Recipes
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Recipe – Orange & Chocolate Chip Cake
Is it OK to say I do not like chocolate cake? I do make chocolate cakes and I do eat some chocolates, like Maltesers but I have never been a fan of rich chocolate cakes so I make this orange flavour cake and put chocolate chips in and it is good. You can of course… Continue reading
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Recipe – Rice Buns
My Mother did a lot of baking and she did try and vary it at times. Rice buns are something she made not very often. They are made from normal cake mixture with added ground rice in place of some of the flour. They look the same as a normal bun but taste a little… Continue reading
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Recipe – Carrot Cake
I love carrot cake but I am not keen on it with lots of spices and dried fruit and certainly not nuts so I have been experimenting with various recipes and I think I have come up with a good one. It uses oil instead of butter and just a little ginger to jazz it… Continue reading
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Recipe – Easter Nests
Well over here we are still on Easter holidays and the Easter eggs are half price! The kids are still away from school and bored so having bought some little Easter eggs cheap I thought we could make some Easter Nests which, because it is after Easter, we will call Spring treats. It is a… Continue reading
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Recipe – Savoy Biscuits
Savoy Biscuits or Lady Finger cakes can be eaten alone – with a cup of tea – or used as the sponge in a trifle. Remember we made a trifle with trifle sponges broken into pieces well you can use these if you like instead. There are softer and soak up the alcohol better or… Continue reading
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Recipe – Toad In The Hole
For all you British people out there and those who like British food, we have here a traditional dish. Toad in the Hole is Yorkshire pudding batter poured round sausages, baked in the oven and usually served with an onion gravy. It uses a Yorkshire Pudding batter and you can use any sausages you like… Continue reading
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Recipe – Cream Cheese Puffs
Cream cheese puffs are made from Choux pastry, which we made last year when we did the chocolate eclairs. Oven needs to be hot 220 C, 425 F Gas Mark 7 with a tray of water in the bottom. Two greased baking sheets run under water just before putting the puffs on. You will… 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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