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Sunday Pudding

This week I made Strawberry Pavlova from a Mary Berry recipe. It was very popular.


Sunday Pudding

This week’s pudding was lemon meringue pie. A favourite of mine.


Sunday Pudding

This week I made Ricotta al CaffĂ©. This is a very simple recipe from Elizabeth David’s Italian Food and consists of ricotta, sugar and ground coffee whisked together.


Sunday Pudding

Every Sunday I make a pudding to go with the dinner. I’ve made a number of things over the past few months. This Sunday I made Tiramisu:

I used the …


The Cakes of Japan 17



I had this in Kyoto. It was custard tart but, although not too bad, the egg custard was a little overcooked.…


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This is the nicest cake I’ve had in Japan. It’s a molded pancake type thing, not unlike cake number 13; however, it had an excellent texture and was filled with …


The Cakes of Japan 15



THis was some sort of Hanami cake. As it was that time of year I felt obliged to try it. It was bready with some sort of jam filling. It …


The Cakes (erm… Biscuits) of Japan 14



These dog and cat biscuits looked kind of nice so I bought some to take to a Hanami picnic. They came in this nice box:




The Cakes of Japan 13



These were being sold by Nakano station. There was often a queue for them so I decided to join in and see what all of the fuss was about. The …


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This cake was a bit of a let down. The pastry was fried in nature although I doubt it was actually fried. It was nice enough; however, the centre didn’t …