Apple Crumble
A recipe for this classic autumn dessert. Nothing says autumn better than apple desserts, I think. Here’s a family recipe for apple crumble that goes well with just about anything – custard, cream or ice cream! I don’t like the…
Category Desserts
Raspberry, Rose and White Chocolate Cake
Raspberry, rose & white chocolate cake, an easy to follow recipe, with white chocolate buttercream and white chocolate ganache. Beautiful and delicious, this raspberry, rose and white chocolate cake is perfect as a tea time treat but also, more importantly, makes…
Sooji Halwa (Semolina Halwa)
Sooji Halwa is sometimes called Indian fudge, along with its cousin, Atta Halwa, which is made with wholewheat flour or chapatti flour. I have many memories of eating one or the other, as a child, in fact I have a…
Falooda Recipe (a South Asian Dessert Drink)
Falooda is a delicious dessert/drink of milk, sweet noodles and basil seeds, that is popular in South Asia, the Middle East and in parts of South East Asia. What is Falooda? Falooda doesn’t need any introduction to many. It’s a…
Zabadee el Mishmish (Egyptian Apricot Pudding)
First published July 2013, updated Jun 2017. Zabadee el Mishmish is a delightful chilled Egyptian dessert of apricots, cottage cheese and yoghurt. I learnt to make this from a colleague in London who used to regale us with stories and…
The Best Mahalabia Recipe (Middle Eastern Milk Pudding)
Mahalabia (also spelled muhallabia, muhalabia, muhallebi, mahalabiya – and closely related to malabi) is the Middle East’s answer to a chilled milk pudding: softly set, lightly sweet, and scented with rose water or orange blossom water. It takes about 10…