Royal Recipes series continues with Barley Soup. It was a soup enjoyed by King George III on 6th February 1789. We know that because it appears on his menu. As he was just recovering after his mental illness, he would have had it for sure. After reading a bit about the Georgian period, I can
Yesterday Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, celebrated his 97th birthday. I planned for a while that I will mark this occasion by making his favourite dessert: Andrassy Pudding. The Queen has a different favourite cake, Tschumi’s Chocolate Cake, one that I made last year for my birthday. That chocolate cake will make its way onto
On my Royal recipes series I usually use recipes that the Royal family would have. For the recipe I’m sharing today, Elderflower and Lemon Cake, I’m using the flavours Meghan chose for the cake, as a twist to a Victoria sponge. I’ve made the elderflower and lemon cake for Saturday, when we’ve watched the Royal
To mark the birth of the new Prince, I’ve made a Banana Flan. This is one of the favourite desserts of both Prince William and Prince Harry. Princes Diana was putting it on the menu when they arrived home from school, according to the Royal chef Darren McGrady. We don’t know yet the name of
This is my second recipe in my Royal Recipes series. These orange scones are a bit different, they don’t have any dried fruits in them. Besides this, the recipe is the well know scone recipe. The scones Queen Elizabeth loves are flavoured with orange zest and they also contain orange blossom water. I had no
Today I’m starting a new series on my blog, called Royal Recipes. Tschumi’s Chocolate Cake is the first recipe in this new series. I wanted to make it for my birthday, as it’s the Royal Birthday Cake and it has been that way for the past 100 years. As my birthday is on the same
