Foods and Candies
Foods and candies for tea time (both British and other), recipes (with or without tea) original to author.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Time to start bringing out the shamrocks, green decorations, and traditional Irish recipes (Irish soda bread, anyone?), it’s St. Patrick’s Day once again! In the US, people wear green, go to pubs, attend parades, and make corned beef and cabbage. In Northern Ireland and Ireland, it’s an entirely different story. It’s a public holiday… Continue reading
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Recipe – Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake again? You ask. Well there are a number of recipes for chocolate but this one is a favourite of my dentist and we had an appointment the other day. The dental nurses had given up chocolate for Lent but cocoa powder is not chocolate so the opinion was that a chocolate cake made… Continue reading
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Recipe – Almond Slices
When the local Church has a sale or a fete they always ask, ‘any cake donated will be greatly appreciated’ I usually make a Victoria sponge, but sometimes I make this tray bake Almond Slice. It is always popular. You will need: 4 oz sweet short crust pastry (4 oz flour 2… Continue reading
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Recipe – Lemon Meringue Pie
This is one of my all time favorites, my Mum used to make it and it was eaten in minutes! There is a good contrast between the tangy lemon and the sweet meringue if you use a large lemon. You will need: 4 oz sweet short crust pastry For the filling: 3… Continue reading
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Recipe – St. Valentine’s Day Biscuits
Now they say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach so let’s make some nice chocolate biscuits to offer him on St. Valentine’s day. This recipe makes 20 biscuits and if you have a heart shaped biscuit cutter they will look very special. Oven 375 F 190 C gas… Continue reading
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Pancake Tuesday
Pancakes are a common breakfast item in the US and are usually eaten most mornings (we even have a chain restaurant devoted entirely to them). Thick, fluffy stacks of them drenched with maple syrup and a pat of butter on top are usually how they’re eaten on this side of the pond. American pancakes can… Continue reading
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Recipe – Coconut & Orange Cake
This is not the ordinary cake that we usually make, this one is made by a rubbing-in method which some people find easier. The rubbing-in method puts the air into the cake mixture just as the beating of the butter and sugar does with the creaming method. It can produce a much more open… Continue reading
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Recipe – Flourless Chocolate Cake
A recipe for those people who have asked for gluten free cake. I just hope they are okay with cocoa powder! This is not an airy well risen cake as you can imagine but it does taste nice and especially if you warm a piece in the microwave and serve it with fresh cream or… Continue reading
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Eccles Cake
Recently, English Tea Store has had requests to carry Eccles Cakes and we are now proud to feature them on our site! They are still mostly unknown in the United States. While they are beginning to gain popularity here, they have been well known by British people for many generations. Eccles cakes are flaky, round,… Continue reading
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Recipe – Sweet Cheese Tarts
Now we all know how to make pastry (or buy it) so I will just tell you what you need: 6 oz short crust pastry for this recipe, sweet or not depending on your taste. Filling: 8 oz Cottage or Curd Cheese – whichever you can buy 2 oz Sugar 2oz Currants… Continue reading
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