V is for Vasilopita

I honestly thought I would have finished my ‘alphabet challenge’ by now, but due to hurting my knee in the middle of January, I have been off my feet for at least 6 weeks and am only just back to …

R is for Rhubarb Crumble & Custard Cake

I have so much rhubarb growing both in my garden and my allotment at the moment that I was glad to come across a recipe in Holly Farrell’s new book, Grow Your Own Cake .  It’s also one of three of …

L is for Linzertorte

Having picked punnets and punnets full or raspberries from my allotment the other day, this recipe seemed a good idea to use a few of them up! The recipe originates from Austria and is named after the city of Linz. …

J is for Japonaise

Sorry, sorry, sorry, it seems a long time ago since I last wrote up a recipe, my allotment has been taking up most of my time, but that is no excuse!!  So here it is, the next letter in the …

Tunis Cake

I’m sure a lot of you will have seen The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special in which Mary bakes this cake.  Not being too keen on fruit cake (unless it’s one that is more cake than fruit, if you …

Recipe 217 – American Chocolate Wedding Cake

If I’m honest with you, when I first started baking from this book, I always thought this recipe would be the last one I would bake, and if I’d pulled my finger out over the past few months, it probably …

Recipe 216 – Apricot and Almond Meringue Gâteau

Wow, four recipes to go – well here’s another one to tick of the list… I intended on cooking this last weekend, but my son found the bag of apricots in the cupboard and managed to munch his way through …

Recipe 215 – Victorian Christmas Cake

The last of the Christmas cakes and there’s a picture too with this recipe in the book!  This is, as the heading say,s a traditional ‘Victorian Christmas Cake’ the type that doesn’t have any icing on top, but instead is …

Recipe 202 – Buttermilk & Honey Cheesecake

The last of the cheesecakes, yet another section of the book finished! Reading through the recipe a few days ago, I found this required a bought sponge flan case.  I must admit I was very surprised to see this in …

Recipe 194 – Chocolate Rum Cake

I must have been mad to bake this cake on the hottest day of the year so far!  There’s not only chocolate ganache involved, but also chocolate icing!  This is also my last recipe from the ‘Chocolate Cakes’ section of …