Clementine cranberry cake

Reprising last Christmas' dessert, but with a few tweaks. 

Clementine cranberry cake

Orange turkey 陳皮火雞

Inspired by a conversation with a couple of friends about cooking turkey, I made orange turkey, a twist from orange chicken, for dinner tonight. It was so good that the Husband asked for seconds!

Orange turkey

Sticky honey citrus chicken

The success of my sticky honey lemon chicken prompted an encore, with a couple of tweaks of course.

Sticky honey citrus chicken with kaffir lime basmati and French beans

Greek almond cookies

Leftover egg whites had been sitting in my fridge since I used the yolks in a custard tart. I thought about making meringues but then I came across a recipe for kourabiedes. I had all the ingredients needed already in the cupboard, so I went with it with some alterations.

Greek almond cookies

Duck with cranberry sauce and potato hash

Duck with cranberry, orange & coconut sauce
served with sweet potato, baby potato & Brussel sprout hash

Cranberry orange coconut sauce

Cranberry, orange, coconut sauce

Orange cranberry cake (1)

Conscious that most of my baking efforts have been lemon/lime based, when I saw fresh cranberries available at the local supermarket, I got a couple of boxes and picked up some clementines as well to make a festive orange cranberry cake.

Madeira cake with coconut & lime frosting

One of the cakes I discovered after moving to Ireland was Madeira cake. I was told it was a sponge but I thought it felt slightly denser than the sponge I was used to back in the East (like the 'traditional' birthday cakes in Taiwan). Still, Madeira cake became my favourite tea cake.

Coconut custard cake

Two dear friends came over from London for a visit last weekend, so in addition to spending a couple of days tidying up the apartment and making up the study/guest bedroom, I was baking like nobody's business.