recipe for an apple cake

Recipe for an apple cake

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  Apples are one of the most delicious and versatile fruits. Full of vitamin C they are a wonderful fruit to sink your teeth in and a great way to quench your thirst. But, also very tasty to use in cooking…
Easy Summer dessert

Easy Summer Dessert

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During the summer months outside meals and barbecues are the order of the day, especially if the weather is warm and dry. And this is always a very important consideration when living in Ireland. To then also have an easy summer…

Another apple tart

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Yes, I know. Another apple-story and another recipe for an apple tart. But hey, who doesn't love apple tart and with it being autumn here, it is apple season. Also this one has a French twist with frangipane added. I found…
apple tart with crumble topping

Apple Tart with crumble topping

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Growing up in South Africa with Dutch parents meant we were accustom to Dutch cuisine as well. The Dutch side included boterham met kaas or pindekaas, (bread with cheese or peanut butter) stamppot (vegetable and potato mash),…
Spice cake just out the oven

Recipe for a spice cake

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Tired of making banana bread and looking for an alternative? Well, what about a spice cake or kruidkoek? It's also made in a bread tin and you eat it with some butter spread on top. In the Netherlands this is a breakfast alternative…
finished buns

Hot Cross Buns

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My earliest memories of hot cross buns are waking up on Easter Sunday by the spicy smell wafting through the house. My dad loved warming up hot cross buns for a special breakfast, delicious with some butter and a sprinkling…
German Coffee Cake

German Coffee Cake recipe

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Over the weekend I was going through my recipe books for cake-inspiration and found this German Coffee Cake recipe by Jamie Oliver. Recipe Book In his introduction Jamie says that this is his homage to…
Banana Bread Recipe

Easy Banana Bread Recipe

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It was during the first lockdown, way back in March last year, that people started baking banana bread, more than usual.   Banana bread usually gets baked when you look at the fruit bowl and see three overripe…
apples in Autumn

Apples in Autumn

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A few years ago, we planted three apple trees in our front garden.  For the bees and for the apples.  Since then we’ve had an abundance of apples to eat and to cook with.  The harvest starts in September,…
yogurt cake

Yummy YOGURT Cake

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Today is the start of a weekend, so why not try this sweet, chocolaty, simple and understated yogurt cake?   In my kitchen I have a shelf housing my recipe books. Then I have a box with loose recipes, handwritten…