Cakes & Cookies
Surviving at Uni | Day 5 : Gingerbread men Recipe
Ok so there’s a caveat from the get go, we are no suggesting that you can survive on Gingerbread men but they do make life just that little bit more fun. You do NOT need a gingerbread man cutter, neither …
Gluten-free sugar-free Almond & Apricot energy Bars
Grease and line a traybake tin. Put the flax seeds in the food processor and whizz until they are broken up, but not dust. Add the almonds, lemon zest, coconut, cinnamon, apricots and dates to the processor and whizz until …
Sugar-free, Gluten-free Honey Apple Muffins
Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan oven/200ºC/gas 6. Prepare 12 muffin cases. Mix the dry ingredients, in a large bowl, together with the chopped apple. Melt the butter and add the honey. If the honey is very thick heat it …
Sugar-free Chocolate Goodie bars
Put the cashews, flax seeds and almonds in a food processor and whizz for 2 minutes. The cashews will be fine but you should still have some texture from the seeds. Add the dates and raisins and whizz for 1 …
Gluten-free Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
Preheat the oven to 180˚C fan oven/200˚C/gas 6. Prepare 18 muffin cases in tins. Put the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix together the wet ingredients in a large jug and add to the bowl. Mix well, but do …
Rocky Roads with all kinds of naughty things
Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Gently heat the butter, chocolate, syrup and sugar in a pan, until the sugar crystals disappear. Stir in the cocoa powder and mix until smooth. Leave to cool for 15 minutes. Put the …
Really Rather Splendid Chocolate Roulade
We had a little bit of fun with this photo by first dredging with icing sugar and then with cocoa. Tim then scraped some shavings from a block of chocolate. Preheat the oven to 160˚C fan oven/180˚C/gas 5. Line a …
Celebrate your ‘A’ Levels with this Gluten-free Chocolate Fudge Cake
Preheat the oven to 160ºC fan oven/180ºC/gas 5. Grease and line 2 x 20cm tins. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the syrup …
Strawberry Muffin ‘Millefeuille’ – Valentine Meal (Part 2 of 2)
You can make your own muffins or buy them, but they need to be quite large to make this hold up. Make your own add you will have a few for the next day! You can whip the cream, prepare …
Florentine Cookies Recipe with apricots and ginger
Preheat the oven to 170ºC/190ºC/gas 5. Grease or line 2 baking trays. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat. Stir in the flour and almond extract. Roll out the dough and cut …
White Chocolate Tiffin with figs and sultanas
Note: Almost healthy, Ron thought they were good for him, but even when I explained they did have some sugar in he still kept eating them. one more thing: You can vary the fruit you use, apricots, raisins, cherries, dates …
Mint Choc slices with chocolate drizzle
Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan oven/220ºC/gas 7. Grease and line a 20 x 30cm tray bake tin. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well in between. Add …
Hilary’s Buttery Cinnamon Whirls
My sister, Hilary, who gave me the idea for these cinnamon whirls says “The are really cute and provide a touch of sweetness, put a plateful out and the will disappear like strawberries in front of a donkey.” ??? Ever …