Ingredient: butter

Chocolate Fondant

This is a chocolate fondant recipe that I learnt how to do a team building cooking event at the Frank Petzchen Cooking School in Dusseldorf. We all...

Pumpkin Soup

This is a simple pumpkin soup inspired by my recent team building event to Frank Petzchen’s  cook school. I have changed the recipe a little...

Chicken Pie

When I started this website I asked my boys what their favourite recipe of mine was they said my chicken pie. This version would more...

Zombie Bread Men

If you are after something to bake for Halloween why not try my Zombie Bread men. I love Gingerbread and its not quite time for...

Chocolate and Raspberry Cakes

These Chocolate and Raspberry cakes are a great way to get a great chocolate taste with less calories. I have used the artificial sweetener sucolin...

Plum and Walnut Cake

This Plum and Walnut Cake is inspired by Nicola’s great Belgium Apple Cake. It is the height of plum season and I was tempted by a 2kg...

Lemon curd

Lemon curd sounds horrible but it really tastes great. When a lot of people hear the word curd they think of cheese. The curd ,in...

Belgium Apple Cake

This Belgium Apple Cake is a family favourite recipe. It is my signature dish and one that is most requested from my friends and work...

Mexican Dips

As you might have noticed I like Mexican food. One of the reasons for this is having a load of tortilla chips with some great...

Toast Hawaii

Toast Hawaii is my favourite German vintage classic because it is emblematic for the Germans in the mid Fifties “Wirtschaftswunder” – and it is has...