

New Year's Eve Prosecco Jellies
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


Sea Salted Caramel
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


Festive Florentines
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


Double Chocolate Sables
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


Chocolate Snowballs
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