Recipe | Vanilla Cheesecake

Ingredients For the base 100 grams unsalted butter 225 grams digestive biscuits (crushed) 1½ tablespoons brown sugar For the filling 100 grams cream cheese (full fat) 50 grams caster sugar 100 grams double cream 3 tablespoons vanilla extract Method Melt the butter in a small bowl in the microwave for 1 minute/2 minutes. – Be sure to keep an eye on it as it can turn … Continue reading Recipe | Vanilla Cheesecake

Recipe | Chunky Chocolate Shortbread

Ingredients 3/4 cup  butter, room temp 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour Pinch Salt 1 ½ cup Chocolate chunks / or 1 bar, chopped   Method Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in the vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk or sift together the flour and salt. Add the flour … Continue reading Recipe | Chunky Chocolate Shortbread

Pain Au Chocolat

Ingredients 1 block puff pastry 100 (31/2oz) chocolate, finely chopped – whatever type you prefer 1 medium egg, lightly beaten Method Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Lightly dust a work surface with icing sugar and roll out the pastry to a rough rectangle. Cut the pastry into three equal strips length ways, then cut each strip into four equal pieces to make smaller rectangles. … Continue reading Pain Au Chocolat

Cinnamon Swirls

Ingredients Plain flour, for dusting 1 Roll of Puff pastry, or homemade if you have time! 🙂 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup golden caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 medium free-range egg, beaten with 2 tbsp milk For Icing 2 tbsp Icing Sugar Few drops of Warm Water Method Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. On a floured surface, roll … Continue reading Cinnamon Swirls

Victoria Sponge with Butter Cream Frosting

Today was my granny’s birthday, so as a little something yummy… I decided to make her a cake! Ingredients 200g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing 200g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 medium eggs 200g self-raising flour For the filling 100g butter, softened 140g icing sugar, sifted 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 Dessertspoon Milk Strawberry or Raspberry Jam  Sugar paste flowers, icing … Continue reading Victoria Sponge with Butter Cream Frosting

Quick & Easy Pizza

Ingredients For the dough 300g strong bread flour 1 tsp instant yeast (from a sachet or a tub) 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling For the tomato sauce 100ml Passata 1 tsp Dried Basil 1 tsp Dried Parsley Toppings Ideas 125g ball mozzarella, sliced or pearls Grated Cheese handful grated or shaved Parmesan handful cherry tomatoes, halved Olives Pepperoni Sundried … Continue reading Quick & Easy Pizza

4 Easy No Bake Recipes

I recently got the opportunity to review PandaVita Organic Baobab Powder which came with a ‘fudge bites’ recipe (seen below), which inspired me to create a few yummy creations.  I have to say, in all honesty the recipe is AMAZING, and I am gutted I didn’t come up with it myself. It got even my stubborn unadventurous little sister eating them! The powder itself will have … Continue reading 4 Easy No Bake Recipes