I will disclose from the outset that these are highly addictive and wonderfully easy which is a dangerous combination. Please don’t blame me if these end up becoming a weakness for you!! I have fortunately had palmiers on many occasions as I am a lover of all things buttery and crisp, but for some reason I have never made them myself. For a treat that only has a few ingredients, it would be easy to think that one palmier would taste just like another, but homemade and fresh

Excitingly this week, , the blog turns one! For the past 52 Fridays, I have been sharing seasonally inspired recipes that I have loved making. I wanted to mark the occasion with a dessert, specifically - a summer pudding. We also saw the arrival of Summer Solstice, our longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with the Summer Solstice also came the arrival of the red currants, raspberries, gooseberries and strawberries on the allotment - with all these amazing fruits it

Gosh - there is so much chocolate in the shops!! With all the Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies packing the aisles of the supermarket, it has been hard to avoid (not that I try!). If you fancy making something chocolatey yourself, maybe even to give as a gift, then this recipe has to be it - hazelnut chocolate spread. I know there are a million chocolate spreads available, but this one is the best I have ever had. Fact. The roasted golden hazelnuts and quality chocolate ta

The winds have changed direction this week with storm Angus hitting our shores and with them, a change of seasonal heart - I am feeling the onset of festive tidings. Over the next few weeks I am planning on making edible gifts to give to my wonderful friends and family and I hope you can join in. I have always been a big fan of making gifts for Christmas, usually edible! I smile when I think back to the year that I made fresh pasta, hanging it up to dry all around the kitch

I am still feeling more autumnal than wintery this week, which got me thinking about warm spices and comforting bakes. This immediately conjured up thoughts of ginger and cinnamon spices, because not only are they, for me, the taste of autumn - they also give the most gorgeous fragrance when baked. I chose to use a bear biscuit cutter, but go for any shape or size you fancy. Maybe I was drawn to the bear shape thinking about all the bears tucked up in their dens for winter

When I dropped into the greengrocers on Wednesday, I spotted some beautiful golden peaches and simply could not resist. That has to be one of the best things about buying from a local greengrocers; you can actually see the fruit rather than trying to peer at it through lots of plastic wrapping. I also like to smell the fruit I am buying, it helps me know how fresh and ripe it is. Whenever I buy fruit in the supermarket, I get a lot of funny looks as I try to find the littl