Almond Macaroon Cookies
Chewy Almond Macaroons These almond macaroon cookies take me way back to my youth. I have very clear memories of visiting St. Agnes bakery, near Perranporth in Cornwall with my …
Afternoon Tea
This section of the blog will give you some ideas for serving up with afternoon tea or ‘elevenses’.
Cheese Sables Recipe
Cheese Sables Recipe This savoury cheese sables recipe is in no way like the sweet sable shortbread cookies that originated in the Normandy area of France. So how they obtained …
Creamy Egg Salad
Egg salad recipe There is nothing better on a nice summers day than a creamy egg salad as a side dish or as a sandwich filling. We love making egg …
Cheese and Pickle Sandwich
Best Cheese and Pickle Sandwich Recipe This cheese and pickle sandwich is a typical English sandwich that forms part of a so-called ‘Ploughman’s lunch’. A typical Ploughman’s lunch is often …
Cinnamon Donuts
Cinnamon Donuts There is nothing tastier than delicious light sweet fluffy sugary cinnamon donuts (doughnut). There are plenty of calories in sugar doughnuts, so if you are trying to lose …
Ham Mayo Sandwich
Ham and Mayonnaise Sandwich This ham mayo sandwich is a very simple snack that is ready in minutes and is great for a packed lunch, a picnic or a road …
Moist Lemon Pound Cake
Moist Lemon Pound Cake This blogpost gives you an easy recipe for a moist lemon pound cake or lemon drizzle cake. In the olden days, you would have made a …
Chewy Chocolate Cookies
Chewy Chocolate Cookies This chocolate cookie recipe is based on my Cornish Fairing recipe. It’s a really easy chocolate cookies recipe. You just replace the ginger in the recipe with …
English Scones and Clotted Cream
English scones with jam and cream There is nothing more English than sitting down to a pot of tea with some English scones and clotted cream. Scones are a traditional …
Fruity Flapjacks (cereal bars)
Fruity flapjacks / oat bars / cereal bars This fruity flapjacks (cereal bars) recipe contains sultanas to give the impression that it is a healthy flapjack recipe. But don’t be …
English Ginger Biscuits – Cornish Fairings
English Ginger Biscuits Cornish fairings are traditional English ginger biscuits commonly originating from Cornwall, in the West of England, the UK. Check out this easy Cornish Fairings Recipe! I remember …