Nursing home residents who spent lockdown baking their favourite desserts have published a new cookbook.
Recipes from the residents of a Co Clare nursing home will be remembered in Nursing Home Bake Off, which has been backed by celebrity chef Darina Allen.
It was inspired by the trailblazing skills of 91-year-old Cissie Collins in Ennis Nursing Home where she makes scones and apple cakes for fellow residents.
Ms Collins is one of the 51 kitchen-savvy pensioners in Mowlam Healthcare nursing homes across Ireland who contributed recipes, some dating back three generations, and features on its front cover.
The grandmother said: “I haven’t got a minute. Every Wednesday, I give a demonstration and we usually have people after lunch with some time to spare, and they come and watch it.”