Herman the German Friendship Cake

Herman the German Friendship Cake

Herman came into my life my accident.  My plans were to have morning tea with my sister and gorgeous little niece.  This did happen.  But what I didn’t expect was to leave my sister’s house with my very first sour dough starter for my own Herman the 

Coconut & yoghurt loaf with lime icing

Coconut & yoghurt loaf with lime icing

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I am fortunate to have parentals who kindly bring me ingredients from their travels, with which I can then experiment.  And so today, I’m going to tell you all about my fun with a bottle of 

Strawberry and apple tart

Strawberry and apple tart

I have come into possession of two fruity items this week – a lovely big batch of stewed apples courtesy of my sister, and a tin of strawberries. Yes, tinned strawberries, what a strange thing indeed.  I found them in the supermarket on special for 

Devilled almonds

Devilled almonds

I promised you that there would be more almonds to follow as part of my Edmonds Cookbook challenge, and I did not lie.  We now find ourselves at devilled almonds. When you put your mind to it, there is a considerable number of food items 

Almond rice

Almond rice

Forgive me readers, but I’m going to take a small detour through the Edmonds Cookbook index.  Hot on the heels of Almond Biscuits is Almond Icing  (yes, there are indeed a lot of almond-based recipes in the Edmonds Cookbook, and they’re not going away any 

Almond biscuits

Almond biscuits

We now found ourselves at Almond Biscuits in the Edmonds Cookbook index. Almond Biscuits, as a category of baked good, enjoy a little more history and reputation than I had suspected.  The internet informs me that these popular biscuits are “prepared in different ways across various 

A roast beef date with Delia

A roast beef date with Delia

On a recent trip to the supermarket, ample signage informed me that Sunday 4th August was National Roast Day.   Although no doubt a ploy to sell more products, it’s been a while since my tiny kitchen knew the joys of a hearty roast, so 

Albert Squares

Albert Squares

Albert Squares are the next instalment in my Edmonds challenge series, following Afghan Biscuits in the index section of the Edmonds Cookbook.  Although not strictly – there is an entry for Afghan Slice hot on the heels of Afghan Biscuits.  However, the recipe for Afghan 

Afghan biscuits: Sure to Rise

Afghan biscuits: Sure to Rise

I have been toying with the idea of cooking my way through the entire Edmond’s Cookery Book for some time now. The seed of this idea began to germinate a while back, after I watched Julie and Julia and my mind leapt to some more