So how about a bit of home baking? It's just the weather for it! This is a lovely straightforward recipe from a book with the comforting title of Granny's Muffins - 55 New Zealand Favourites Tried ...
Cakes
Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
Back to the comfort of my own kitchen and these cooler temperatures make me want to bake. You know how I found this recipe? Through Pinterest! This social media website is brilliant and I enjoy it ...
The perfect summer teatime treat: Lemon Rosemary Yogurt Cake
How do you like Pinterest? (have you noticed my little P pinterest button on the right?) I for one really enjoy playing around with it if I have any spare time! One of my favourite boards is ...
Künefe: the syrup-soaked, cheese-filled ‘shredded wheat’ dessert
Turkish desserts are not normally my thing: on the whole they are just too calorific for me to have even the remotest desire to make them! I would say that baklava is probably the best-known ...
Fab Turkish Cherries/Kiraz: Use Them in a White Chocolate & Cherry Loaf
My favourite little kitchen tool these days is my cherry stoner - is that what it's called? Pitter? De-stoner? Anyway, it's brilliant! You never know with items like this whether they are worth it or ...
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
The weather is fabulous and here we are again in our village of Assos! Before I get into proper summery-type dishes (dependent on a visit to the market), I do want to post this oh-so-English teatime ...
Clementine – or Orange – & Almond Syrup Cake: from Ottolenghi! I highly recommend it!
I was really pleased with the way this cake turned out. It was reminiscent of revani because of the syrup that's poured over the cooked cake at the end: it seems like a lot but amazingly the ...
Orange Kiss-Me-Cake: A Recipe from My Past!
Do you see how stained and tattered this recipe is? Here it is, in the unmistakable handwriting of dear old friend MK. But the recipe is attributed to Pat Fesçi who was undoubtedly one of the original ...