Don’t let the post title worry you, this post is just me dipping my toe back in. I have challenged myself to write something at least once a week, it’ll get me used to writing again. If I feel it’s good enough to be published, it will be. All the best. Please be patient. Jack
Basic Vanilla Buttercream
Just a simple basic recipe today. Do you sometimes forget how to make something? I did earlier today when I forgot how to make a simple basic buttercream icing for my Mum’s Mother’s Day cake. So I’ve decided to post my go to recipe for it on here, in case I ever need to remind…
Banana Bread Muffins
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I did struggle a fair bit with Lockdown in 2020 and 2021. I got out of the habit of writing and blogging, and my reading just became non existent. But I am working on these for 2023. Well, obviously, because I am here typing. I’ve been looking…
Blood Orange Buttermilk Pound Cake
Today I was making my normal pound cake recipe, and found out we didn’t have enough milk for it, but there was some buttermilk, and I thought “Would this work instead?” Do you know what? It did. I will be making my pound cakes this way, with buttermilk, from now on. Blood Orange Buttermilk Pound…
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
(Blows dust off keyboard) What’s this? Oh, it’s my cooking blog! I suppose that I’d better get back onto it…….. What, now? Oh, okay. Hey everyone. I can only apologise for taking so long in between this post and the previous one, but the truth of the matter is that I didn’t cope very well…
Double Chocolate Banana Bread
It seems that one of the top things to do during Lockdown in 2020 was bake banana bread. Well, I certainly did more then my fair share of banana bread baking from March to September. Mostly the Coconut and Cherry Banana Bread from Nigella Lawson. This one came into my repertoire in October 2020, after…
Old Fashioned Banana Cake
One day while watching an American cookery show I watched the host make a banana cake with a load of cream cheese frosting on top, and I was so taken with the idea of it, I decided to do my own version of it, with not so much frosting on as the original inspiration. Once…
Arroz con Pollo
Sorry I’ve been MIA. While I’ve been away, I have been cooking a lot for you guys. Rather like Nigel Slater, I’ve got into the habit of keeping notes of what I do, and any thoughts as well. As well as these, I’ve also got a notepad full of ideas, mostly components from other recipes…
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
The American horror writer, Stephen King, wrote in his memoirs: “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” And I think it’s a great piece of advice. I have started to apply it to my everyday life, and to my culinary…
Vanilla Buttermilk Cake
Since I shared my chocolate buttermilk cake recipe with you, it only makes sense for there to be a vanilla one too. This particular recipe is a variation of the one I use as my go to chocolate cake, it came about in 2015 when I was asked to make cupcakes for my second older…
Jack Knight Cooks 