The Green Apron

This is the cake we take when visiting as  everyone seems to love it. Its so cinnamony, appley and yummy.  This is another one of the cakes Mom used to sell at the market. It takes very little time to make and it uses up those eating apples sitting at the bottom of the fruit [...]

Today my house smells fantastic as it smells of baking Pecan Pies. I always make them at this time of year for Dads birthday as he adores them and they are hard to find here. I always make one for Dad and one for us as we love them too.
So I’m looking at the recipe [...]

I spent the day making  both raspberry  and strawberry preserve for saturdays market. The smell of strawberry preserve filling the house  made me reach for a bowl to whip up a batch of scones to carry that gorgeous preserve.
I decided today to make lemon to compliment the fresh strawberry preserve. The basic scone recipe ( [...]

This recipe comes from the Better Homes and Gardens “New Family Coookbook”. Ive been making this recipe for about 17 years since I got my first copy of the book. Its very quick and easy and you can really play around with the recipe. Here we covered it in raspberries we crushed with a spoon [...]

Ive always wanted a good baked cheesecake recipe but a lot of the recipes seemed a bit complicated.  I wanted baked as I’m not that fond of the gelatin based wobbly cold cheesecakes. They look so tasty but just dont live up to their looks. My friend Marina gave me this recipe last week and [...]

Much and all as I love courgettes there is a limit to how much I can actually eat . We are picking  over 20 a week and there are still the odd ones lurking under the leaves which you only find when they’ve grown to the size of a small child. I’m eating fried courgette [...]

This is another one of Mom’s secret recipes for the market.
These cakes are great . They are not too plain and not too rich. They hold for a long time, are easy to make and  both kids and adults  love them. Its a great way to use up overripe bananas.

This recipe makes 3 cakes or [...]