Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Holywake Bake Cake

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Ginger, long a popular flavouring in British cookery, was just one of the smaller things that we have the Romans to thank for first bringing...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Rock Cakes & Biscuits

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When poorly advised persons think of British baking, it may well be that monstrously hard rock cakes, rejected by even the dog, are what suc...
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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Kentish Cobnut Cake

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...try saying that with your mouth full. A cobnut is a type of hazelnut. The Kentish Cob variety, is ,however, not a hazelnut but a filbert ...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Seed Cake

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Just in time for your harvest supper... Seed cake is a plain sponge flavoured with caraway seeds, and maybe including some mixed peel. The t...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Herefordshire Cider Cake

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We apparently have the Norman Conquest of 1066 to thank for cider; although maybe it is now a bit late for a 'merci'? The Normans b...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

Cornish Saffron Cake

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Saffron is an ingredient imbued with an air of exoticism, sensuality and beauty. Its musty perfume and concentrated potency both awaken the...
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Monday, July 31, 2006

Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea

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The important question of the day is - do you put cream on first and then jam on top; or do you smother your freshly baked scone with zesty ...
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Sunday, July 09, 2006

A Meme of Fives...

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Brazilian Linda kindly nominated me to take part in the latest circulating Meme. Here goes: Five Things in my Freezer We only have a small...
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Friday, June 30, 2006

Bakewell Pudding/Tart, Derbyshire

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Andrew at SpittoonExtra recently posted a rallying cry to all bloggers to go out a bake a Bakewell Pudding/Tart. This in reponse to a rece...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Girdle Scones (Scones Part 2)

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So, back to Scotland and my quest to bake the evolutionary forefathers of what we now know as the scone. For my previous posting I baked an...
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Friday, June 09, 2006

Oatmeal Bannock (Scones Part 1)

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During the course of researching the background to Scotch pancakes , I was surprised to learn that scones are of Scottish invention. I had ...
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Scotch Pancakes

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Scotch pancakes are one of many Scottish cakes cooked on a flat bakestone or girdle (griddle to the English). The Scottish poet Robert Burn...
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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Sticky Toffee Pudding Icecream with Brandy Snaps

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I love icecream. I love trying new flavours. One the highlights of our trip last year to Japan was the opportunity to try matcha (green te...
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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Putting the Feast Back into St. George's Feast Day

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So just who was Saint George ? Most sources agree that there are very few hard facts known about the man who became the saint; perhaps not ...
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