Brown Butter, Cream Cheese, Frosting
This smooth and creamy Brown Butter and Cream Cheese Frosting is based on my Cream Cheese Frosting recipe. It melts in the mouth and is bursting with the nutty and caramel flavours from brown butter and vanilla.…
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Softening Butter
A lot of recipes, mostly baking recipes, call for room temperature butter to be used.
Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
Rich, buttery, slightly sweet, flaky and melt in the mouth, this Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is ideal for sweet pies and tarts. It is made in a flash (using a food processor or by hand) and it freezes…
Puff Pastry
Crispy, light and flaky, puff pastry is a laminated dough made from flour with a high ratio of butter inserted inside the dough and then rolled and folded numerous times. It is fiddly and time consuming but…
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Hot Chilli Honey
This wonderfully delicious salted, sweet and spicy, chilli honey is an incredibly useful condiment to have in the cupboard. The recipe is from the fabulous Brianna @casualfoodist; she has many wonderful recipes, you should take a look. Hot…
Seville Orange Marmalade
There is something quite glorious about starting the day with some hot toast, lashings of salted butter and a good dollop of homemade marmalade, Seville Orange Marmalade of course! Raw Seville oranges are actually quite bitter, you…
Frangipane
Used in cakes, tarts and croissants, frangipane is cake batter made from butter, sugar, eggs, ground almonds, a little flour and a hint of vanilla and salt. It is very quick and easy to make, is utterly…
Homemade Custard
I was brought up with custard made from Bird’s custard powder, I loved it then, and to be honest, I still love it now. However, when I want to be a bit fancy pants or it is…
Blueberry Sauce
Vibrant and bursting with blueberries, this sauce takes literally 5 minutes to make and is delicious with pancakes, yoghurt, granola, muesli, rice pudding, custard, porridge, waffles, French toast, cake e.g. lemon cake – whatever needs a delicious…
Salted Cinnamon and Honey Butter
Cinnamon spiced, salted butter sweetened with your favourite runny honey, this versatile butter has many different uses. For example you can use it with: Cinnamon, Apple and Almond Cupcakes Carrot Cupcakes with Coconut and Pecans Banana Chocolate…