This month over at Sweet and Simple Bakes I presented this easy but delicious recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. I am looking forward to seeing another great round up and reading everyone's entries.
If you would like to re-create these muffins, you can find the recipe here.
Every summer I love to cook one of my favourite recipes from Nigella Lawson’s Forever Summer cook book, Chicken and Cashew Nut Curry (I didn't have any cashews this time). It’s a soft mellow mild curry but without the fierce bite. I love the notes of ginger, green chillies, turmeric, cumin, coriander, cardamom and coconut milk; all of which add the most amazing flavours. I love this served alongside basmati rice and naan bread. This is a quick but delicious curry and one I have served to friends and family with rave reviews. Perfect for dining al fresco on a summer evening!
I spotted this heavenly dessert in my latest edition of Delicious magazine and it was love at first sight! This is definitely something my boys and I would enjoy for that weekend dessert fix and what could be better than ice cream in this summery weather but not just any ice cream. The following may cause a dangerous craving!!! These ice cream bars come in the form of a buttery shortbread base, good quality vanilla ice (Haagen Dazs), dulce de leche, raspberries and more shortbread! I did warn you!!!
It's another glorious summer day here in the UK and what could be better than to bake a luscious cake packed with fresh summer fruits to enjoy with a cup of tea in the garden. This beauty of a recipe is yet another from the latest July edition of BBC Good Food Magazine (I love this magazine; it always delivers such great recipes). The apricot and blueberry combination really caught my eye and the addition of vanilla yoghurt spooned over the half-baked sponge before adding the fruits and crumble topping sounded different but totally delicious. I couldn’t have been more right, the sponge in this cake is so fluffy and moist; with the vanilla yoghurt, fruits and crumble topping adding so many wonderful flavours. This cake would be perfect for a garden tea party or a great cake to take on a picnic!
I have always wanted to make my own Millionaire’s Shortbread but it’s like so many things, it gets left on the back burner. I came across this recipe in my recent BBC Good Food Magazine and I knew the time had come to finally make this absolutely heavenly treat! I love the fact that this recipe is a no-bake (as much as I love baking, I am a big fan of no-bakes at times). My hubby adores this, and he often treats himself to a pack of shop-bought but I reckon once his tried this version he will be placing orders at the goddess’s kitchen!
Millionaire's Shortbread
Ingredients
Makes 9-12 pieces
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Chilling time: approximately 1 hour
Base
200g (7oz) shortbread biscuits, crushed
25g (1oz) butter, melted
Filling
150g (5½ oz) butter
150g (5½ oz) dark brown soft sugar
397g can Carnation Condensed Milk
Topping
200g (7oz) milk chocolate, melted
You will also need: 20cm (8in) square brownie tin, lined with baking parchment.
Method
Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter and then lightly press the mixture into the tin to make an even layer. Chill for 20 minutes.
Place the butter and sugar into a non-stick pan and stir over a medium heat until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. To make a golden caramel, add the condensed milk, stirring continuously, until the first bubbles appear on the surface. Remove from the heat as soon as it comes to the boil.
Spread the caramel evenly over the crumb base and then cool and chill for 40 minutes. Pour the melted chocolate over the caramel, smoothing to the edges.
When the chocolate has hardened a little, cut into squares.