Plum and almond upside-down cake
It was 18 degrees yesterday, and it’s mid-October (and we live in the NORTH now!), but nonetheless I was feeling autumnal. We …
Pistachio and peach cake
An upside-down cake made with ground pistachios and tinned peaches – it’ll come out a lovely pale green. I tin peach slices …
Apple and amaretto crumble
Slightly alcoholic, very warming. Serve with custard. Lots of custard. Serves 6 (or 4 greedy people) For the underneath: 2 large cooking …
Chocolate orange praline booze mousse death cake
We had an early Christmas meal with some friends, and since one is gluten-intolerant, Christmas pudding is out. I made this to …
Bitter chocolate and caramel tart
We had a small party on Saturday, mainly celebrating the fact that we have a garden at the moment and it’s sunny …
Strawberry daiquiri sorbet
All I want to eat in this weather is ice cream, but in the interests of avoiding diabetes/obesity, I’ve been making sorbet …
Chocolate fondant
MasterChef, eat your heart out. Chocolate fondants aren’t as scary as John and Gregg would have you believe… Makes 4 120g butter …
Sticky banoffee pudding
This is a sticky toffee pudding made with bananas in the sponge mix instead of dates – same idea of sweet and …
Chocolate, orange and honeycomb cheesecake
Not one for the faint-hearted, faint-toothed or weight-watching, but a delicious pudding. I made my own honeycomb because shop-bought is always really …
Chocolate and amaretto mousse
I used a slightly denser version of this to fill and ice my chocolate, almond and pear cake at Christmas, and promised …
Mixed berry muffins
These have surprisingly little butter and sugar in them, making them a reasonably healthy version of shop-bought muffins. Obviously, you could add …
Apple crumble
Feeling very autumnal in Bath at the moment, which definitely means it’s crumble time. This was a squidgy, spicy, alcoholic, comforting one, …