Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Sometimes a week begins with the starting pistol firing as soon as the alarm goes off and you still find yourself sprinting by the time you get to Wednesday. Unaware that there have actually been two whole days that have gone by and you can’t remember what it is that you have done, [...]
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
I had to have a desk day yesterday which I’m not too fond of. So by the time I was able to leave my seat I was itching to get in to the kitchen and I knew exactly what I was going to be making. I found these Salted Caramel Malt biscuits on the [...]
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Hello! Today marks the start of my Christmas Cooking & Baking series. On Sunday I’ll be in the kitchen with my sister in law, Louise, making the mincemeat for the mince pies and as the weeks progress I’ll be combining some test recipes for the book with all of my Christmas baking and cooking. I [...]
Friday, February 11th, 2011
I definitely think that giving cookies as a gift is just as good as giving flowers, cakes or anything else of that ilk, oh, apart from vouchers for a private yoga lesson followed by a Thai massage, now that beat cookies hands down I’m afraid. I know this because my mum and dad bought me [...]
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I seem to be eating Cherries by the punnet at the moment and considering it a meal. I’m not kidding. I’ll pull a whole punnet of cherries out of the fridge, wash them and then eat the whole lot. Of course my tummy will begin to hurt a little bit due to the vast quantities [...]
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Morning! We’re now in Day Two of Chocolate Week here at Cherry Menlove and today I’ve got a classic for you. A good chocolate brownie recipe is something that anyone with even the slightest interest in baking should have under their belt. They are easy to make and taste heavenly. But, BUT, the thing about [...]
Friday, November 20th, 2009
I’m occasionally let down by cookies. I lust after them for a good length of time before finally purchasing them and then I find they crumble like plaster of paris in my mouth. Dry, crumbly crumbs with no moisture or gooeyness. They snap as I break them in half instead of tearing and stretching apart. [...]
Friday, September 25th, 2009
How to make Biscotti So this is it! The end of pasta week. I really hope that the recipes shown here have given you a hint of what is possible with some flour, egg and MYRIAD fillings. Please, I beg of you, take the basics shown over the last five days and run with them. [...]
Friday, May 8th, 2009
It’s Friday & therefore time for another ‘Bake Fest Friday’ at Cherry Menlove Toasted Almond Layered Cream Fingers I am loving the process of creating posts for Bake Fest Friday. As they are once a fortnight (hopefully once a week in the future) I feel that we can really go to town with the recipes [...]
