When I posted a fig and prosciutto salad a few days ago, there was a reference to all the cousins at the party sitting down to play ‘the chocolate game’. I had many comments from people asking, ‘What is the chocolate game?’ It seems only Claire and I grew up playing this fantastic game and […]
Flourless Double Chocolate Cake
October 15, 2014 By 36 Comments
So far in this series we’ve made a vegetarian tart, baked some melt-in-the-mouth cookies, braised some ribs cooked in rum and coke and pickled some watermelon rind. Today we’re half-way through this series and by way of celebration we’re indulging in a dark, double chocolate, chocolate cake that also happens to be gluten-free. The recipe […]
Gluten-Free Banana and Hazelnut Cake
September 16, 2014 By 35 Comments
After her whirlwind visit, my sister Em, is now on a plane flying back to her husband and two sons in LA. It was a very brief and rushed visit and I was very grateful we managed to find a few moments to spend together. As most of you are aware, we spent Sunday together […]
Gluten-Free Chocolate and Raspberry Puddings and…The Charge Nurse
June 25, 2014 By 46 Comments
After I posted my story about the Charge Nurse on the cardiac ward, a few of the nurses I trained with read it and then contacted me to swap war stories. This gave us a lot of laughs and we all agreed that tragedy plus time equals comedy. The reminiscing reminded me of another story […]
Raw, Vegan Lemon ‘Cheesecake’
June 22, 2014 By 42 Comments
I’m no longer limping. I’ve been to see an osteopath and after telling him my tale of stupidity (air-headed notion of training for less than four weeks for a 10km ‘fun’ run), he looked at me like he was dealing with a slow learner and said, ‘That’s not very wise’. I said, ‘I know that […]
Pip’s Plum Cake
May 21, 2014 By 37 Comments
On Mother’s Day my cousin, Pip, brought a plum cake to our family lunch. It was a fantastic cake that’s not only inexpensive to make but also extremely easy to create so I thought I’d share it with you. I did want to call this, ‘Pip’s Plum Pie’, because that has a good ring to […]
A Cake of Joy
May 6, 2014 By 36 Comments
Prior to sculpting the Titanic cake, I had no idea of exactly how much cake I would need to make. Just to be safe I made four very large cakes that were 30 x 40 cms (12 x 16 inches) and stored them in the freezer. Running out of cake turned out to be not […]
How to Make a Titanic Birthday Cake
April 17, 2014 By 66 Comments
As soon as Archie announced the theme for his party, my mind raced to the cake and I knew instantly, there was no way of avoiding the issue. It had to be the ship. As daunting as this sounded, the good thing is a few years ago, a friend asked me to make a ship […]
Raspberry Praline Meringue Cake – A Gluten-Free Dessert
February 24, 2014 By 49 Comments
Thanks for all your lovely comments regarding the ladybird cupcakes. The children in Alfie’s class just loved them but there was one boy who went up to Alfie and said, ‘I have to be honest, I didn’t like the icing; it made me feel sick’. There’s one in every crowd! There were no mishaps with […]
Rosewater Meringues with Raspberry Sauce and Cream – Gluten Free
February 12, 2014 By 46 Comments
If you’re going to be vain, you have to have a very high pain threshold. A few weeks ago I went to a dentist for a long overdue overhaul. While pretty much unable to speak due to my tongue and both sides of my mouth being numb, I decided to mention, through slurred and barely […]
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