My daughter told me about this 2 ingredient Oreo mug cake, after seeing one online somewhere. I was sceptical. How could just cookies and milk make a cake? But I assure you that it does. A cake of sorts, anyway. The texture is more like …
If you want to know how to make s’mores in the microwave, then I’ve got great news for you! This microwave s’smores recipe is literally ready in seconds – and all you need is two ingredients. (Though if you don’t live in the UK, like …
I’m not blowing my own trumpet here when I call this a perfect pavlova; rather, my mother-in-law’s. She makes the most amazing pavlova, certainly her signature pudding dish. I will never going to improve on crisp, sweet, baked meringue with a gooey, chewy centre. This …
I just thought I’d like to make a gin pancakes recipe one day, being a fan of all things juniper. So I did some experimenting – and here it is. Boozy pancakes. It is boozy, too, because there’s no cooking or heating involved at all …
Surely the very best thing about Easter is chocolate? Easter eggs, specifically. Well, now it might just be these easy Easter egg desserts. Easter chocolate eggs – namely, Cadbury’s Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs – are so hard to resist. Neither can I pick a …
Now I’m not massively into foraging for fruit or any other food, but the loveliest blackberries grow down this little country lane I’ve discovered when out cycling. Plump, juicy orbs of the deepest purple dangle enticingly from the hedgerow. Hence my creation of an easy, basic …
My grandad often made cakes in the microwave. On Sundays during my teens, my cousin and me used to spend the day at our grandparents’ house, and a highlight was always the homemade chocolate cake he presented. It was made in minutes in the microwave, …
This self saucing sticky toffee pudding is perhaps fruitier than average sticky toffee pudding recipes – and all the more flavoursome for it, in my book. I wouldn’t feed this to those folk who hate dried fruit, though, as it is stuffed with sticky dates and …
One Christmas (when I clearly had too much time on my hands), I made my own mincemeat, mince pies and Christmas pudding. Since I tasted my first homemade pudding, I’ve made at least one every year. People seem pretty impressed when I tell them so, but …