Big chewy salted butter chocolate chip cookies for Santa – An IFBA cookie...
6 days! SIX days to Christmas, eeeeep. And we all know that the most important thing to do on Christmas eve before you go to sleep is to leave out cookies/biscuits and some milk for Santa. Now I have a...
View ArticleDelicious Madeira Cake. Quick and simple.
National school. Where to even start. Class time was class time. We learned of the adventures of Ann and Barry; Ann had quite the penchant for cakes, while Barry preferred to put away a few jars of jam...
View ArticleThe Book Eats: 1. Harry Potter and Treacle Tart
Ever wanted to make Harry Potter's favourite dessert? This super easy recipe for treacle tart will have you happy as Dobby with new socks when you try it. Continue reading →
View ArticleDid you know you can make marshmallows?
Since about two years ago I’ve been making my own marshmallows. I love them. They melt in your mouth (or your hot chocolate) beautifully. They also make amazing presents, people always seem so shocked...
View ArticleHomemade Peanut Butter Cups – Especially for Jennifer!
Jennifer is my cousin. She was born that way, she couldn’t help it, poor girl. We spent a lot of time together growing up, whether we liked it or not, for my mother’s family are all quite close. Quite...
View ArticleSalted Caramels – The Book Eats 2 and a very well received gift.
I’m not going to lie. These are my new pride and joy. Well, they may be neck in neck with the brownies. And the devils food cake. And the cookies. Hmmm. I see what’s happening here. Oh dear. Well I do...
View ArticleChocolate Mousse
Going from being a broke student to a broke jobholder has it’s perks. For one, I have slightly more disposable income. I mean slightly, you’d all have heartattacks if you knew how much my student loans...
View ArticleSweet Sugar Waffles for dessert… (book eats 3)
Also probably The book eats 3! Growing up in Ireland, where to the Irish person waffles are the infamous potato waffles, I didn’t get much exposure to the american or belgian style waffles. I had, of...
View ArticleDouble chocolate chip cookies
Well, it’s been a while. I’ve given up a large amount of my blog time in order to sleep in the last few months (job, exams, life has been taking over), but I have been swearing to myself that I would...
View ArticleDark Chocolate & Salted Caramel Macarons.
Also known as how to make everyone flock to your table at cheetah-like speed. I was a latecomer to the macaron craze. I had never so much as sniffed a macaron until halfway through my degree when the...
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