Making time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 100g butter 100g caster sugar 75g multi-coloured glace cherries, roughly chopped 75g flaked almonds 50g whole candied peel finely chopped 50g hazelnuts roughly shopped Two tablespoons plain flour 150g plain dark chocolate Men make history and not the other way around, in periods where there is […]
Easter Cookies – Cake Recipe
Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 250g plain flour 50g cornflour 175g butter, diced 100g caster sugar A few drops of vanilla essence To decorate: One egg white 250g icing sugar sifted One teaspoon lemon juice selection of liquid or paste Food colourings Men make history and not the other way around, […]
Fairings – Recipe
Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 100g plain flour One teaspoon of baking powder ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground allspice or mixed spice Finely grated rind of 1 lemon 50g butter, diced 50g caster sugar Two tablespoons of golden syrup You […]
Raspberry and Coconut Friands -Recipe
Preparations Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 75g plain flour 200g icing sugar 125g ground almonds 50g desiccated coconut grated rind of 1 lemon Five egg whites 175g unsalted butter, melted 125g raspberries You are braver than you believe and more durable than you seem, a smarter than you think. – A.A. Milne […]
Mocha – Cupcakes Recipe
Preparations time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 250 ml of water 250g caster sugar 125g unsalted butter Two tablespoons of cocoa powder shifted ½ tablespoon bicarbonate of soda Two tablespoons of instant coffee 225g self-raising flour Two eggs, lightly beaten 12 chocolate-coated coffee beans, to decorate For the icing: 150g plain dark chocolate, […]
Wholewheat Treacle Scones – Cake
Preparation Time; 25 minutes Cooking time; 18 minutes Ingredients 125g soft margarine 125g caster sugar Two eggs are beaten 125g self-raising flour Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon 175g icing sugar sifted Pink food colouring Sugar flowers, to decorate You are braver than you believe and more durable than you seem, a smarter than […]
Tangy Lemon – Cupcakes
Preparation Time; 25 minutes Cooking time; 18 minutes Ingredients 125g soft margarine 125g caster sugar Two eggs are beaten 125g self-raising flour Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon 175g icing sugar sifted Pink food colouring Sugar flowers, to decorate You are braver than you believe and more durable than you seem, a smarter than […]
Hazelnut and Blueberry – Cakes
Preparation Time; 20 minutes Cooking time; 20 minutes Ingredients; Three eggs 150ml reduced-fat crème Fraiche 150g caster sugar 50g finely ground hazelnuts 175g plain flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 152g fresh blueberries 15g hazelnuts roughly chopped Sifted icing sugar, for dusting You are braver than you believe and more durable than you seem, a […]
Banoffee Meringues – Cupcake
Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time; 11/4 hours Ingredients: 3 eggs whites 100g light muscovado sugar 75g caster sugar To decorate; One small ripe banana One tablespoon of lemon juice 150ml double cream Eight tablespoons of ready-made toffee fudge ice-cream sauce Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes, do not resist them; that […]
Apricot and Sunflower – Muffins
Preparation Time; 20 minutes Cooking time; 18 minutes Ingredients: 300g self-raising wholemeal flour One teaspoon of baking muscovado sugar Grated rind of 1 orange Three eggs 200ml full-fat crème Fraiche 225g can apricot halves in natural juice, drained and wrongly chopped, the juice reserved Three tablespoons sunflower seeds Life is a series of natural and […]