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Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla Frosting

A sweet recipe for pumpkin that isn't pie. This cake is a firm favourite with colleagues, and works equally well with a few tweaks as a carrot cake.

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Coquito - Christmas cocktail recipe

After searching the internet for a good eggnog recipe — having never tried, let alone made proper eggnog before — I discovered Coquito! Described by most as "Puerto Rican eggnog" or "coconut eggnog", as a coconut lover I was sold.

RecipesCatherine A.21 December 2016christmas, recipe, cocktails, coquito, coconut, puerto rican, puerto rican recipe, christmas recipe, drink recipeComment

Pastéis de Nata

We have solid intentions of visiting Lisbon soon, and eating an authentic Pastéis de Belém, but for now, we have had to make do with my homemade offering to get our fix.

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Banana & Nutella Marbled Cake

This recipe is taken from James Martin's book 'Sweet', but it went down so well that I thought it deserved some air time on the blog.

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Rhubarb and Ginger Frangipane

A beautiful frangipane tart for all seasons. It really needs no more introduction than that. I did a good one.

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Sauce Béarnaise

If you're going to perfect one steak sauce, in our opinion it's got to be a Béarnaise.

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Bacon, Goats Cheese & Spinach Quiche

One of my favourite things to make is shortcrust pastry. It's always the beginning of something really delicious, and this quiche is no exception.

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Quattro Formaggi

We've eaten a lot of pizza in our time, but we always come back to the holy quartet of pure dairy deliciousness. Perfect dough recipe inside.

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