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Bakewell Tart
These honey sweetened Bakewell Tarts are a really, really good take on a traditional Bakewell Tart. Originating in Derbyshire in the Peak District, UK, Bakewell Tarts now consist of a pastry base, a...
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Pistachio Cookies
I love these Pistachio Cookies. They are easy to make and even easier to eat. They do not contain refined sugar and are gluten free to boot. I have been known to eat half a batch of these in one...
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Fig & Mascarpone Crepe Cake
I loved making this Fig & Mascarpone Crepe Cake! Although it was a little time consuming it was so, so worth it – just look how pretty it is! It is refined sugar free and gluten free and tastes...
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Kouign Amann (Cheat version)
Okay for those of you who have never tried Kouign Amann, you must, must, must try it! This recipe is a cheat’s version of the buttery, sugary, divine (but highly calorific – eek!) original, but it is...
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Elderflower Fruit Tarts
To celebrate my brilliant, clever honey bees doing so well this year I have made these honey sweetened Elderflower Fruit Tarts. They had a pretty tough start to the year, my poor girls! A storm blew...
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Maple & Pecan Eclairs
I recently visited Toronto (what an amazing city) & returned home with a suitcase full to bursting with cans of maple syrup and packets of maple sugar. I made these maple and pecan eclairs the...
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Cocoa Swirl Meringues
These meringues which are swirled with gluten free cocoa and made with organic coconut palm sugar are sublime! They are rich, caramelly, chocolatey and chewy! What more do you want from a meringue? In...
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Vanilla Caramel Swirl Ice Cream
Oh my goodness, this Vanilla Caramel Swirl Ice Cream is good! It is a refined sugar free vanilla ice cream that is sweetened with honey and swirled with date caramel. Of course, you don’t really need...
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Lavender & Honey Shortbread
Rooting around my favorite grocery store the other day, I was very excited to come across a new ingredient. I snapped it up, rushed home and tried it out! It’s a natural lavender extract paste made by...
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Madeleines
I was asked by a good friend to make 3 dozen madeleines for a charity bake sale this weekend. I was pressed for time, and as I had never made refined sugar free madeleines before, I felt that I...
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Chocolate Ice Cream
OK, so I am now a honey sweetened ice cream convert! Last week, I posted about a vanilla caramel swirl ice cream that I had made and loved, so this week I have been in ice cream making mode and have...
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Banana Flapjacks
I’m really excited about these banana flapjacks! It’s not just because they are healthy. It’s not just because they are sweetened with honey and banana, making them refined sugar free. It’s not even...
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Apple Almond Cake
Almond and apple are a match made in heaven! That particular combination always reminds me of lazy, family holidays in France and eating big slices of tarte aux pomme, with its almond center and...
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Salted Caramel Popcorn Cheesecake
What could be better than a slice of New York style baked cheesecake? How about a slice of New York style baked cheesecake topped off with a mound of crunchy salted caramel popcorn? Add to that a...
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Rock Cakes
So in Britain we call these small mounds of yumminess either rock buns or rock cakes depending on which part of the country you come from. I’m nervous about calling them rock buns as I think that the...
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Blackberry & Apple Pie
Although I am always sad to see the last of summer, I really do love Autumn. Not only can I tuck into autumn puds such as this blackberry and apple pie, but it’s also getting nearer to that time of...
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Nutella Croissant Pudding
This Nutella Croissant pudding is a variation on a traditional British bread and butter pudding. It is rich, it is buttery, and it is chocolatey, so what’s not to like? It is also very simple to make –...
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
I have been baking this Lemon Poppy Seed cake for years. It is so simple to make and the addition of lemon curd in the recipe means that it never bakes dry, unlike a number of other pound cakes that I...
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Baklava
Without a doubt, Baklava, is one of my favorite desserts (if not my most favorite dessert) but it is something that I have only made once or twice in my life. I have always thought it to be too time...
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Pumpkin Pancakes
So the biggest ever recorded pumpkin was one that was grown in Switzerland and it weighed in at a massive 2323 pounds. According to my rough calculations this would have provided enough pumpkin puree...
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