Yes you’ve guessed it right – a delicious, rich, chocolate-y chocolate cake. Perfect for … [read more]
Baking!
Flaugnarde aux Pommes
Flaugnarde or flognarde is a baked French dessert with fruit and a thick flan-like batter hailing … [read more]
Pear and Chocolate Loaf
Yet another loaf cake - my most used tin in the kitchen! Pears are in season at the moment, for this … [read more]
Madeleines
Madeleines are well known small sponge cakes, famous for their little ‘bump’ and shell like shape. … [read more]
Some recent recipes
Tarte Auvergnate
Auvergne is a region in south central France, home to the city of Clermont-Ferrand. This recipe is … [read more]
Quiche
There are lots of quiche recipes but this is the original, traditional 'quiche lorraine' from the … [read more]
Quatre-Quarts
The quatre-quarts is a classic recipe from the french repertoire. Directly translated into english … [read more]
A Breton Galette
A breton galette is a large, thin pancake from the Brittany region made with buckwheat flour, … [read more]
Gaufres de Liège or Belgian Liège Waffles
Ok so first things first. This isn't a french recipe, its Belgian and comes from the Belgian town of … [read more]
Ficelle Picarde
A ficelle picarde is a savoury crepe, from, yep you've guessed it, the Picardie region. This a great … [read more]
Lemon Cake
I love lemon flavoured cakes and desserts but I like them to have a really strong lemon flavour so … [read more]
Apple, Walnut and Raisin Loaf
Its another loaf recipe - easy, versatile and perfect for the "goûter" I tend to use my loaf tin … [read more]
Chocolate Pear Cake
Chocolate and pears go so well together, the dark chocolate and sweet moist pears make a lovely … [read more]