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Banana and Christmas Pudding Loaf
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Leftovers Recipe: Banana and Christmas Pudding Loaf

19 November 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
Do you have leftover Christmas pudding every year?  Then try this Banana and Christmas Pudding Loaf with Mead Drizzle recipe [Read more]
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German Spaghetti Ice Cream Recipe Spaghettieis Recipe

4 September 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
German Spaghetti Ice Cream – Spaghettieis Recipe Alongside Currywurst, SpaghettiEis is one of my favourite things to eat when visiting [Read more]
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Mango & Candied Chili Tarte Tatin Recipe

9 August 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
Mango & Candied Chili Tarte Tatin This is a bold and spicy twist on the classic French dessert. delicious and [Read more]
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Baked Chocolate Mousse Recipe from Rusacks

22 April 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
Baked Chocolate Mousse Recipe from Jenna Todd, Pastry Chef at 18 at Rusacks, St Andrews   Ingredients 240g 70% dark [Read more]
Slow Cooker Poached Quince Recipe
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Slow Cooker Poached Quince Recipe

26 March 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
Slow Cooker Poached Quince Recipe Quinces are a fruit which is much neglected in the UK, usually relegated to the [Read more]
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Gold Top Bread and Butter Pudding

6 December 2024 Emma Mykytyn 0
Rich and luxurious Gold Top Bread and Butter pudding This version of the classic pudding is  made with Graham’s Family [Read more]
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Gold Top Clafoutis Noel

3 December 2024 Emma Mykytyn 0
Celebrate the festive season with a Christmas twist on the classic French clafoutis This warm baked dessert is studded with [Read more]
Peaches soaked in Brandy Ingredients 6 peaches 1 stick of cinnamon (or 1 tsp ground cinnamon) 325g sugar 2ooml brandy we used Bardinet (click here for cocktail recipes) 400ml water Method Add the sugar, water and cinnamon to a large pot. Bring to the boil and simmer until the sugar is dissolved. Slice the peaches (or add whole if you have large enough jars) and add the peaches to the syrup. Poach until tender. Pour the peaches into a sterilised jar with enough syrup to cover around two thirds of peaches. Top up the jar with brandy. Seal the jar. Give the jar a shoogle gently to combine the syrup and brandy. The longer you store the jar, the more the brandy soaks into the peaches.
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Peaches soaked in Brandy

20 November 2024 Emma Mykytyn 0
Peaches soaked in Brandy Christmas is coming and one of the things I have always wanted to try has been [Read more]
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Easy to make Tres Leches Cake (milk cake)

3 July 2024 Emma Mykytyn 0
Tres Leches Cake Recipe Named after the three types of milk used in the recipe, Tres Leches is a decadent-tasting, [Read more]
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Valentine’s Day – A Skillet Cookie Recipe to make and share

3 February 2024 Foodie Lass 0
Celebrate your Valentines day with this wonderful cookie recipe from Crumbs and Doilies by Jemma Wilson (aka Cupcake Jemma on [Read more]
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Summer Fruit Pudding Recipe

24 August 2023 Emma Mykytyn 0
Iain Naysmith, Head chef at the Dalmore Inn in Blairgowrie, has put together this version of a classic summer pudding. [Read more]
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Scottish Fruit Slice Recipe

24 October 2022 Emma Mykytyn 4
AKA dead fly cake, fly cemetery or flies’ graveyard A sweet treat known as dead fly cake, fly cemetery or [Read more]
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Gingerbread Cake Recipe

28 May 2022 Emma Mykytyn 0
Gingerbread cake with a kick This isn’t one of those lame gingerbread cakes, this one has two levels of ginger [Read more]
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Recipe : Scottish Cream Cookies aka Cream Buns

14 April 2022 Emma Mykytyn 0
Scottish Classic – Cream Cookie Growing up, I’ve known these as cream cookies however Mr Foodie knows them as cream [Read more]
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Party Ring Rocky Road Traybake Recipe

18 April 2021 Emma Mykytyn 0
This Party Ring Rocky Road traybake recipe is full of white chocolate,  mallows and party rings – a blast from [Read more]
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Orange Coconut Bites Recipe

26 March 2021 Foodie Lass 0
Perfect afternoon treat How to make Orange coconut bites Makes approximately 12 – 16 pieces Ingredients 1 large orange Egg [Read more]
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Recipe : Luxurious Banana Bread

6 January 2021 Emma Mykytyn 0
Banana bread was the hit of lockdown 2020, and there’s no need to forget it now.  This version has brown [Read more]
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Recipe : Pear Tarte Tartin

11 November 2020 Emma Mykytyn 0
Inspired by the delish apple tarte tartin at The Seafood Ristorante in St Andrews, and with the purchase of some [Read more]
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Recipe : Romanian Doughnuts Papanași

6 October 2020 Emma Mykytyn 0
Traditional Romanian fried doughnuts – Papanași (papanash) – made with cottage cheese and topped with smetana and jam. These Papanași [Read more]
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Recipe : Scottish cherry tart

6 August 2020 Emma Mykytyn 0
Made with Scottish-grown cherries This scrumptious cherry tart is so easy to make.  No need to chill pastry, the filling [Read more]
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Recipe : Pineapple Upside Down Cake

9 May 2020 Emma Mykytyn 0
Embrace the 70s with this pineapple upside-down cake A proper cupboard cake, utilising that long-forgotten tin of pineapple at the [Read more]
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The Chimney Cake Corporation, Glasgow

20 December 2019 Emma Mykytyn 6
Chim Chim Cher-ee Chimney Cakes, or Kürtőskalács to give them their full name, is a cake which is generally found [Read more]
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Recipe: No bake Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecake

10 February 2019 Emma Mykytyn 0
Decadent cheesecake for a peanut butter fan They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. It [Read more]
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Recipe: Melon, Lemon and Thyme Salad

28 July 2018 Emma Mykytyn 0
Refreshing Melon, Lemon and thyme salad The weather may be all topsy turvey at the moment however this refreshing melon, [Read more]

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