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April A to Z gluten free vegetarian treats: V is for vanilla fudge

I have only made fudge once before and it was ok, not fab: just ok. I wanted a simple recipe that didn’t involve sugar thermometers or too much washing up. This recipe uses the microwave! At 8 minutes the mixture was still very pale and I was a bit worried but at 10 minutes once […]

April A to Z gluten free vegetarian treats: U is for upside down cake

Another British classic that I’ve never made before! This was another bit hit with the kids (so basically anything with cake in it is a winner!) Ingredients butter (for greasing the dish) 2 tablespoons caster sugar 6 slices canned pineapple in juice (plus 3 tablespoons of the juice) 100g self raising flour 100g butter or […]

April A to Z gluten free vegetarian treats: T is for tiramisu

OMG this is incredible! I can’t begin to tell you how good this was! As a child, I adored sponge fingers but – as with so many gluten free options – they are so expensive to buy if you can even find them 🙁 The sponge in this tiramisu resembles the sponge fingers of my […]

April A to Z gluten free vegetarian treats: S is for Scotch pancakes

I love Scotch pancakes but am seriously annoyed about having to pay at least twice the price for half the number of pancakes just because they are wheat free. I often make pancakes but have never tried Scotch ones because for some reason I had it in my head that they were too tricky. WRONG! […]