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Feijoa, Apple and Almond Crumble
Just thinking about this recipe makes my mouth water. The sugar and butter melding together in the oven, produces lovely gooey caramel edges around the dish. Mum and I looked at several MasterChef recipes for crumbles but came up with our own version and we will certainly be making this many times during […]
Ginger and Almond Christmas Biscuits
Christmas Tree shaped Ginger and Almond Christmas Biscuits strung on ribbons. For those of you who like raw biscuit mixture rather than cooked, I can recommend this gingerbread biscuit recipe as a very, very tasty raw mixture indeed (I kept sneaking off to the fridge and cutting off pieces while the dough […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Festive and Celebrations
Rosemary Cointreau Spiced Nuts (Recipe by Jo Seagar)
Because this mix tastes extremely good, the level of the nuts in the jar has dropped considerably from when we first filled it as we kept going back for another handful. As Mum or I was always caught with our hand in the jar, we came up with a saying “step away from the […]
Posted in Appetizers, Snacks and Sides, Confectionery, Drinks and Wine, Nuts
Walnut Whip Whoopie Pies by Claire Ptak
Walnut Whip Whoopie Pies by Claire Ptak (and Recipes for Fillings and Icings) These have ground almonds and ground walnuts in the mixture and the whoopie pies halves are held together with marshmallow filling. Chocolate icing adorns the top, and walnut halves sit on top of the chocolate icing. Walnut Whip Whoopie […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Icings and Fillings, Nuts
Christmas Cake Icing, Almond Paste Recipe, and Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”
Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes” This is a companion piece to the blog I posted in December called “Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe”, and is also linked to the blogs “Christmas Cake Recipe (CT’s)”, and “Christmas Cake Recipe (Uncle Charlie’s)”. Here I am describing how to make the Almond Paste (marzipan) and apply the royal icing, […]
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