Gluten-free baking: Cinnamon Tea Cake Hello! Sorry it's been so long between drinks. These days, I have so many recipes in my head but so little time to develop them. C'est la vie, as the French say. Life is hurtling along, but it's nice to be able to get back to blogging. I've been laid up with a very sore back these past few days, so it's an ideal time for me to catch up. There's been … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Hedgehog Slice
Well, it's almost Easter and school holidays and it's that time of term when we're all utterly exhausted. I get pretty busy in the lead-up to Easter because I have a musical directorship which demands quite a lot of Easter music. That's fine by me, because I love Easter music almost as much as I love Christmas music. Anyway, while other food bloggers have been creating their own Easter recipes, … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Apple and Raspberry Muffins
I'm well behind the eight ball with posting recipes. It's already February and only now am I getting around to putting up my first recipe for the year: Gluten-free Apple and Raspberry Muffins. Why? Well, this happened. A few days before Christmas, a close relative passed away after a long illness. There was the funeral to arrange, Christmas Day to survive and personal belongings to be sorted. … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Banana Bread with Maple Syrup
It was bound to happen sooner or later. I mean, everyone needs a banana bread recipe in their baking repertoire. I've never gotten around to it, so I thought it was high time I got that sorted. I've said it before - I really love bananas in gluten-free baking. They're amazing. They add strength and elasticity as well as sweetness and a gorgeous taste. There's not much sugar in this banana … [Read more...]
Top Tips for Packing a Gluten-free Lunchbox
Y'know how we have the Christmas rush, followed by New Year's celebrations and then the Back-to-School frenzy happens straight after? It's irritating, isn't it? You barely get a breather between school ending and the Christmas season and then all of a sudden you're meant to be thinking about new pencil cases and trying to work out how to get out of covering your children's school books. Oh, and … [Read more...]