"- a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet" Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare. These cupcakes were created as a trial run during concept phase for a special bride-to-be. I rarely use any other recipe for cupcakes than the one given below with small flavour variations so it's nothing ...

"I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing." Irene Hunt The perfect rich fruity sauce that can add zing to any plain dessert, raspberry coulis is a very handy thing to have in the fridge. It pairs especially ...

"Things that will match the spring, you understand . . . little jelly tarts and lady fingers, and drop cookies frosted with pink and yellow icing, and buttercup cake" Anne of Green Gables, L. M. MontgomeryRecipe from Waitrose. Very light and moist, so easy to make and perfect for letting the little ...

"Spring came fast during the lengthening Lenten days. The first swallows returned to their old nests, mauve wind-flowers bloomed in the copses, tender gold catkins hung from the hazel trees which gave Cowdray its name. The air grew soft and fragrant. A few new-dropped lambs frisked beside the ...

"There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle." J K RowlingWHAT YOU’LL NEEDEquipment:Makes: 6 servingsINGREDIENTSMETHODTo finish:Serve hot, with maple syrup drizzled over. If desired, laden with berries and icing sugar or a scoop of ice cream. ...

"She spoke of yellow skied mornings and never setting suns. Of white lake skating and thick woollen dresses. The wood stacked by the door, and the smell of burning wood chip. And the speckled china bowls filled with ice cream" anon.I often used to make ice cream by hand. No machine, just time and ...

“Tita estaba como agua para chocolate, porque hervía de rabia” Como Agua Para Chocolate, Laura EsquivelExtremely sludgy and fudgy these really can't much masquerade as the delicate tea-time morsel for small graceful bites. You'll never get a clean bite. They're a definite pudding brownie, ...

"Mummy, I'm counting dinosaurs not sheep tonight"  We've been dinosaur dotty in our household for a while now - pretty much ever since we gave our youngest a 'Gantosaurus'. So when friends suggested a trip to the Natural History Museum in London we thought it good timing - our boys were in ...

"Even the poor know that richness - and it's the scent of lemons" I Limoni, The Lemon Trees, Montale The simplest of lemon cream tarts, this one is perfect for summer days - no bake and a lovely dessert for long alfresco suppers in the garden or last minute dinner parties. WHAT YOU'LL ...

'Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.' ~James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan My boys' favourite cakes. When we decorate them, they chatter away about how the silver sugar powder we use to finish them is magic fairy dust gathered from the ...