Marie Cookpad

  I had never heard of Bakewell anything until I moved over here to the UK.  I have always, however, had a great fondness for almond flavoured cakes and bakes.  Don't get me started on chocolate covered almonds either  . . .  I cannot resist!   I had not been here very long when I ran into Bakewell Tarts . . . .     Little pastry cases filled with a layer of jam and topped an almond frangipane cake, and glazed with an almond iced, garnished with a candied cherry.  Todd just loves these.  LOVES LOVES LOVES  I have always found them a tiny bit cloying and somewhat too sweet.   That was my first experience with Bakewell, little did I know how very good they could actually be . . .  until I baked my own . . . you can see those here .  That was when I truly fell in love with the Bakewell combination.   Since then I have played with the flavours of Bakewell baked goods, making Bakewell Whoopie Pies , Bakewell Slic...

  One of my favourite things to eat has always been the Lemon Puff Biscuits/Cookies that you can get in the shops.  I love lemon anything anyways, but  . . .     there is just something totally irresistable and moreish about these treats . . . with their flaky cookie/cracker-like pastry . . .  and that yummy lemon filling.  I could eat a whole pack of them myself.  Trust me, I don't, but I could !  I just find them that yummy!   I found myself craving them today.  You know how that goes.  Sometimes you just crave something that you haven't had for a while.  I haven't seen any in the shops the last while to be honest.   I did have a packet of ready rolled all butter Puff Pastry in the freezer though, and I got to thinking to myself today, why couldn't I just use that?  Why indeed!    I cut it into 1 by 3 inch rectangles . . . I can't tell you how many I got exactly because I didn't count them and some ha...

   I've been pretty laid out with my back this past couple of weeks and have not really been cooking anything new for the most part. The pain has been pretty bad, but finally today I feel like I have begun to turn the corner somewhat and so I decided to do a new recipe to share on here. Lemon Splits!    Its okay if you don't know what they are.  I had never heard of them either before I moved here to the UK.  I have always loved Lemon flavoured anything.  Those lemon puff cookies were my favourite when I was growing up.  Buttery lemon flavoured crackers put together with lemon icing. If you are a lemon aficionado you will know exactly the ones I mean!   I discovered these Lemon Splits in the grocery shop about a year or so ago. What they are is plain Welsh Cakes, without the spice and raisins, put together with a layer of lemon curd in the middle.  My goodness but they are some tasty. They don't always have them in the shops however so i...