Friday, November 09, 2007

Parkin (or Perkin or Tharf cake)

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To follow on from my Orkney Broonie baking I have journeyed a few hundred miles south to the north of England, with one foot remaining in so...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Broonie (Orkney Gingerbread)

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Orkney consists of about 70 islands and skerries, and is located to the north-east of the top of Scotland. In common with its Scottish nei...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Win Chocolates for Someone Special (Sadly Not Yourself)

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Because we all need a little luxury once in a while, Baking For Britain has teamed up with Hotel Chocolat to offer you the chance to win a ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Welsh Harvest Cake / Teisen y Cynhaeaf

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I have written of apple cakes before , and have also indulged in a cider cake , but as soon as British apples hit the shops once more then ...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Bloggers For Positive Global Change

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I have been nominated by Amanada of Figs Olives Wine for a Bloggers for Positive Global Change award. Wow! - what a honour to be so highly...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Bath Buns

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And so we dance a graceful minuet across the country, to take our places within another of the eighteenth century’s spa pleasure resorts – B...
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Saturday, June 09, 2007

Tunbridge Wells Wafers (or Romary Biscuits)

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The family bakery of Alfred Romary was responsible for the wafer biscuit exported from the Kent spa town of Tunbridge Wells ( Royal Tunbridg...
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Friday, May 04, 2007

Shrewsbury Cakes from Shropshire

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Much of my information about Shrewsbury cakes/biscuits has come from ‘The Taste of Britain’ , by Laura Mason and Catherine Brown. For anyo...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Easter Treat

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For my first posting after my young man’s arrival, I am going to keep things fairly simple. I am also writing under a tut-tutting of disap...
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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Truly Scrumptious

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I have had a busy old time of it since my last posting. At the end of the second week of February, we at last were able to move to our new ...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Honey Tea Bread

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Motherhood shortly pending, last Friday was my final day at work. I am lucky enough to be able to take twelve months' maternity leave, ...
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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Coventry Godcakes

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Godcakes seem to be peculiar to Coventry, although similar pastries known as God's Kitchels (or Kichels) have an association with the Su...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Apple Gingerbread with Cinnamon Icing

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Well, I'm afraid it has been a little while since my last post. Of late it has been difficult to find a weekend with enough time free t...
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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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