Apple & Spice
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Lindsay's Description:
The blog title may be Apple & Spice, but you will find all things nice here as Katie shares her recipes and passion for cooking. If the delicious photos aren't enough to send you racing to the kitchen then Kate's step-by-step guide to her creative process surely will. Apple & Spice really is as delicious as its name.
Katie's Description:
I am passionate about all things foodie. My first memory that I attribute to introducing me to my love for cooking is helping my grandma make jam tarts with left over pastry when I was four. Since then my love of cooking has grown.
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Recent Updates at Apple & Spice
Feeling Fruity? – Jordans Cereals New Frusli Bar
30 July 2010
I was recently asked if I would like to sample the new Frusli bar from Jordans and upon hearing that it was apple, sultana and cinnamon flavour – some of my all time favourite things (see name of blog!) I was only too eager to accept. The box arrived yesterday, a little battered but the bars ...
Daring Bakers July 2010: Chocolate, Raspberry & Hazelnut Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake
27 July 2010
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home. Just reading ...
Summer Pudding
23 July 2010
This is the perfect summer dessert to enjoy on a warm summers day and a great way of using some of the fruit I picked at Grove Farm recently. It encapsulates all the vibrant, zingy, fresh, fruity, sweet flavours of summer berries to form a truly divine dessert. It’s amazing how gently heating the ...
The Cake Slice July 2010: Key West Cake with Mango Mousse and Ginger Lime Cream
20 July 2010
I was really excited when this cake got chosen as this months Cake Slice cake. It’s one I had been longing to bake for ages, the ingredients sounded so fresh and tropical – mango, fresh ginger and lime – and yet it is not a combination I have together in a cake before. The cake also called ...
The Joys of Picking Your Own
14 July 2010
Now the sunny weather is here all sorts of fruit and veg has sprouted, blossomed and grown and is now ripe for the picking. Last weekend was a particularly sunny day and I spent a most enjoyable afternoon at a Pick Your Own farm, doing just that – picking my own fruit and veg. I went with my ...
A Fantastico Evening with Gennaro Contaldo & Bertolli Sauces
10 July 2010
Tuesday evening found me gathered in the downstairs cookery workshop of London’s L’atelier des Chefs along with a group of 10-12 food bloggers for an evening of Italian food and sauces. The event was being run by Bertolli to showcase their new range of Italian sauces in association with none ...
Deep Chocolate Chip Brownies
06 July 2010
Last weekend I was in the mood for brownies. I wanted them to be simple, no nonsense, pure, thick, moist and very chocolaty. I went on a brownie blog hunt and came across David Lebovitz’s blog which featured the most incredible looking Dulce de Leche brownies. They weren’t quite what I was ...
Insanely Delicious Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
30 June 2010
The joys of peanut butter cookies have been discussed by many bloggers in recent months, and as nice as they sounded I wasn’t in any particular hurry to try them out myself. They seem on first glance quite a simple plain cookie, I was sure they would be nice, but nothing that special. Oh how ...
Rum & Raisin Cheesecake
24 June 2010
Rum and raisin ice cream is my dad’s favourite ice cream flavour. You can’t buy it very easily in the supermarkets here, but whenever we come across a special ice cream shop on holiday rum & raisins is usually his flavour of choice. This year for Fathers Day I decided I wanted to ...
The Cake Slice June 2010: Shenandoah Valley Blueberry Cake
20 June 2010
After my doubt of salads it is high time I return to the main source of recipe inspiration on this blog – cakes, bakes and other sweet treats! To welcome me back to my love affair with baking I have for you this months Cake Slice cake. The winning cake this month is Shenandoah Valley Blueberry ...