Clementine Cake: a variation with Cypriot lemons

When you have a surprise batch of lemons sent to you from your Mum in Cyprus, but they aren’t ripe, what do you do? Put them on a shelf to ripen, and then forget about them. Of course! Well, that’s what I did anyway, so I figured the only way to use them up (you …

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Leftovers are What You Make of Them

A night in on my own, and my thoughts usually turn to what I can cook for my dinner. I knew I had a lot of things to use up, so I tried to think of something to do with those. I had found a celery heart that was looking a bit sorry for itself, …

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No churn lemon curd ice cream.

This is all Kavey’s fault. No, really, it is. If she hadn’t run her Bloggers Scream for Ice-cream then this would never have come to my attention. I always read, because I like ice cream on occasion, but it has to be creamy, and definitely with NO ICE CRYSTALS. I don’t own an ice cream …

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My 40th birthday cake

I keep meaning to post this and then forget. I saw Jamie Oliver make it on that there viewing tube and thought Oh yes, this shall be mine.(why this recipe has mixed measurements I'm not sure but it worked very well, and it keeps in a covered container in the fridge for days)Cake125g softened butter1/2 …

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