dessert

Dulce de Leche Macaroni Pudding
19th March 2016

I had such fun last week doing the Rennie Challenge and reading about 1950s food that I ended up doing another recipe to go with it. I was sure I …


Chocolate Mousse Trifle
3rd January 2016

Merry post Christmas and Happy New 2016! I hope you had a fantastic festive season and aren't planning to punish yourselves in anyway with month long detoxes or exclusions? You …


Coffee Jelly
7th November 2015

If you made the sweet potato pie from this month's Bugle, you're probably thanking me for making sweet potatoes so interesting and cursing me for leaving you with half a …


Coconut Spelt Tart
18th August 2015

I have to say, I don't really get the current coconut craze where it seems to be the new food Messiah du jour. I'm a fructose malabsorber so coconut milk …


Spelt Choux Pastry
7th June 2015

I love choux pastry. Doesn't matter whether it's a Paris-Brest, a profiterole or an éclair, I adore it. Not even having grown up with tales of my mum's summer job …


Baileys Coffee Marshmallow Pie
8th March 2015

I've been out of the blogging loop for a few weeks, so thank heavens National Pie Week came along to give me my mojo back. As well as realising I'd been …


Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream Float
20th August 2014

I haven't been cooking very much this summer. Partly because I'm on a go slow in the kitchen after testing over 350 recipes for both Recipes from Brixton Village and …


Coffee Crème Caramel
11th August 2014

I'm loving the bit in the Saturday Guardian Cook section where well known food people choose their last meal. The fact that they are allowed to set the scene as …


Pineapple Sorbet
3rd August 2014

  Aside from friends and family, I think the thing I miss the most about Northern Ireland is its selection of ice lollies. Considering its such a chilly corner of …


Brown Butter Cherry Froise
27th July 2014

A froise you say? I'm sure you make them all the time and the word just trips off your tongue into your menu repertoire. Or if you're anything like me, …


Manchester Pudding
4th March 2014

Like everyone else in the world, I was planning on making pancakes this week. But being one of them there fancy food blogger types, I was going to do one …


Quince and Treacle Christmas Pudding
24th November 2013

This year I have finally been organised enough to make a Christmas pudding. My mum came to visit in November and I seized the opportunity for her to take the …


Malt Loaf Steamed Pudding
6th October 2013

I think regular readers know my feelings on malt. I go doollally for its dark and sticky charms whether it's moist cakes or anything involving Veda bread. I like my …


Fifteens Cheesecake
1st September 2013

The passing of Seamus Heaney this week brought me great sadness and immense homesickness. He wrote so evocatively about rural Northern Ireland and in a dialect that is so familiar …


Mango Lassi Frozen Yoghurt
2nd August 2013

London has been hot and humid recently. The kind of weather where I stop daydreaming about dinner for once and imagine cold showers and ice lollies instead. I've been drinking …


Banana Guava Brixton Trifle
17th July 2013

Sometimes only a trifle will do. Few other dishes say celebration the same way that a dish of trifle with all the family does. Its layers of cream, custard and …



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