Sarah L Samuels

This is a perfect recipe if you have run out of bread and need some quickly or you have made some soup and want some delicious bread to eat for lunch but don’t have the time. I have made my soda bread with buttermilk but don’t be put off as you can make your own with milk and lemon juice. It is a really delicious loaf of bread but slightly denser in texture compared to bread made with yeast. It is best eaten on the day it is baked but you could toast it the following day. It is perfect spread...

I love a trifle and I was going to make a traditional sherry one but decided as I had a bottle of Amaretto still half full I would use this up instead. As you all know I love anything with almonds in it so I thought I would use some fresh raspberries as they pair so well with almonds. It is a traditional trifle with cake, fruit, jelly, custard and topped with a generous layer of fresh cream and toasted almonds. You could use sherry if you prefer and whatever fruit you like depending on the...

Someone asked me recently if I had a recipe for Santa’s Whisker’s Shortbread and as I love shortbread and hadn’t heard of it I had to investigate further! They are an American holiday cookie and will definitely be on my baking list at Christmas every year from now on. They are buttery shortbread biscuits with the addition of glacé cherries and pecan nuts, then rolled in coconut which is where the whiskers come from. In my version I have used my usual shortbread recipe, then I added glacé...