Desserts

Austrian Curd Cheesecake

Preheat the oven to 170ºC fan oven/190ºC/gas 5. Grease a 23cm springform cake tin and line the bottom greaseproof paper. Beat together the butter, sugar and curd cheese until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Add …

Gluten-free Nutty Shortbread

Preheat the oven to 160ºC fan oven/180ºC/gas 5. Grease and line a 23cm cake tin. Beat together the butter and sugar. Add the flour, ground almonds and xanthan gum and mix to a stiff paste. Press into the baking tray. …

Pear & Raspberry Coconut Crumble

Preheat the oven to 150˚C fan oven/170˚C/gas 4. Drain the pears, then put them and the raspberries in a small casserole dish and sprinkle the brown sugar over. Mix together the ingredients for the crumble topping in a bowl. Spread …

Really Rather Splendid Chocolate Roulade

We had a little bit of fun with this photo by first dredging with icing sugar and then with cocoa. Tim then scraped some shavings from a block of chocolate. Preheat the oven to 160˚C fan oven/180˚C/gas 5. Line a …

Celebrate your ‘A’ Levels with this Gluten-free Chocolate Fudge Cake

Preheat the oven to 160ºC fan oven/180ºC/gas 5. Grease and line 2 x 20cm tins. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the syrup …

Scotch Pancakes with strawberries and caramel sauce

Put the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and gently heat. Allow to bubble for 1 minute.  Set to one side until needed. Beat together the eggs, sugar, flour and milk. Heat a little flora or oil in a large …

Gluten-Free Baileys Banana Dessert

To make the cake. Preheat the oven to 160ºC fan oven/180ºC/gas 5. Grease a 20cm cake tin. Beat together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and beat well. Add the single banana and beat well. Fold in the flour …

Very simple pancake recipe

Beat the eggs and flour together in a bowl or jug. Gradually add the milk, making sure there are no lumps. The mixture should be as thin as single cream, i.e. quite thin, but not as thin as milk. Heat …

Strawberry Muffin ‘Millefeuille’ – Valentine Meal (Part 2 of 2)

You can make your own muffins or buy them, but they need to be quite large to make this hold up. Make your own add you will have a few for the next day! You can whip the cream, prepare …

White Chocolate and Raspberry Slice

 Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan oven/gas 4. If you are making the pastry, refer to the video on www.noshbooks.com. Roll out into an oblong, large enough to fit a 20 x 30cm baking tray. Fold the pastry over the …

Gluten-Free Raspberry Trifle Recipe

Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan oven/220ºC/ gas 7. Grease and line flat swiss roll tin 20x30cm. Beat together the eggs and sugar until creamy and thick. Add the lemon zest and flour and gently fold in. Pour into the …

Banana Split

Make just before you serve, as the bananas will go brown if left for a long time. Make the Chocolate Sauce. Slice the banana in half lengthways and arrange on the plate or dish. Place 2 scoops of ice cream …

Quick Cheese Cake

In order to get the cheesecake out of the tin, you will need to use a cake tin with a loose bottom. It is best to put a circle of greaseproof paper in the bottom. Once the cheesecake has set, …

Banoffee Pancakes with toffee sauce, cream and chocolate

Make the pancake mixture by beating together the flour, eggs and enough milk to make a consistency of single cream. Heat a small amount of the trex in a medium frying pan. Pour in 2 tablespoons of the mixture and …

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe with chocolate ganache topping

Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan oven/200ºC/gas 7. Grease and line the bottom of 2 x 19cm cake tins. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each. …

Easy Chocolate Sauce

This is a really easy chocolate sauce to pour over ice cream or anything that needs it, I our family we would always wait for mum to say, shall I do a quick chocolate sauce and Ice Cream, seemed to …

Ameretti, Almond & Apricot Trifle Recipe

Cut the madeira cake into 2 cm cubes and spread in the bottom of a trifle dish. Add the almond extract to the apricot juice and drizzle over the cake. Add the apricots and gently mix together. Pour over the …

Blueberry Tart Recipe

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/200ºC/gas 6. Make the pastry for the base, by rubbing in the butter and flour and adding enough liquid to make a soft dough. You can use a food processor. Roll out the pastry and line …

Simple Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

Beautiful fresh summer dessert, the sponge base is much lighter than the traditional biscuit bases. Really easy to make too. Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan/220ºC/gas 7. Grease and line a 20cm round, loose bottomed cake tin. To make the …

Almond and Pear Pavlova

Preheat the oven to 150ºC fan oven/1701. ºC/gas 4. Put some greaseproof paper on a large baking tray. Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until they form stiff peaks. Gradually add the sugar and beat until the mixture …