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Chocolate Orange spiral cookies
There’s something magical about the scent of chocolate and orange drifting through a kitchen…it always takes me straight back to my grandmothers cosy kitchen, where she’d say “good baking start with good memories”, and this recipe does exactly this in my humble opinion. These pretty spirals are soft, buttery, and full of the rich cocoa […]
Retro Fudge Traybake
A soft, chocolatey hug from the past—with a modern twist! This old-fashioned traybake is based on a vintage Chocolate Sheath Cake recipe I found tucked away in an old cookbook (Inspired by Betty Stanfield’s Chocolate Sheath Cake ). I’ve given it a little update for modern kitchens and let me tell you, it’s absolute fudgy […]
Bakewell tart
Bakewell Tart is renowned for its delicate balance of textures and flavours. At its heart lies a crisp and buttery shortcrust pastry base, providing the perfect foundation for the layers to come. The tart is then generously filled with a layer of raspberry jam, adding a sweetness that contrasts beautifully with the richness of the […]
Hot Cross Buns
This is a yearly staple in our house. Come Easter I make these regularly, my family love them with either sultanas, currants, raisins, plain or (this one was new last year) chocolate chips…..yum. This recipe is a compilation of various recipes either from the internet or old cooking books. I love playing around with recipes, mixing […]
Quick and Easy Apple Cake
I’m not too sure if this recipe was taken from my Grandmother’s cooking books, as the only version I have is in my handwriting. It could have been that I copied it out of her notebooks are some of them are really old and the writing is fading rapidly, but it could also have been […]
Lemon shortbread
Lemon shortbread is synonymous to summer time tea. After all what is a proper afternoon tea if it doesn’t contain at least one type of shortbread (and scones, afternoon tea needs to have scones for sure). Like the majority of recipes in the blog, this one hails from my grandmother’s repertoire, although she called them […]
Banana Bread
Banana Bread is the perfect afternoon tea bread- whether its at the pool, beachside, or simply at your kitchen table, you can’t go wrong with this delicious and moist loaf.
Apple Crumble
I think its fair to say that every household in Gibraltar has a recipe for Apple crumble or some sort of other fruit crumble. It must have been one of the easiest desserts to make, plus because seasonal fruit was used, it would have been a very economic recipe to help stretch the weekly wages […]
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
My grandmother used to make these lemon muffins or “Madalenas” as she called them very regularly. I think they were my grandfather’s favourite, and I even remember my mum trying her hand at them. Blueberries were my addition, after having gone through what I call my “Nigella” phase. Whether you choose to add the blueberries […]
Home Made Fig Jam
Fig jam is a form of fig preserves that includes whole chunks of figs which have been cooked until they have been mellowed.