I have two sources of inspiration for this recipe. The first is 15 year old Conor McLean who beat me to win Britain’s Best Dish. He made a fantastic vanilla friand dessert and during the process, I realised that I had never made one. The second inspiration is The Flavour Thesaurus by Nikki Segnit. This [...]
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Lime friand recipe
Posted in Afternoon tea, Brunch, Cakes, Cuisine, Desserts, French, Sweet recipes, tagged Britain's Best Dish, conor mclean, dessert, lime friand recipe, nikki segnit, pudding, the flavour thesaurus on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Decadent Chocolate and Ginger Mousse
Posted in Desserts, Puddings, Sweet recipes, tagged after dinner treat, chocolate and ginger mousse, chocolate pudding, dessert, easter, pudding on April 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Easter is upon us and all I can think about is chocolate. But, rather than settling for a shop bought Easter Egg this year, I’ll be making a delicious, rich and decadent chocolate mousse. Why not try it yourself – enjoy as a dessert or a very naughty sweet treat. Ingredients 250g dark chocolate (I [...]
Lime, Vanilla and Almond Madeleines
Posted in Afternoon tea, Cakes, Sweet recipes, tagged afternoon tea, baking, baking made easy, dessert, easy recipe, ground almond, lime, lorraine pascale, madeleine recipe, madeleines, pudding, sweet snack, vanilla pod on February 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My first memory of Madeleines is on my family holiday in Ibiza. Bet you didn’t expect me to say that did you? Well, there was a little bakery next to the hotel that we stayed in every year and most days I would take a wander down with my brother, buy a sweet treat for [...]
Chocolate soufflé recipe
Posted in Puddings, Sweet recipes, tagged baking, chocolate souffle, dessert, egg white, pudding on November 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have had the fear of God put into me about making soufflé. I have often wanted to try one but been put off by countless disasters that I have seen on TV. My boyfriend needed a couple of egg yolks for dinner a couple of weeks ago and rather than seeing the egg whites [...]



