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Tea Cake with a Sticky Tangelo Syrup

By Peter G • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

Aaaah!  I gave in!  After eating enough tangelos to last me a life time, I still had many leftover.  There they were, on the counter, staring at me in their big brown bowl.  I tend not to bake very much as I usually prefer savoury dishes over sweet ones.  I didn’t want to complicate things [...]



Vanilla and Cardamom Rice Pudding

By Peter G • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

Rice puddings infused with vanilla, cardamom and topped with mango

Its time again for the Royal Foodie Joust. I’ve been participating in these for the last few months and I thoroughly enjoy them. You can read all about the joust here. The winner of last month’s Joust, Michelle chose her three ingredients for [...]



Honey and Oat Cranberry Bites

By Peter G • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

Some of the ingredients for the recipe

Ben over at Whats Cooking is holding another food for plastic challenge this month. This is a fun event that also offers great prizes. You can’t beat that can you? This month’s challenge focuses on cooking something that you loved from your childhood or something that [...]



Sponge Cake

By Peter G • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

The ingredients…the batter…the finished sponge

Just before I start this post let me say a big thank you to all the readers who have joined me here recently. I appreciate all your comments and I sincerely thank you all. I was having trouble leaving replies due to an issue with the commenting system. [...]



Passionfruit Curd

By Peter G • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

Passionfruit
Whilst I was at the markets recently I picked up a whole box of passionfruit. The colours and aromas were so intense I had to just get it. So after spooning it on my breakfast cereal every morning, I still had half a box left. “What will I do with the [...]



Feel Like a Friand?

By Peter G • Aug 10th, 2007 • Category: Recipes

Lemon Friand
These little beauties will excite and delight you. They may not help pay off your mortgage any faster, but you can certainly dream about it as you enjoy one with your tea or coffee. Well, try stopping at just one. Go on I dare ya! They are so moreish and [...]