Category: Sweets
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Spelt & Spice Buns
The kids are finding it hard to accept Easter having passed for the year – no more chocolate eggs (thank God, Mummy ate most of them!) along with the fact that there are no more hot crossed buns in the shops. We made these delicious currant buns with spelt this morning which made a great rainy day…
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Karen’s Chestnut Flour and Honey Rosemary Cake with Pine Nuts
Good ole Kaz again. It’s starting to get creepy, I know.. I made this unusual cake tonight and the flavour’s kinda hard to explain. The chestnut flour gives a lovely full, rich flavour and the rosemary gives it some savouriness (?) but it’s good alright. I thought it wouldn’t be something the kids would come…
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Lemon Delicious Pudding
Our tree is brimming with lovely Meyer lemons right now. I’ve been scouring my books and the net for yummy lemon recipes and came across this one. I’ve made the chocolate self saucing pudding many a time, but never Lemon Delicious. The verdict: it is indeed Delicious!
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Grape Harvest Cake
I came across this recipe quite by accident last week when looking for recipes to use up a glut of lemons. I’d never tried grapes in a cake, but when I thought about it, realised it would probably be bloody delicious, so gave it a go yesterday. Well, yum.
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Basque Burnt Cheesecake
I made this cheesecake for the first time over a year ago and haven’t tried it since. I don’t know why though, I’ve thought about it often and it was so easy to whip up. My brother generously told me it was the best thing I’d ever made! He’s got quite a sweet tooth that…
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Bread & Butter Pudding with Leftover Tsoureki
Well, if you’re Greek, this time of year you might have a bit of leftover tsoureki lying around. Of course it’s delicious toasted, but especially fab in a bread and butter pud. For those not schooled in all things Hellenic, tsoureki is a sweet bread traditionally made around Greek Easter. You’d probably recognise the knotted…
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Jewish Orange and Almond Cake
I’m told this is a classic Passover dessert. It’s a beautiful recipe with very few ingredients which produces a lovely moist cake to enjoy with a cuppa. It uses whole oranges, boiled and then pulped in the food processor which gives the cake a lovely tang. I’ve seen a few different versions of this type of…
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Mum’s Scottish Shortbread
My mum makes by far the best shortbread I’ve ever tasted. True to her Scottish heritage, it’s ever so short and buttery. The recipe was a bit sketchy when relayed though – she works on approximates and instincts as all good cooks do!
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Ray’s Spanish-Irish Christmas Pud
I’m a bit late putting this recipe up now that we’re in Jan already, but perhaps it would make a good Xmas in July dessert and there’s no doubt that Christmas puddings always get better with time, so make it ahead. It was Raymondo’s turn this year to make the pud and I have to…
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Banana Bread
Why is it that when you feel like a banana, there’s none left and when you have some in the house they are left to go brown!? When I have three or four overripe bananas, I think of this yummy banana bread (which is really more like cake – I’m not sure why they call it…
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Melomakarona tis Giagia (Giagia’s honey syrup biscuits)
I love this time of year, so many delicious flavours flying around in the lead up to the big day. We have an amazing array of biscuits here at our place right now, some cooked in-house and others delivered from friends and family. To me, melomakarona are the golden child of Greek biscuits. My mother in law (Giagia)…
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Black Pepper, Rosemary & Fennel Biscotti
So I made these two days ago for the first time and they are AMAZING! The savoury black pepper and rosemary go so so well with the sweet raisins (I used sultanas) and the almonds. The fennel isn’t for everyone, I know, but you could easily leave it out or reduce the amount to half…
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Melopita (honey cake)
Sometimes I can’t get ricotta at the deli and end up having to buy a whole kilo from the cheese fridge at the supermarket. If you find yourself with way too much ricotta, this is a great way to use it up. It’s a really quick, easy and delicious little Greek cheese cake that’s kind of like…
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Italian Hazelnut Biscuits
Another really simple biscuit recipe, good for when you’re short on time. These are lovely and chewy and great with a cuppa or vanilla ice-cream. You’ll have squirrels beating down your door for a taste!
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Amaretti (Almond Biscuits)
These are dead easy and quick traditional Italian biscuits and go so well with tea or coffee. The best thing is they can easily be whipped up and cooked within a half hour, so they’re fantastic if you have guests coming for a cuppa and have nothing in the cupboard.
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Raspberry sorbet
This is a great thing to do with leftover egg whites and something cool to ease the heat on a hot summer night. I honestly can’t remember where I first came across this recipe, but it has to be the all time quickest and easiest ice cream – well sorbet, but it has a pretty ice-creamy texture…
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Cherry Clafoutis
Nothing screams Christmas like a big bowl of fresh, ripe cherries and we’ve had the most amazing harvest this year. They are so good to eat fresh, but if you have a glut and are looking for something to make, this recipe is a simple and tasty way to use them up. Tinned or frozen cherries…