Allergic Reactions

It’s a thoroughly miserable Friday afternoon here and it’s a case of is it time to bake or leave it for the weekend when I’m feeling better after such a severe allergic reaction that I had last night. This wasn’t actually due to any allergies that I have, moreover when I used some washing liquid

One Cake or Two

These delicious cakes were made yesterday.  The one on the left is a coffee and glace ginger cake. It gives the cake quite a crunch and the texture is superb.  The second is a brand new cake for 2014, it is an apple and cherry cake using fresh Jonagold apples which this time have been grated into the

Vegetable and Pasta Soup

Flavour first – ideas

Here’s one for you, when making cakes, biscuits, or traybakes do you make the basic mix and then decide what flavours your going to add, or follow a recipe and not be tempted to add your own unique flavour to it, so that it is your own. Having followed recipes for many years, I decided

Apple Cake with a twist

English Apple Varieties

Cherry Coconut Ice

This is cherry coconut ice, it has an unusual flavour and it isn’t as sweet as I thought it would be. Yet it is delicious and yet different from the usual pink and white and very sickly sweet that you find at the seaside.  This however, is so easy and yet inexpensive to make, if

Lemon Coconut Ice

To bake or not to bake

To bake or not to bake.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to my blog Welcome to my blog. This is something that is close to my heart, not just because there isn’t much around about Lactose Intolerance or Dairy Allergies. I aim to rectify this. Being able to adapt recipes and add dairy free substitutes has to be a bonus and… View Post

To bake or not to bake

Well tomorrow is Tuesday, and I’m wondering whether to bake or not.  There are several options open to me. I have numerous ideas for cakes now that I can use some Lactose Free from the lovefreefrom.com, down in Devon. Some of the chocolate that they have I can’t use because of my allergy and the