Cream Scones (no butter, no milk)

  These are my favourite scones at the moment. Not only are they quick and simple to make, (more so than regular scones as there is no rubbing of butter into flour), but these are also very light in texture, and extremely moreish served with jam and whipped cream. Use a round 6 cm cutter […]

Gluten Free Cream Scones

    These scones are light in texture and have a slight, lovely crispness, due to the gluten free flour content, plus they cook and rise really well and taste excellent. This truly is a quick and easy recipe because cream replaces the milk and butter, (meaning no tedious rubbing in of the butter into […]

Blueberry Honey Mille-Feuille

  Looks great, tastes even better, and these are my own home-grown blueberries.   This recipe can be prepared ahead of time; the custard and whipped cream filling can be blended a day ahead, and the cooked filo sheets keep in an airtight container for about 3 days. Assemble the mille-feuille just before serving so […]

Raspberry Semifreddo

    This semifreddo recipe by Belinda Jeffery has a lovely texture; it is smooth and creamy, and the flavour is deliciously intense with swirls of bright-red raspberryness. This semifreddo is cool and refreshing and is a great way to capture that true summer-berry flavour of raspberries. This is absolutely YUM! Semifreddo means ‘partly cold’ […]

Raspberry and Peach Instant Ice-cream (also known as “Trifle” or “Peach Melba Ice-cream”)

  Incorporating ingredients of raspberry, peach, cream, and custard, this ice-cream can be known as either “Trifle Ice-cream”, or “Peach Melba Ice-cream”. The ice-cream in the photo above has a topping of extra Raspberry Sauce.   This ice-cream is really easy to make – just gather the ingredients together and pop them in the freezer, […]