Category: Sweet

Currant Scones [Recipe]

Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

Currant scones, it seems to me, are one of the staples of a well rounded tea party. I grew up in a family with 12 children, 10 of whom were girls. I have to say, looking back on my childhood, tea parties were one of those constant, steady things. They happened on the regular and made for a lot of really good memories. Nothing made a winter day more cheerful than a tea party with my family; and nothing made a summer day more exciting than a Pride and Prejudice movie night with scones and tea.

January 12, 2024

Simple Puff Pastry [Recipe]

Bread, Food, Recipes, Savoury, Sweet

If there’s anything I’m loving right now, it’s this recipe for simple puff pastry. Puff pastry is one of those things that feels like it should be really hard to make, but to my delight… It’s actually really not. Those beautiful, fluffy pastry layers can be made at home, by you, without too much stress […]

January 5, 2024
rhubarb muffins on a striped paper background

Rhubarb Sour Cream Muffins [Recipe]

Breakfast, Food, Recipes, Sweet

Rhubarb is one of my absolute favourite things about summer. It’s bright, tart, beautiful and delicious; and these orange glazed rhubarb sour cream muffins are one of the best ways to make it shine! As my mama used to say, “You can tell a good baking recipe when it has sour cream in it;” and […]

November 11, 2023