All Blog Posts — Sweet

Recipe From Phillippa’s Home Baking Ingredients 2 egg whites 400g icing sugar 1 ½-2 tbs lemon juice Method Beat egg whites with a whisk until soft peaks form. Gradually add the icing sugar and slowly add them lemon juice until the desired consistency is formed and blend until smooth. Place icing in a bag with a fine nozzle and pipe. Allow a few hours to set, overnight if possible. Use to assemble and decorate gingerbread houses.

Recipe From Phillippa Grogan Ingredients 1 unwaxed Orange 60g castor sugar  300 ml pure cream  150ml medium dry sherry or Madeira Method Finely grated the orange zest then juice the orange. Blend together wine, zest, sugar and juice for a few hours in the fridge and strain. Whip cream til thick and fold in the wine. Pour into pretty glasses and chill, preferably over night. Serve with shortbreads and thin strips of candied fruits.   Photo Credit BBC good food.

This Iced Mince Pie recipe from Phillippa Grogan is perfect on a hot Summer day. It only requires a few flavoursome ingredients and plenty of spoons to share it around! Ingredients 6 Phillippa's Mince Pies (tip: our outlet in Richmond sometimes stocks ‘seconds’, ie not perfectly proportioned like the rest!) 1 litre Vanilla Ice Cream Jar Caramel Brandy Sauce 2 punnets Strawberries Method Soften ice cream. Finely chop Mince Pies and blend into soften ice cream. Re-freeze in a small 1.5 litre pudding shaped bowl for 1-3 days depending on your freezer. (Some freezers operate at -4c, others -18c) To...

This recipe is based on Sally Clarke’s Apple Brown Betty. The flavour is much improved with the use of our spicy Hot Cross Bun for the breadcrumbs, not to mention the cute crisp discs with the cross, which is a bit like a biscuit to complete the presentation. Ingredients: 1.5kg apples 1 cinnamon stick 80g sugar 6 Phillippa’s Hot Cross Buns 60g butter  50g brown sugar Cream, whipped with cinnamon to serve Method: Peel, core and slice the apples, and cook gently with a little water and the cinnamon stick, until it becomes a smooth, thick puree. Sweeten with white...