Category Archives: Desserts

Recipe: Peaches Baked with Pine Nuts, Chocolate & Amaretto

Colorado peaches are perfect right now. Even if you can’t buy ours, I’m sure you can find some excellent peaches wherever you live. This is a delicious way to serve them that’s light and intensely chocolatey-peachy; easy to make and … Continue reading

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Recipe – ‘Athol Brose’ (or, a taste of Scotland)

This classic Scottish dessert/pudding whatever you want to call it, also goes by the name ‘Cranachan’. If you’d normally run screaming for the hills at the thought of eating something that’s every bit as traditionally Scottish as haggis, please take … Continue reading

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Recipe: Glorious Figs!

My first fig was plucked from a tree in the conservatory that was attached to my cousin’s home in Wiltshire. I was 9 yrs old; it was warm from the sun and I’ve never forgotten it. Even the memorable 24 … Continue reading

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Recipe: Very Easy Apricot Tart with Almonds

I bought a large quantity of the plumpest, nicest-looking apricots in Costco the other day and realizing I couldn’t eat them fast enough before they became overripe, I decided to make an open tart after finding some puff pastry lurking … Continue reading

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Recipe: Summer Berries with a Balsamic Caramel Syrup

I was going to wait until the July 4th weekend to post this unbelievably easy recipe (because of the red, white and blue) but it feels so summery today and I’ll be traveling in the UK on the Fourth of … Continue reading

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Recipe: Flourless Chocolate Truffle Cake

Not so much a cake, more a massive chocolate truffle that you’d slice thinly and share – or not, depending on what a greedy little choco-piggy you are. If you don’t love chocolate, then you can join the ranks of … Continue reading

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Recipe: Dried Plums & Oranges in a Cardamom Tea Syrup

I thought winter was over; yesterday was 70F and sunny but today we have gale-force winds, horizontal blowing snow, thunder and lightning. That’s springtime in the Rockies for you. This fragrant, fruity-spicy dessert is easy to make, rich tasting and … Continue reading

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Recipe – Banoffee Pie

This recipe is well known in the UK but over here the name has people a bit confused. ‘Banoffee Pie’ draws its name from the combined ingredients of ripe bananas, dulce-de-leche, espresso and cream. The pie crust is made from … Continue reading

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Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Parfait

I believe that chocolate and peanut butter were made for each other, a bit like champagne and strawberries, caviar and iced vodka, fish n’ chips, snails and garlic, my dog and I…etc. This recipe tastes so deliciously rich and creamy, … Continue reading

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Recipe: Light and Luscious Carrot & Almond Cake

…and this recipe is wheat and dairy free so those of you who love the idea of carrot cake but can’t eat it, take heart! This incredibly moist and light version is so much better for your heart than the … Continue reading

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