by Chez Shamwari | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog
With 2016 being the 400 year anniversary of Will Shakespeare’s passing and with all manner of commemorations taking place around the country, we thought we’d pay our own little tribute to the Bard with a ‘cake knees up’ of our own. It wasn’t necessary to find a link,...
by Chez Shamwari | May 2, 2016 | Blog
This recipe uses rhubarb (Yorkshire rhubarb to be exact) as the base fruit flavour but you can replace this in equal quantity with any other soft fruit you prefer, e.g. raspberries, strawberries, etc, and follow the same method of preparation. There are two parts to...
by Chez Shamwari | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
For our theme this time we’re ‘Going Local’. This could encompass anything from local ingredients (whether home grown or sourced from a local supplier) or a recipe reflecting traditions or cuisine local to your area. Our hosts for the evening were...
by Chez Shamwari | Jan 30, 2016 | Blog
The baking theme for this month was an encouragement to shake off the dust of those cookery books seldom used or to put to use what might have appeared under our Christmas trees. There weren’t many of us for our gathering but it was none the less great fun with lots...
by Chez Shamwari | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
This was the grand finale to another year of cake as we’ll be taking a rest during December. There are always too many other things going on in December what with Christmas festivities and venues busy with party goers, that a break from the proceedings seems...
by Chez Shamwari | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
I could just begin with what’s not like to about cake and leave it at that? Well indeed. But if you like your cake [and by inference pudding] and to eat it too, then there’s more “what’s not to like” in having Pudding Cakes, don’t you think? Think of your...
