Category Archives: Dessert

Valentine Chocolate Spoons

We like to make something small for Valentine’s Day – something sweet preferably, but also something the kids can make themselves. This year I decided to make chocolate spoons – a great activity – fun and easy to make.  I’ve seen a few examples on Pinterest and here. You  can imagine that anything involving  messy …

Layered Ice Cream Cake

Layers of pound cake and different flavours of ice cream and sorbet are the basis for this pretty ice cream cake. With a little patience and time (to ensure that each layer freezes solid) you can create a nice and tasty desert. We made this to celebrate my grandfather’s birthday. He likes ice cream, he …

Peach Trifle with Vanilla Whip

I am posting a couple of recipes from my Friday Food Files over at FishlyNews – this trifle is a recent favourite. Light and fragant, the perfect dessert that looks pretty as well. How to:   I used this yellow cake   this vanilla custard   I stewed peaches with two tablespoons of sugar and …

Croissant and Panetone Bread Pudding

Recently I had some left over croissants and a big chunk of leftover Panetone – they were starting to go stale, so I decided to make bread pudding. Bread pudding tends to be a dessert in my grandmother’s home, but I thought I could change it up and make it for breakfast. I’m so glad …