Whether you call them granola bars or muesli bars, the fact is that many companies make millions off these bars of natural pure energy. An easy breakfast or mid-morning snack, they are the perfect treat for anyone on the go, and a wonderfully compact energy boost when you feel yourself running out of steam. However, [...]
Retro-cool and a touch of nostalgia
March 2, 2008 1 Comment
There’s something about seed cakes that seem infinitely old-fashioned and comforting to me, especially one cake combination that has stood the test of time and continues to appear in it’s cool kitschy cute way in many a cookbook – that being the orange and poppy seed cake. This recipe comes from a tiny little recipe [...]
The most moreish cake you’ll ever try!
February 25, 2008 5 Comments
Apparently, it’s called writer’s block. And I appear to be suffering it. I’m still cooking…I just seem to have lost the power to compose semi-eloquent sentences that will entice you readers to become excited about what I’ve been baking – but I guess that’s what the pictures are for, right? This is another recipe from [...]
I’m totally nuts for nuts
December 7, 2007 Leave a Comment
Now, I have professed my love of the mightly nut on this blog before, and anyone who is a long-time reader may have picked up on my sheer adoration of the walnut. It is, in my opinion, one of the most marvellous nuts out there – with its soft, meaty flesh, fragrant oil and mild [...]
A frozen nose, a burnt tongue and a sweet, sugary memory
November 27, 2007 7 Comments
“You know,” my mother mused aloud as she watched me frowning over a big metal bowl of dough, “most ‘ahjumas‘1 don’t even bother making this from scratch because the packet mix is so good…” I grit my teeth. “Shut up, mom!” Seemingly oblivious to my pained request that she stop rubbing it in, she continued [...]
Waste not, want not
November 22, 2007 Leave a Comment
I’m sure anyone who’s a bit of a cake-baker knows this story – you’ve made a lovely little teacake or sponge to be enjoyed…and while it tastes marvelous, for some reason or another (perhaps, you’ve baked a sticky date cake which the family have been much more drawn too *cough cough*) there’s a few pieces [...]
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