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Tarte Tatin
Cakes, Bakes and Pastries

Tarte Tatin

There are so many conflicting views on how this superb dessert originated. For the sake of any arguments, I will give this version. Tarte Tatin is named after the Tatin sisters, Caroline and Stéphanie, who ran the Tatin Hotel in Sologne a region of north-central France at the end of the 19th century. This irresistible […]

Banoffee Pie
Cakes, Bakes and Pastries

Banoffee Pie

The origins of the Banoffee Pie date back to 1971, introduced to the world by the owner(Nigel Mackenzie) and the head chef(Ian Dowding) of a restaurant in East Sussex(England), who got together to amend an American recipe for a dish called Blum’s Coffee Toffee Pie. Not altogether satisfied with the American recipe, they tried many variations, they […]