With Icing Sugar

I’m not sure what happened last week but suddenly I had the urge to bake something. As I’ve mentioned before I’ve never been a baker. Emma and Frances had to be taught by my mother. Anyway I thought I’d have a try at madeleines because I like their seashell shape and they’re a perfect size […]

Last week I was talking to our daughter Emma wondering what I’d do for this week’s recipe and thinking it was about time it was something sweet. She reminded me about this gooey lemon slice which we used to make in our café about 10 years ago. Surprisingly I found it in our recipe archives. […]

Neither Mike nor I are big on desserts but at lunch in Getaria at Asador Astillero we had to have the tarta panchineta after seeing those at a neighbouring table consume it with delight. It’s a very simple Basque dessert of flaky pastry filled with pastry cream (similar to French crème patisserie). Because Frances is […]