Basic ice cream recipe / April 10, 2020 by Emma Paling McGough

Ok so this recipe was born out of leftovers, like many good recipes.

Yesterday my daughter and I made some chocolate eclairs with a custard filling and dark chocolate ganache topping. With plenty of both the filling and topping leftover, I was wondering whether they’d freeze and it took me moments to work out they’d both combine to make a great ice cream!

I feel like I've invented a recipe / July 23, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

Today is the first day of the summer holidays and my daughter and me went fruit picking in Piercebridge. A whole lot of fun was had by us both. We arrived really early and it was nice and peaceful, probably the only peaceful activity we will get to do over the next 6 weeks!

4, 4, 4, 2 / January 16, 2018 by Emma Paling McGough

The easiest cupcake recipe was given to me by my mum, it’s easy to remember and it’s a good one to have in the memory bank for anyone who likes to bake with kids. If, like me, you always have in the cupboards self-raising flour, caster sugar, butter, and eggs, these cakes can be made within no time of a small person asking ‘can we bake?’.

Beer by Brewdog, photo by me / November 21, 2017 by Emma Paling McGough

Shooting glass is hard, any photographer will tell you that. Any reflective surface is. But the results can be sweet.

Remember remember / November 3, 2017 by Emma Paling McGough

Alright, so it's bonfire night this weekend. If you're out and about; have fun!

Who doesn't love food? / October 10, 2017 by Emma Paling McGough

Fifteas Vintage Tearooms has a brightly coloured sign, swinging on the side of the building. It’s the only hint as to what is inside the otherwise plain looking row. Ran by sisters Alicia Teasdale and Becci Nye, the tearoom is located in the market place in Bishop Auckland.