I never thought I would be able to say that I enjoyed a cake made from black sesame tahini. I mean the very idea of such a savoury item in a cake just seemed wrong. I have surprised myself, however, and have thoroughly enjoyed it, especially with the layer of dark chocolate ganache on top. […]
Transferred: Festive Free-dom, Tesco Free From and #glutenfreehelps
Have you tried the Tesco Free From range yet? I have to say amidst all the fancy brand names etc, many of the gluten free (and sometimes dairy free) products offered by Tesco have become a staple in my kitchen …so I was overjoyed when they told me that they were coming out with new […]
Elvis Cookies #glutenfree #dairyfree
Apparently there is the biggest Elvis exhibition to ever hit London on at the O2 coming up in December. At least they claim it is – but I saw the ad in the tube when I was dragging my Mom around London this week … under apparent rioting but that’s another story. Anyway, I was […]
Gluten free and Dairy Free Lemon Danish Recipe
I think you always go back to your favourite flavours for comfort food. A lot has been going on on this side of the screen that I’m not ready to talk about, so when the GBBO decided to do an enriched dough on their finale, I decided I wanted to attempt a lemon danish recipe. […]
Gluten Free and Dairy Free Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate Tart
It’s amazing how something as seemingly simple as a salted caramel and dark chocolate tart can take me so long to make, yet something like two flavours of freaking gluten and dairy free profiteroles took me only four hours on a Friday night! I guess it means that I’ve made my schedule way too busy […]
Chocolate Chili Mille Feuille #GlutenFree #DairyFree
I’ve always been fascinated by mille feuille. I always marvelled at how delicate and light they look in bakery displays – but I don’t believe I’ve ever had one before. Luckily, I was able to make a gluten free, dairy free version of them for this week’s GBBO challenge! Yummy pastry. It was patisserie week […]
Gluten Free and Dairy Free Moroccan Lamb and Apricot Pie
Did I ever tell you I love Moroccan food? Better yet – give me a Moroccan lamb dish and I’m over the moon. That, together with the fact that I’ve been going nuts baking sweet stuff for the past few weeks, and you get the idea for this week’s #GBBO bake off – my Moroccan […]
Apricot and Ginger Frangipane Tart #Glutenfree #Dairyfree
The first time I heard about a frangipane tart, I was completely confused because I thought it was a tart made with frangipani (plumeria) flowers! Instead, imagine my surprise when I found out that it was a sweet, almond based filling for apie. Well, technically, I didn’t hear about it until I found a chocolate […]
Profiteroles! #glutenfree #dairyfree
At a recent gluten free baking class that I chose to take, the instructor shook her head vehemently and went “just trust me, you can’t make choux pastry gluten free”. If you know me, I took that on as a challenge – and when I saw that the Great British Bake Off was doing a […]
Cheesecake filled meringue nests #dairyfree #glutenfree
The ladies in my family are very much picky about our cheesecakes. When I ate dairy (and berries..um and gluten), the king of cheesecakes that we made in our house was just a fairly simple, yet divine no-bake cherry cheesecake. The recipe which is still, to this day, kept secret within the famiy. (Except that […]