Chocolate Eclairs

Was reasonably pleased with these considering it was the first time ever made them. Used this recipe from the BBC https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chocolate-eclairs

Burns Night 2023 – Bannocks

Bannocks O' Bear Meal Bannocks o’ bear meal, Bannocks o’ barley, Here’s to the Highlandman’s Bannocks o’ barley. Robert Burns https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/works/bannocks_o_bear_meal/ As it's Burns Night, January 25, I've decided to make a traditional Scottish flatbread called bannocks. Why this bread? Well, Robert Burns wrote […]

Clootie Dumpling

Much as it may sound like a personal insult – ‘you’re such a clootie dumpling!’ – a clootie dumpling is in fact a traditional Scottish dessert, which gets its name, the clootie part at least, from the fact that the dumpling is made by […]