The Burren Perfumery Blog
Dec 1, 2021
Looking back at 2021
Ooof. It's been another long, strange, difficult, odd year. Not without its high points and good times, but I'd really like some 'normal' right now.
Dec 1, 2021
A Jolly Tea Party
An invitation to a tea party brings great cheer and jollity. It can be a sensory feast, a riot of colour and an excuse to celebrate nothing in particular but the importance of friendship, family and cake.
Dec 1, 2021
Salted Caramel Brownies
For the photo I cut the batch into 6 big chunks but these salted caramel brownies are so rich, going with 24 mini-brownies is a great idea and makes for an abundant tea party.
Dec 1, 2021
Individual Lemon Meringue Pies
These delicious, and very lemony lemon meringue pies will wow any tea party guest.
Dec 1, 2021
Financiers
These delicious brown butter cakes keep well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week (so I always double the recipe) but they are more delicious warm from the oven.
Mini Victoria Sponges with Jam and Cream
You may have noticed that I have not written any quantities for the butter, sugar and self-raising flour. The trick to a wonderful Victoria sponge is that all the ingredients should be of equal quantity.
Nov 21, 2020
Looking back at 2020
2020 has been a year of challenges, changes and surprises. I am sure that you all have stories to tell of your personal experience of this year and how it has affected your life.
The story of our new Wild Rose perfume
This year I finally completed our three year project to bring a new perfume into being. This is the story of that journey.
Nov 20, 2020
2020 in Photos
About this time each year, we go back through our photo album and choose a selection of pictures that represent the year past.
Nov 20, 2020
Julia's Cakes
Two new cake recipes from Julia for 2020: Coffee and Walnut, and Chocolate and Hazelnut
Nov 19, 2020
Slab Walls
Slab walls are to be found everywhere in the Burren. They can be anything from medieval to Iron Age in age.
Nov 18, 2020
Glacial Erratics
A little information on glacial erratics in the Burren - those odd, large isolated boulders one comes across scattered in the landscape.
