Experimental Blue Meringues and Luscious Lemon Curd
Ok, so they’re not brilliantly blue, more of a slaty grey but cut them open and they reveal a deep purply-blue courtesy of a couple of spoonfuls of that old favourite of mine, ground freeze-dried...
View ArticleReine de Saba Cupcakes, how deliciously French
Continuing on the French theme {after the Madeleine baking I did in Paris} these chocolate and almond treats are cupcake versions of Reine De Saba cake from Julia Child’s classic work Mastering The...
View ArticleChestnut Meringue Tarts with Crème de Marrons from Collobrières
Last Autumn, while we were staying in Grenoble we took a trip down to Provence to visit an old friend. She was now living an a plus beau village, picturesque Collobrieres. She gifted me a jar of Creme...
View ArticleHazelnut Sunken Nutella Cupcakes
These little buns will become firm favourites in your baking repertoire, they are a much requested recipe of mine and certainly put a smile on your face. The sponge is light as air and studded with...
View ArticleBlueberry and Lime Macarons
I took up the reigns again this week to try to master this most bothersome of bakes. Over the past couple of years I have tried, mostly rather unsuccessfully to make French macarons. Every so often I...
View ArticleCoconut Crusted Meringues
An endless supply of free-range eggs and an Aga oven meant that meringues were definitely a pudding last week. I had been inspired to make big meringues after seeing some on a food stall while walking...
View ArticleStrawberries and Cream Meringue Cake
It’s strawberry season! That only means one thing, summer! Glastonbury weekend {pah, not for me this year *wallows in self-pity*}, Wimbledon is dominating the tv channels {am I the only person who...
View ArticleChocolate Meringue Cake with Blueberry Compote
Do you remember the Strawberries and Cream Meringue Cake post from a few weeks ago? Well brace yourself, there’s now a chocolate version! Take some brownie-esque batter and top it with a cocoa...
View ArticleIndividual Rhubarb Pavlovas
Clouds of meringue topped with velvety fresh cream and roasted rhubarb freshly harvested from the garden, these individual rhubarb pavlovas are luscious and summery. We timed our return to the UK...
View ArticleGooseberry Meringue Roulade
Gooseberries in a colander, now that’s summer. A yearly ritual of childhood when we were sent down the garden to the veg patch to pick the goosegogs. We’d wander back up the path with...
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