Chocolate Birthday Cake

We are celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday with this delicious recipe! Ingredients: The sponge 6 egg yolks 2 eggs 115g/4 oz caster sugar 55g/2 oz plain flour 25g/1 oz cocoa powder 55g/2 oz melted butter The topping and filling 600ml/1 pint double cream 450g/1...

Rosé Sangria Spritz

 INGREDIENTS 1 bottle rosé wine, chilled 75ml Grand Marnier 500ml fizzy water, chilled 1 nectarine, stoned and sliced 6 strawberries, hulled and quartered Ice Mix the wine, Grand Marnier and fizzy water in a jug. Divide the fruit between the glasses (either wine...

Recipe – Mint Chocolate Cheesecake

This chocolate cheesecake recipe has a lovely mint flavour to it. Beautiful garnished with fresh mint leaves. This requires a bit of time to chill overnight, but in all it is not a hard recipe and it’s well worth the wait! Ingredients: 250g chocolate biscuits 75g...

Recipe – Iced Green Tea With Ginger and Mint

INGREDIENTS 3 oz ginger, unpeeled and sliced Handful of mint leaves 6 green-tea bags 6 teaspoons of  honey 2 tablespoons lemon juice In a large saucepan over high heat, combine the ginger and 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add the mint and...

Parmesan Spring Chicken

Full of spring flavours, the Parmesan coating gives a satisfying crunch and the meat stays tender Ingredients: 1 egg white 5 tbsp finely grated Parmesan 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast 400g new potato cut into small cubes 140g frozen peas handful baby spinach...

ICE Cookery Class – written by Cat Dube

                      I was lucky enough to be invited along to join in one of the ICE cookery classes.  Now, I know some of you may be thinking ‘what is ICE?’  It stands for ‘Infusions Culinary Experience’ but,...