Ingredients Serves: 6 4 Tablespoon Olive oil 2 Tablespoon Red wine vinegar 1 Clove Garlic, crushed Salt and freshly ground pepper 50 Gram Streaky bacon, chopped (2 oz) 50 Gram Button mushrooms, sliced (2 oz) 100 Gram Caerphilly cheese, cut into small cubes (3 1/2 oz) 75 Gram Spinach leaves, very roughly shredded (3 oz) [...]
This cake has now become an Easter cake but originally it was given by servant girls to their mothers when they went home on Mothering Sunday. Ingredients —- cake —- 225 Gram Butter, softened (8 oz) 225 Gram Light muscovado sugar (8 oz) 4 Eggs 225 Gram Self-raising flour (8 oz) 225 Gram Sultanas (8 [...]
Seed cake was very popular with the Victorians but seems to have fallen out of popularity in recent years. Ingredients 175 Gram Butter (6 oz) 175 Gram Caster sugar (6 oz) 1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence 3 Eggs 110 Gram Plain flour (4 oz) 110 Gram Self-raising flour (4 oz) 2 Teaspoon Caraway seeds 1 Teaspoon [...]
These are simple cakes that children enjoy making. Ingredients 225 Gram Self raising flour (8 oz) 110 Gram Butter (4 oz) 75 Gram Caster sugar (3 oz) 110 Gram Mixed dried fruit (4 oz) 1 Egg, beaten 2-4 Teaspoon Milk Method Makes 10 Sift the flour into a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour [...]
A traditional loaf cake from North Yorkshire. Here, fruit cake and Wensleydale cheese are a popular combination. Ingredients 225 Gram Butter (8 oz) 275 Gram Sugar (10 oz) 3 Eggs, beaten 50 Gram Mixed peel (2 oz) 50 Gram Glacé cherries, chopped (2 oz) 225 Gram Currants (8 oz) 225 Gram Raisins (8 oz) 450 [...]
This is a nice recipe to use up a glut of rhubarb in the early summer. Ingredients 225 Gram Wholemeal flour (8 oz) 2 Teaspoon Baking powder 2 Teaspoon Ground cinnamon 3 Tablespoon Clear honey 175 Gram Sultanas (6 oz) 2 Eggs, 150 ml Milk ( 1/4 pint) 225 Gram Rhubarb, chopped (8 oz) 2 [...]
If made in advance Parkin will be sticky and moist for Bonfire Night. Ingredients 175 Gram Plain flour (6 oz) 50 Gram Oatmeal (2 oz) 1 1/2 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda 1 Tablespoon Ground ginger 100 Gram Raisins (3 1/2 oz) 75 Gram Brown sugar (3 oz) 75 Gram Butter (3 oz) 50 Gram Golden [...]
