• Sweet

    Macaroon Bars

    Being Scottish, one of my childhood delights was eating a macaroon bar. If you have never eaten one you are really missing something delicious. You would never believe that something so sweet and yummy is based on…

  • Baking,  Sweet

    Lemon Sugar Biscuits

    Lemon sugar biscuits are simple and very yummy. I’ve pressed my cookie dough into a mould which gives the lovely square shape and the pretty pattern but you can just as easily roll into little balls and…

  • Baking,  Christmas,  Recipes,  Sweet

    Almond Paste

    8 oz ground almonds 8 oz icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar) 8 oz caster sugar 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon almond essence 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 teaspoon lemon juice In your mixer bowl place the ground almonds…

  • Baking,  Recipes,  Sweet

    Nanny’s Shortbread

    As a Scot, the one of the things we are famous for is our shortbread. Many grandmother’s in Scotland have friendly rivalries over their ‘secret’ shortbread recipes. I have to tell you that my mother’s recipe is…

  • Baking,  Recipes,  Sweet

    Victoria Sponge

    The best recipe for a delicious, light and fluffy Victoria Sponge. This is such a quick and easy cake to make and yet when you have finished it will look very professional. You can make the plain…

  • Baking,  Recipes,  Sweet,  Videos

    Tarte Tatin

    Beautiful with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for desert, this tarte is a brillant way of using fruit from the garden, or any fruit that is in season. Traditionally made with apples but any soft fruits…