SWEETS N' TREATS
Peach and Blueberry Crisp
This Peach and Blueberry crisp is one of the easiest and best desserts out there. Delicious juicy fruit and a buttery crunchy topping, served warm with ice cream will win you awards.Peaches and blueberries are ready in the same season which is awesome. It’s good if...
Buttermilk Panna Cotta
As simple as it is delicious! You won’t see too many people turn down rich and creamy, yet light and so easy to eat, Buttermilk Panna Cotta. Replacing almost half of the 35% milk fat cream with 1% milk fat buttermilk would not put this under the category of,...
Wild Blueberry Sauce
Make this and keep it in the fridge for whenever you need it. When you finish it, make some more. One- wild blueberries are really good for you. (see Blueberries) Two- You can use it with so many things Blueberry Shortcake with Blueberry Scones (click on image to...
Chocolate Malt Ice Cream Pie
This is as perfect as a Chocolate Malt Ice cream could be. Freeze it in a Vanilla wafer crumb crust for a special dessert or enjoy it alone and let it be the ultimate memory of a malted milkshake. I know I always say this, but this is so good. It is so delicious...
Chocolate Panna Cotta
Panna Cotta is a silky smooth cream based eggless custard. This deliciously rich, yet refreshing dessert gets its firmness from gelatine. This Italian dessert is traditionally unmolded, similar to a Bavarian Custard which is stabilized with gelatine but also uses...
Cherry Sauce or Candied Cherries
These are sweet syrupy jewels in a brilliant, naturally coloured syrup. This is not a thick cherry sauce. There is no cornstarch or other thickener.As the cherries are cooked, the juices are released and then reduced, as thick as you would like and the cherries get...
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Crumble Topping
This Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is so delicious, with it’s crumble topping of oats and butter baking into the sweet tart ruby filling. Strawberry Rhubarb pie is always a favourite and those who like it, like it a lot! I think this pie with a buttery crumble topping is...
Classic Caramel Sauce
A Classic Caramel Sauce is a very simple thing to make other simple things special. An apple dip, a coffee sweetener, or an ice cream topping. Simple churros or plain cake, or waffles become a fancy dessert with a dollop of cream and a caramel sauce swirl. Caramel is...
Candied Citrus Peel for Hot Cross Buns etc
For baked goods like Hot Cross buns that call for candied peel but you’d like something a bit more pure. Like amber jewels, nothing artificial. You could also make a good old fashioned, Old Fashioned with a twist (named after the glass it is served in), by adding a...
Chocolate Marshmallow Soy nut or Peanut butter Bars
This is SO easy and SO good. If you forgot you were supposed to take office snacks or bake for a party and you had 10 minutes, you could actually do this.This is where you don’t need to make any apologies for using a microwave to prepare something. It is the best...
Wheat Free Baked Banana Pudding Cake
I was going to make my baked lemon pudding, but I had all of these bananas. So Wheat Free Baked Banana Pudding!Bright yellow bananas, but only on the outside. The inside is a nice off-white, that should show nicer once this is baked, but it doesn’t. It is still that...
Banana Cream Pie with Oatmeal Crust
This is not the place for your overripe bananas. This is where you will need just ripe bananas. Firm, no green on the peel, just-ripe, bananas.Overripe bananas will get brown and soft quickly once they are sliced, and they start to liquify and slide around your...
Chocolate Dipped Bananas with Soy Nut or Peanut Butter
When I need a little sweet and I see these in the freezer it makes me so happy!It is pretty much as simple and as good as you can imagine. It’s simple if you have everything ready, and the ingredients are good. Everyone will be impressed!I saw on TV some place that...
Oatmeal Pudding – Donegal Irish Oat Cream
Donegal is on the shore of the west side of Northern Ireland, full of beaches, castles and history. I think I’d like to go there. Traditionally it is served with berry preserves. I like to use Mandarin oranges because the...