Now I have to admit that I am not a big celebrator of the New Year, I like to keep things low key and reflective. Having said that, I do like to mark the change in the calendar and my way of doing this is with food! A popular choice in my house is a New Year's Eve BBQ, whatever the weather! But I think this year it might be homemade pizza; I enjoy making the dough from scratch….plus there is a lot of cheese in the fridge, left over from all the festivities. New Year’s Eve w

The last blog before Christmas, where has the time gone? When it came to deciding the last edible gift idea to share with you, it had to be this one. I pretty much make salted caramel sauce every week, and there is definitely always a jar in the fridge for emergency situations. It is lovely to have a jar you can give to a friend when they need some treating, and this time of year is the perfect excuse to give an edible gift. It can seem like a daunting prospect to heat suga

I hope you are enjoying the edible gift ideas I have shared and they have inspired you to join in and get baking. I can’t believe that there is only just over a week of festivities to go, but there is still time for a couple more foodie gift recipes, so lets get cracking. This week I have been making Florentines, a festive treat if ever I saw one. Essentially they are a golden caramel cluster of nuts and candied fruits, dipped into dark chocolate - yum! There are only a fe

Like most delicious buttery treats, Sables come from France. Sable translated is sand, which describes their beautifully crumbly shortbread texture. When I was last in France I saw a beautiful packaged up bag of Sables being sold in a pâtisserie, which is not an unusual sight in its self, but I was drawn to the size of them. Normally Sables are a standard biscuit size, (two to three mouthfuls if you’re being dainty!) but these were tiny, just an inch square or so. Now I am

I first made these when I was in school and I still have the recipe! I have treasured it because they always go down a storm when I give them as gifts. To be honest, they can be made all year around, but they do have a snowball quality to them which makes them seasonally appropriate. They are similar to a well known ‘bountiful’ coconut chocolate bar, so if you are a fan of them, then these will be right up your boulevard. The recipe only calls for a few ingredients and it m