Category Archives: cooking
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Staying with the same theme as my last food post for Eccles Cakes, I have another recipe from England, also my mother’s recipe and another recipe that I enjoyed making as a child and teenager myself. In fact, as a … Continue reading
Eccles Cakes.
When I smell dried fruits and spices they remind me of happy days, spent with my mother, baking in her kitchen. When heat is added to the fruits and spices, the aroma is even more intense. These are my memories … Continue reading
Lemon Meringue Pie
Don’t you just love a dessert recipe which is not only easy to prepare, but it looks as though you slaved away in the kitchen all day to prepare? My Lemon Meringue Pie recipe is not only one of the … Continue reading
A Taste Of Nostalgia…Malt Bread
This is one of my Mum’s recipes, so for me it conjures up images of my childhood, but most of all, to me, it’s comfort food. I wonder…can a cake-type treat be described as “comfort food”? Perhaps not, unless you … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake, For Any Occasion.
This Easter just passed, rather than let the family eat Easter eggs all weekend, but still staying with the chocolate theme, I made my favourite version of good old fashioned chocolate cake. During all of my years of hosting children’s … Continue reading
