• Breads/scones

    Lemon and Sultana Scones

    I have several other scone recipes on the blog, but amazingly none for fruit scones. Well, unless you count my Date and Wheaten Scones, which are delicious. And yes, I suppose dates do count as fruit. Anyway, I didn’t have…

  • Traybakes

    Date Fingers

    These Date Fingers are yet another addition to the ever-growing range of date-based traybakes that are on my blog. And at first, I was a little concerned about the inclusion of lemon curd. I really wasn’t sure how that was…

  • Dessert

    Easy Lemon Curd

    I do like Lemon Curd. It’s great on scones, or pavlova, or spread over a biscuit, or eaten straight from the jar with a spoon. And if I find myself with leftover egg yolks, then it’s often what I’ll make…

  • Lemon Cheesecake Bar on a plate
    Dessert,  No-Bake Traybakes

    No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars

    No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars. This is a proper, old-school, retro recipe. It’s made with cream cheese, evaporated milk and lemon jelly (or jello, for my US readers). With some fresh lemon zest and juice for an additional citrus zing. But,…

  • Cake

    Lemon Butter Cake

    This Lemon Butter Cake is, quite simply, one of the easiest cakes I make. It’s tangy and moist and so straightforward to prepare. You don’t need a special stand mixer or hand mixer. You can mix this in your bowl with…

  • Traybakes

    Cornflake Squares

    I am on a roll with the ‘firsts’ for the blog. This Cornflake Squares recipe was my first ‘try to find the traybake someone remembered their mum making’. I received a message via Facebook (thank you to all my Facebook followers!)…

  • an icing topped lemon square on a blue plate
    Half a tin of condensed milk,  No-Bake Traybakes

    Iced Lemon Squares

    There are several variations of this recipe for Iced Lemon Squares out there. Some have coconut, some use a different brand of biscuit, some use orange instead of lemon. But the basic principle is the same. Crushed biscuits, coconut, condensed…