Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Double cream, Egg yolks, Strawberries, Swiss roll/roulades, tagged chocolate, custard, roulade, strawberries, swiss roll on August 30, 2011| 16 Comments »
This started life as a jam and white chocolate roly poly. My Good Food magazine came with a yummy looking dessert on the front and I took it round to Mum’s house to show her. “That looks nice”, she said, “what’s in it?”. “Well, it’s got suet in it…”. This was thoroughly rejected. So I decided to turn it into swiss roll instead. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Muffins, Strawberries, tagged cheesecake, muffins, strawberry on August 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I made another cake recipe of my very own! Look how soft and pillowy they look. They don’t make good pillows though, they squish and you end up with cream cheese on your face. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Berries, Cupcakes, Strawberries, tagged baking, berries, cupcakes, strawberries on July 16, 2011| 3 Comments »
Posted in Berries, Breakfast, Pancakes, Strawberries, tagged berries, breakfast, pancakes, strawberries on July 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I was lying in bed this morning, nice and warm in the snuggly duvet, when a nagging little voice in my head decided it was time for me to get up. “It’s the last day of your holiday”, it said, “you don’t want to waste it in bed”. “But we’ve been everywhere we wanted to go”, I thought, “and the weather is horrible”. “But you’re only here for one more day”, replied the little voice, “won’t you regret wasting the morning in bed?”. Ugh. Fair point. What should I do? I know! Nag my sleeping boyfriend. (more…)
