Cumquat Almond Cake
Cumquat Almond Cake This marvellous Moorish/moreish cake, a version of the better known Orange Almond Cake, is so moist it can also be served as a pudding with thickened cream. I sometimes slather the top with melted dark “Lindt Orange Intense” chocolate...
Mother’s Day Simnel Cake
Mother’s Day Simnel Cake The Simnel Cake, a rich luscious fruit cake, has symbolised Mother’s Day since medieval times. In those days, the cakes were decorated with wildflowers gathered by sons and daughters as they made their way home to spend the...
Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)
Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread) While it was Easter Sunday for many Christians last week, Orthodox Christians (who follow the Gregorian calendar) celebrate Easter Sunday today. How many Ukrainians, I wonder, are able to celebrate anything this year? Tsoureki is a...
Chocolate Jaffa Hot Cross Buns
Chocolate Jaffa Hot Cross Buns Hot Cross Buns are traditionally made on Good Friday, though I often see them nowadays at the supermarket early in the new year. Also breaking with tradition are these Chocolate Jaffa Hot Cross Buns, inspired by a Jamie Oliver recipe....
Paddy the Baker’s Soda Bread
Paddy the Baker’s Soda Bread Like to try your hand at baking some soda bread for St Patrick’s Day? Traditional soda bread (with the cross in the top) is the most common bread in Ireland, developed in the 1840′s using bi-carbonate of soda instead of yeast....Good News!
Check the Events Calendar for my Christmas and January school holiday Mini Chef kids cooking classes. We’ll be making a wide range of delicious, nutritious dishes. My kids cooking classes aim to teach children to prepare a wholesome, nutritious meal which they love to eat and can reproduce at home. I am fully vaccinated and expect parents and/or Guardians of children attending the classes to be fully vaccinated for Covid. For further information, please contact me. 
I hold my classes in my home in a beautiful setting which spills out into the garden where the children and I have fun looking at and identifying the various herbs and vegetable I grow, weather
(and season) permitting.
I hold my classes in my home in a beautiful setting which spills out into the garden where the children and I have fun looking at and identifying the various herbs and vegetable I grow, weather(and season) permitting.
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