Wow - another milestone reached and passed at great speed. Daughter 1 (our coeliac) decided on Saturday that she wanted to cook the evening meal on Saturday night - a first. She chose the recipe herself, and came with me to buy the ingredients (naturally she'd chosen something for which I didn't have everything she needed) - and then she cooked … [Read more...]

Always a favourite - my seven year old made these this afternoon, with only one egg and 1oz of flour on the floor. And now they're all gone ... Ingredients: 125g or 4.5oz gluten free flour 0.5tsp bicarbonate of soda 50g or 2 oz soft brown sugar 50g or 2 oz vanilla sugar 75g or 3 oz soft margarine 1 egg 100g or 4oz chocolate … [Read more...]

There's no reason why a recipe for Christmas Cake shouldn't be rebranded as any other kind of celebratory cake - I've just made a delicious birthday cake (for my mother-in-law's 70th) using a slightly modified version of a Christmas cake recipe from Good Housekeeping. Ingredients: 250g (or 9oz) of raisins 250g (or 9oz) of sultanas 100g … [Read more...]