Contents of the 'recipes: Sweet' Category'
Rhubarb Fool Recipe
Monday, April 20th, 2009
A “fool” is a great and traditional way of showcasing in season fruit. You can try and be fancy (I’ve tried many different recipes before) but I’ve yet to find anything which beats the simplicity of stewed fruit folded into whipped cream.Confusingly, rhubarb is actually a vegetable, but that doesn’t stop it being right at the top of my list of seasonal foods, and my favourite for deserts such as this. Give it a go with gooseberries or raspberries too – it works just as well.
Babka Cytrynowa – Polish Lemon Cake
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Easter is a big deal in Poland, a country where 90% of the population are Roman Catholic. The end of lent is marked by feasting throughout the Easter weekend, and this cake “Babka Cytrynowa” (literally translated as “lemon Grandma cake”) is just one of the many traditional dishesthat is used to mark the occasion.
Sliwki w Czekoladzie (Plums in Chocolate)
Monday, December 29th, 2008Easy Peasy Baileys Chocolate Truffle Recipe
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
So here’s the story in brief; my Wife loves Baileys Truffles and expects them every Christmas without fail. I decided that instead of buying them for Christmas I should make them; simple truffles are, after all, the easiest thing in the world, with only a couple of ingredients and no real cooking involved.
This recipe uses [...]
Maple & Pecan Flapjack
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Mum’s Birthday Cake
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
I’ve had a strange kind of “Christmassy” feeling this past few days. I’m going to put that down to me sitting on my arse drinking wine, wet and cold weather outside (leading to floods all over the UK, again), and the smell of baking filling the house. Oh, the joys!
The baking this time around is [...]




