Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
Sweeten your day….
The Cassava Cake with Custard Topping is a quintessential Filipino cake made of grated cassava. What’s special about the cassava, is that when raw it’s an unassuming white starchy root vegetable, but cooks into a springy chewy texture. I have made Cassava Cake a hundred times before and so many […]
Amarettis It never ceases to amaze me how a few simple ingredients transform into something amazing – it’s almost magic! A little bit of ground hazelnuts, some sugar, a little bit of egg whites some flavourings and a little bit of rolling and you’ve got yourself Hazelnut and Chocolate Amaretti. […]
These light and delicate looking Almond Florentines are such a breeze to make and delightful to give as edible gifts. Made of flaked almonds and jewelled with festive candied cherries and citrus peel they are pretty irresistible. I have to say I’m pretty resourceful and quite shameless when I am […]
There’s nothing better than a freshly baked homemade cookie. And these Pistachio Shortbread Cookies are easy to make and even easier to eat. They are not overly sweet and they go delightfully well with a cuppa be it tea or coffee. This is a family favourite and is another recipe […]
I usually make toffees round about Christmas time or the Persian New Year holidays, but I can’t think of any celebration in which a sweet treat like this Whie and Dark Chocolate Two Faced toffee is not welcome, to remind your nearest and dearest how sweet life can be. Two […]
This Fruit Cake Biscotti has all the flavours of a Fruit Cake in a lighter crispier form. The perfect treat to dip into a cuppa be it tea or coffee, even hot milk. And just like it’s fruit cake cousin that is famous for longevity, this biscotti can be kept […]