelnuts together then placed in your house on Halloween will give you good luck and ward off evil. Don’t worry about that yet though – [...]
This super easy, no bake cake tastes fantastic. My husband declared it one of his favourite cakes but that’s probably because it’s got ginger in it and he’s addicted. It takes about 10 minutes to make and the hardest part of this recipe is waiting for it to set in the fridge. What you need: [...]
When we visited Poole this week we stopped by a cafe for lunch. There, amongst all the other temptations, was a slice of zesty lemon cake. Who could resist that? Anyway it turned out not to be particularly zesty – definitely on the lame side. I thought I’d make one at home but then the [...]
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