Category: Desserts

  • Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate Cake Growing up in the North East of England as young lad, I always remember Sundays as being the best day of the week. Why you ask? Well, Sunday was the day my brother Michael, my sister Julie, and I would help Dad in the garden and Mam in the kitchen. Dad would pick…

  • Welsh Cakes

    Welsh Cakes

    Welsh Cakes March 1 is St. David’s Day back in Wales. I lived in Wales for 10 years, and my three boys were all born there. So I thought it would be nice to share a recipe for Welsh Cakes or bakestones, which are traditional in Wales. In the North of England, where I’m from,…

  • Dairy-Free Lemon & Coconut Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries

    Dairy-Free Lemon & Coconut Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries

    Dairy-Free Lemon and Coconut Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries Traditional panna cotta comes from the northern Italian region of Piedmont. Usually sweetened cream with gelatin, it can be flavored with coffee, rum, or vanilla. I was fortunate to work in Udine, Italy for a short while in my early thirties. While there, I had the…