Coffee cake is a classic British cake. We love it in this house but these mini cakes are just the perfect size. Instead of using a mini cake tin I made them from a sheet cake. Ingredients (makes 8 mini cakes with leftover cake!) Cake 300 g butter 300 g caster sugar 300 g self raising flour 6 medium eggs 1 tbsp coffee, cooled Icing 150 g butter 500 g icing sugar 1 tbsp coffee, cooled walnut halves, for topping Method Cake Preheat the oven to gas mark 3/325 F/170 C. Grease and line two 26cm x 20cm baking tins …
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Recipe – No bake {boozy} lemon cheesecake
Everyone loves a good cheesecake don’t they? If you don’t, what is wrong with you?! (Jokes). This is a cheesecake I made recently when my Mum brought us back a bottle of limoncello from her holiday. Ingredients (serves 6-8) 16 digestive biscuits 100 g butter, melted 500 g soft cheese 150 g caster sugar 50g icing sugar 200 g white chocolate, melted 3 tbsp limoncello, or lemon juice for a non boozy one zest of 1 lemon Method Line the bottom of an 8″ spring form cake tin and lightly grease. In a separate bowl, crush the biscuits with a …
Recipe – Courgette & potato fritters
I experimented with this recipe after acquiring a collection of courgettes from our weekly fruit & veg delivery, and wanted to do something different with them rather than our usual pasta dish (it’s also nice in cake too!). We served them with sausages and peas but you could serve them as a replacement to any potato side dish you have really. Ingredients (makes around 10 large fritters) 2 large potatoes, roughly grated 2 courgettes, roughly grated 1 small onion, roughly grated 1 egg, beaten plain flour 1-2 tbsp oil Method Grate your potatoes, courgettes & onion into a large bowl. …
Recipe – Sizzling fajitas
One of our favourite cuisines and dishes in our house is Mexican fajitas. Most of the time we use chicken but on the odd occasion I will make steak fajitas for a nice change. Ingredients (makes enough for 4-5 wraps) 2 chicken breasts, cut into strips 1 large onion, sliced 2 medium/large peppers, sliced 1 tbsp oil (though using the Ozeri Stone Earth pan like I do you need less than 1 tsp) 2 tsp chilli powder (I use mild when J is eating them, hot when he’s not – I love the spice!) 1 tsp paprika (can use smoked if you …
Quorn Make Your Dish Famous – Perfect for Picnic
Quorn are running a two-weekly competition over on their Facebook page, to ‘Make Your Dish Famous‘. You must simply create a dish on a set theme using a Quorn product, and then submit a photo of it which then goes to judging. The winner will receive a picnic hamper for 4, and also their photo featured in the Quorn 2015 calendar. The current theme is ‘Perfect for Picnic’ for which I have created two yummy dishes. Easy sausage rolls Ingredients 1 pack of Quorn meat free sausages 1 pack of ready to roll puff pastry Method Preheat oven to gas …