Stork Margarine

My mum introduced me to Stork margarine years ago when I was little and we'd bake together, and we used it in baking at primary school as well. In my third year of uni I got really into baking and started doing it loads for my friends, starting with simple fairy cakes and testing and changing recipes. Even though I'm not an expert now, I still enjoy it and take baked goods into work when I get the chance. I love Stork margarine for cakes - I've tried using a cheap vegetarian alternative and it was disgusting, didn't mix in properly, and could still be tasted (in a bland way) in the cakes after coming out of the oven. It's available in at ...

I decided to do a bit of home baking this week - partly because it's so blooming cold & partly to save some money. I don't really like cheap supermarket cakes & buns & only buy cake mixes as a last resort so l bought all the necessary ingredients from Tesco.com. I bought their value self-raising & plain flours & cheapo eggs but I always pay a bit extra for Stork margarine as the taste & texture is ideal. I paid 38p for a block of 250g which is a bit more than some other brands but, in my opinion, is worth it for the results. I only use it in baking & sometimes for shallow-frying - when I was young butter ...

Soon to celebrate my 60th birthday I was born after the war - like many others whose fathers returned from overseas! Rationing ended in 1954 and Stork margarine soon appeared in the shops in Britain. My mother was a great baker, and I liked nothing better to help her- well lick out the bowl and make a general mess! When I was 11 she had undergone some operations on her wrist and couldn't bake, so I was instructed what to do and soon became a keen cook. I used recipes that she knew by memory but when I went on to do cookery at school she saved tokens from The Stork margarine packets and I got my own Stork recipe book! Which I still have to this day although it is very ...