Pear & Custard Crumble Cake (or “Goodbye to D.I.Y”)

Now that the dust of Christmas has settled, and we are all getting on (or not) with January, I bring you a cake requires a certain amount of...

Cooking with custard powder

I love custard. I’m not talking about the made-from-scratch-faff-about-with-eggs-and-vanilla-pods stuff, nor the tetra pac/tinned pre-made s...

G&T time - but not before I tell you about these chocolate muffins

I was mentally trying to review the day ahead over breakfast this morning with half an ear on the children’s conversation. They’re big on jo...