Yesterday, our parents arrived for a three-week visit – yippee! My mum is a huge fan of chocolate-covered prunes, so I made these especially for her arrival. These chocolate-covered prunes with marzipan are absolutely incredible – even better than shop-bought
Drunken Plum Cake is a layered cake filled with Nutella cream, plum preserve and, most importantly, plenty of dried prunes soaked in rum. It’s perfect for Christmas or later for New Year’s Eve celebrations! A family-sized cake that’s ideal for sharing, served as neat
Delicious homemade truffles made with dried fruit, nuts, and a touch of honey. These prunes and date truffles are a wholesome festive treat – perfect as a naturally sweet snack. Highly recommended.
This apple poppy seed cake – often referred to as Japanese poppy seed cake – is wonderfully moist and full of flavour, just the way we like it. It’s made almost entirely from rich poppy seed mixture, though it can also be baked on a thin shortcrust base if you prefer.
When it gets a bit cooler, I like to spend time in the kitchen baking cookies ;). Today’s recipe is a lighter version of oat cookies – wholemeal oat cookies with prunes. They’re made without butter, using just two (!) tablespoons of oil, with wholemeal flour