Irish Coffee Cake

This coffee cake was specially made for St. Patrick’s Day as the dessert and it has the essence of an Irish coffee in a cake, a mild coffee flavour with a hint of whisky.

Fruit of the Forest Compote

Fruit of the forest is referring to wild growing fruit. In modern terms it is a blend of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. This sweet and spicy compote with a good tart flavour is great to use with any plated desserts such as Blancmange or Panna Cotta.

Buttermilk Crepe with Creamy Custard and Port Wine Jelly

This is an ideal dessert full of flavours to serve after a main meal and it can be prepared in advance.

Cultured Buttermilk Crepes

These piquant crepes are the perfect match for any preferred dessert crepe fillings such as yoghurt or whipped cream with macerated strawberries. They are also perfect served warm with fresh fruit or a drizzle of honey.

Baked Vanilla Cheesecake

Cheesecake is a considered a dessert made with fresh cream cheese, sugar, flavours and more often than not on a base made with biscuit crumbs, pastry or sponge cake. This cheesecake is baked and sets like a custard. I have made this baked vanilla cheesecake with immense success for more than 30 years it is still so popular that I bake it every week.

Coffee Éclairs

An éclair is a finger long baked pastry shell made from piped choux paste filled with a soft sweet or savoury paste and decorated on top. Coffee éclairs are sold in most European pastry shops especially in France.

Mint Garlic and Ginger Yoghurt Dip

Yoghurt is the product of the bacterial fermentation of milk. Fermentation of lactose by these yoghurt cultures produces lactic acid which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang. Yoghurt is used as an appetizer, a side dish or a dessert.

Rice and Spinach Egg Cake

Rice cakes are often considered a delicacy as well as an everyday snack and are steamed, boiled, fried, grilled, roasted and even baked. They are made using rice as a core ingredient blended with other elements and combined into a single item. An extensive selection of rice cakes exist in the different cultures where rice is a part of a stable diet and are predominantly widespread in Asia.