Sunday, November 20, 2005

Grasmere Gingerbread from Cumbria

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Today is 'Stir-up Sunday', the traditional day for making your Christmas pudding to give it time to mature. I shall be in Portugal ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

1916 Trench Cake - Remembrance Sunday

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This posting is perhaps as good an example of 'baking for Britain' as you can get. The recipe is from Elizabeth Craig's book ...
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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Remember, remember the 5th of November...

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...For my first meeting with other UK food bloggers. A rendezvous set up by Sam of Becks Posh Nosh (Sam is a Brit abroad, but she was in t...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Trifle, or Madeira Cake recycled

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Taking my inspiration from the title of the cookbook 'Economical Cookery' (Elizabeth Craig, 1950), I turned some of my less than per...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005

Madeira Cake (with a glass of Madeira)

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A slice of wine and a glass of cake. No, that's not quite right. A slice of cake and a glass of wine. What's not to like about th...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Banbury Cakes from Oxfordshire

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Banbury, Oxfordshire, may be a familiar place name to those who know the children's verse: 'Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Dorset Apple Cake

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It is apple season in Britain now, and for that reason I thought I should look out an apple recipe to test. It is also a good incentive to s...
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Saturday, October 08, 2005

Bara Brith - a Welsh fruit cake

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Welsh language for beginners: Bara means bread, and brith means speckled. So, Bara Brith means speckled bread. 'Os gwelwch yn dda'...
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Monday, September 26, 2005

IMBB # 19 - Vegan Fudge Cake

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A divergence from my traditional British baking; but not too far astray... With thanks to Becks and Posh for hosting the event. First rule...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005

Goosnargh Cakes from Lancashire

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Goosnargh cakes originated in the village of Goosnargh in Lancashire - one of those English placenames which you just have to say out loud ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Chelsea Buns of London

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Chelsea buns were created at The Chelsea Bun House, an establishment which was situated on the borders of Chelsea and Pimlico, London, and o...
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