The Petit Four cookbook

Review: The Petit Four Cookbook by Brooks Coulson Nguyen

This book is a petit square book, which is highly appropriate considering the content. If you have ever considered making petit Four (which apparently means ‘little oven’ in French), then this book is a good place to start. After a small intro from the author, there are a couple of chapters on equipment and techniques….

Parmesan and Sage Palmiers

My husband’s office at work have  recently started having a monthly bake-off… although, I gather that there are not really any winners or losers, they do pick a theme. Fed up of just eating the entries, he decided to contribute, so when told me the theme was cheese, he asked for a suggestion. While he…

Aubergine Parmigiano

As we move ever closer to the summer, my eating habits tend to change. I start to move more towards lighter, fresher dishes than the heavy comforting stodge of winter food. It also makes a nice change to have a completely vegetarian dish. Aubergines are a vegetable I don’t use often enough, so I decided…

The Riddler's Hat birthday cake

Riddler Cake featured on The Riddler Factory

Last year I made a Riddler Hat cake for a friend who is a fan of The Riddler. It seems this has caught the attention of The Riddler Factory, a brilliant site for all things Riddler/Edward Nigma related. If you want to check out the site and the post, you can do so HERE. Thanks…

Black and White Layer Cake

I seem to have made a lot of cookies lately, which is great, I love doing them, but now and then you want something a little softer. This cake was inspired by the book I reviewed this week. I realised it had been far too long since I had made a chocolate cake. The sponge…

Baked Fish with Pesto Crust

I have had a full day today, so a quick and easy supper is exactly what is needed. This fish dish takes very little in the way of preparation, but is very tasty. The simple crust of breadcrumbs, garlic, lemon and pesto adds much needed flavour to  the fish. You can use any white fish…