Traditional Scones Recipe – Perfect For Cream Tea These scones are a must-have for a proper Great British Afternoon Tea. But does any other bake cause as much controversy as a simple scone? Even the British can’t decide – is it pronounced sone as in cone or scone as in gone? It seems everyone has
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With the temperatures plummeting and the first snow of winter arriving, a good old-fashioned chicken casserole is what’s needed to warm us from the inside out and this recipe will do just that!
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If you are lucky enough to have plenty of blackberries growing in the hedgerows nearby then you, like me, probably still have a freezer full of berries from picking last autumn! As I was rapidly running out of freezer space I decided that it was time to deal with the backlog of berries and turn
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Until I had discovered how simple (not to mention thrifty!) it is to make fresh chicken stock, making gravy had never been an issue – you simply spooned the granules out of the tub into a jug and poured over boiling water…nothing could be easier. But then I did make stock and it was a
This simple very tasty Sausage Flan recipe comes from one of my favourite cookbooks Cooking Is Fun from Good Housekeeping. It is incredibly easy, needs only a few ingredients and, although it maybe won’t win any prizes for it’s looks, it is incredibly tasty – not to mention very cheap to make!
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Now that Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night are behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the joys of Christmas baking! Naturally, the first things to be made are the pudding, cake and wonderful home made mincemeat – all the flavours of Christmas!
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Hot Cross Buns are a very special treat once-a-year for Good Friday but over the years the ones available from supermarkets have become more and more disappointing and more and more expensive so why not have a go at making your own? This recipe is really easy and full of the traditional flavours; spices, candied
A rather famous make of Country Slice cakes have been enormously popular since they were first introduced in the 1970’s. As a child I remember how much of a treat they were as they were one of the more expensive varieties so I wasn’t too surprised to see them recently in the supermarket priced at
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If I had to choose just one cake to eat for the rest of my life, the flapjack would win hands down. The simple combination of oats, butter, sugar and syrup was one of the first recipes I ever made as a child and, because of it’s simplicity, I have never bought a flapjack from a
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Traditional English Layered Angel Cake Recipe Nothing takes you back to childhood Sunday afternoon tea quite like a slice of real Angel Cake. With it’s iconic, eye-catching stripes of pink, yellow and white sponge held together with a delicate layer of buttercream, this delicious cake is set to become a firm favourite all over again.
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