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I love collecting recipes and trying them out as well as cooking the old classics that my Mum taught me and that I have experimented with and altered to suit me. This blog is intended to be a record of those experiments, along with my ramblings on various subjects that catch my mind.

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Chocolate meringues

March 15, 2013by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

I saw this recipe in the Time – they were doing a review of the best food bloogers and this was one of the recipes that they highlighted from What […]

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White bread

Bread

March 2, 2013by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

I’ve started being a bit fixated with making my own bread. I’ve had a breadmaker (and used it) for a while, but it’s just not quite the same as home […]

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breakfast bars

Breakfast bars

March 2, 2013by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

T has always liked cereal bars but they are so full of sugar and not much else that I decided to try and make my own. Cue the usual google […]

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Poor, poor neglected blog

March 2, 2013by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

I have no excuse, I have been cooking and baking as usual, but the poor blog has been severely neglected (partly due to always forgetting to take pictures!!). So now […]

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Wow!

December 31, 2012by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

Well i’ve only been doing this blogging malarky for a few weeks, but one of my very kind readers has nominated me for ‘blog of the year 2012′ award, so […]

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Awards, Other
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Leftover Christmas pie

December 27, 2012by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

T and I are at my Mums for Christmas this year, and as usual my Mum has cooked enough meat to feed an army. What this means is that there […]

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General cooking, Leftovers, Turkey
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Christmas buns

December 17, 2012by cherrypieandicecream 3 Comments

I saw this recipe from Paul Hollywood (he of GBBO fame – long may it continue) and thought it looked amazing. I was trying to use up some stuff that […]

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Baking, Sweet breads
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Amarula, orange and white chocolate cupcakes

December 15, 2012by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

Another fantastic thing that I tried in South Africa was the liqueur Amarula – its kind of like Baileys but with a slightly more fruity flavour and it seems to […]

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Baking, Cakes
Courgette & Parmesan Soup

Courgette and Parmesan Soup

December 9, 2012by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

We have just come back from South Africa, which was one of the most amazing holidays i’ve ever had. We spent 3 days in Jo’berg, 3 days out on Kruger […]

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Soup

GBBO

October 11, 2012by cherrypieandicecream Leave a comment

Watched bake-off last night, having recorded it on Tuesday. I love this programme, and do slightly have dreams of trying out for it myself…my work colleagues have kindly offered to […]

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