Not for the first time I was away for Saint Patrick’s Day. This is generally unintentional rather than by design. For a number of years I was in Paris for our away Six Nations fixtures against the French which tended to fall on that weekend. Those trips were particularly festive. In 2007 I was in […]
I hadn’t made cupcakes in months, probably in fact since I popped off to Ballymaloe. On my travels I found a new deep cupcake pan and armed with the pan as inspiration and my old reliable bun recipe, I cooked up these little lads. Dotes. Once cooled, I iced the buns with a vanilla […]
When I was a small girl the Eclair was the most impossibly perfect confection. It was certainly the most continental, if not exotic, offering. At the risk of getting my mammy in trouble, I remember spending a considerable amount of time queuing in the post office to pick up the children’s allowance. Upon collection, we […]
In the run up to 14 February, I was busy in our little kitchen cooking up some little dessert delights. In the interests of fairness and to share the love so to speak, I have popped up a couple of pictures to whet your appetites. Valentine’s Day is now passed, but my love for […]
lillecook.wordpress.com 