I’m not a big user of packet cake mixes but curious whether making cakes with children using ready made cupcake mix would be successful. What are the advantages? We have a furry visitor. Billy Bear goes on little holidays to visit all the children in my son’s class and this week it’s our turn. We’re sure Billy Bear […]
Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding
Marmalade bread and butter pudding isn’t just for Paddington, it’s an easy comforting winter pudding for the family and avoids food waste using up leftover stale bread crusts. Wallowing in winter, we have grown somewhat addicted to a bread and butter pudding each Sunday. When you’re not in the mood to do much, this comforting […]
Morphy Richards Daily Loaf Small Bread Maker – Great Little Gadget!
A guest review of the Morphy Richards Small Bread Maker by Rose, my latest as part of the Morphy Richards Home of the House Proud Innovator’s Scheme. Having received and reviewed the Morphy Richards Accents One Cup – and still loving it, I was taken with how Morphy Richards produces smaller and “boat friendly” kitchen […]
Spinach Frittata in a sandwich toaster
Spinach and goat’s cheese frittata recipe originally made for Cuisinart / Britmums in 2012. Post updated in 2025. Watching this grainy video how to make spinach frittata in a sandwich toaster, is cringy for me. (It was before iPhones recorded decent footage!) The idea to cook something other than sandwiches in this gadget, however, is […]
When I showed off my book cover
My new book Bake Me I’m Yours… Sweet Bitesize Bakes is due to be published by David & Charles in June 2012. Available now to pre-order. The past week has kept me busy with final edits to the book, Bake Me I’m Yours Sweet Bitesize Bakes. It’s fitting that the week I finished work on […]
Sticky Toffee Pudding (Weight Watchers)
A comforting winter pudding that won’t spoil your new year’s diet resolutions.
Giant Dinosaur Cookie
Making a giant iced dinosaur cookie. The sugar dough tastes surprisingly appealing and Ted was very pleased with the end result.
Forever Nigella #11: Anything goes
I don’t deserve the lovely readers I have, I really don’t. I mess you about, I disappear, I kind of shrug back and then loaf off again with little more than an occasional tweet. I try to avoid “me me me” outpourings on here but feel I owe my regular readers an explanation for the […]
Paris La Coupole and La Rotonde
A break from cake and sweet things today. Since it’s Easter Sunday you may well have had enough sugar already! This is part two of my three part series about my too-long-unblogged Easter trip to Paris in 2011. Check out part one with my Laduree in Paris visit. Away from my blog, one of my passions […]
End of the Year Round Up 2011
This isn’t the first time I’ve spent part of New Year’s Eve writing a blog post – see the Abba-centric It’s The End of A Decade of 2009 (I loathe going out on New Year’s Eve) but I’m going to make sure I am swifter than the previous occasion. I have promised my husband I […]
Cabana Westfield Stratford
Ever since we met, my husband has waxed lyrical about his personal Shangri-la, a restaurant with STOP and GO signs on the tables indicate to the waiter you would like meat, meat and yet more meat to be served. That was Brazil twenty years ago but now the concept has reached London. Cabana is a […]
A rapid, international Forever Nigella: #10 Christmas Presence
I have been slack I know, whilst I’ve been slogging over my manuscript and appearing to ignore people most of you have probably forgotten about Forever Nigella so beloved in her hey day of 40-50 entries per month. I have neglected dear Nigella for too long and therefore, this will be the last Forever Nigella […]
