Recipes
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Recipe – flapjack
Flapjacks are easy to make and last a while in an airtight tin. I sometimes double up the recipe and hide half of them to make them last longer! 250 g (2 sticks) butter 250 g sugar (1 cup) (either caster of a mixture of brown sugar and caster) 4 tablespoons of Golden Syrup 500… Continue reading
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Recipe – Chocolate Caramel Shortbread
For the shortbread: 170g plain flour 60g caster sugar 120g unsalted butter For the caramel: 1 tin of condensed milk (397g) 2tbsp golden syrup 60g caster sugar 1 cup of soft brown sugar 120g butter 1 tbsp vanilla essence For topping: 1 (100g) bar of milk chocolate melted Method: Preheat oven to 170 deg C… Continue reading
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Recipe – Trifle
This is basically a recipe for a sherry trifle but you can adapt it to your own taste. The layers are simply soaked cake, fruit, custard, and whipped cream. So you will need; 8 Sponge Boudoir Fingers or 4 small buns (sponge or pound cake) 2 tablespoons of sherry Jelly of your choice, I used… Continue reading
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Recipe – Sausage Rolls
Sausage rolls are a typical English savoury snack and I can honestly say I have never seen them in any other Country. They are easy to make as long as you have the ingredients. I used a ready rolled sheet of flaky pastry but you can use shortcrust and a packet of skinless sausages. The… Continue reading
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Recipe – Mince Pies
My kitchen smells just like Christmas today, I have been making mince pies and ginger biscuits today. For the mince pies I made my own pastry and I made Rough puff Pastry. You can use bought pastry and you can use shortcrust or flaky or puff it is all a matter of taste. For the… Continue reading
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Recipe – Yule Log
Christmas would not be Christmas without the food and a Yule log is something that is easy to make, looks impressive and taste good. I use a Swiss roll basic recipe and cover it with chocolate butter cream. So first we will make a Swiss roll, which is basically a fatless sponge. You will need:… Continue reading
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Recipe – Butterfly Buns
These look complicated but are really very easy to make, the basic sponge recipe is the same as for a Victoria Sandwich cake and they are usually filled with butter cream which, again, is easy to make. 100 g or 4oz butter 100 g or 4oz caster (superfine) sugar 2 medium eggs 100 g or… Continue reading
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Recipe – Cheese Scones
Cheese scones are delicious smothered with butter, cut into two with melted cheese on top or just on their own. You can make plain scones without the cheese or sweet scones with sugar. Whichever you decide the results will be good I assure you. 175 g or 6 ozs (3/4 c) Self Raising Flour 50… Continue reading
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