Baking Reviews

This is a cake recipe which I made up myself when I was in deep need of both a cake and chocolate fix. I felt it better to merge the two deep passions together, rather than sit and gorge on one colossal mound of cake, and another colossal mound of chocolate. I managed to convince myself (falsely!) that I was being less sinful this ...

A NO-FAIL FRUIT CRUMBLE This recipe has been used by our family.friends & others - reliable and versatile............ INGREDIENTS: 500 g/1lb either cooking apples,rhubarb,gooseberries, plums, damsons,blackberries or red/blackcurrants 100 to 175g/4 to 6 oz granulated sugar depending upon the sharpness of ...

As I am waiting for a couple of suggestions to be accepted I thought I would share this Apple Tart recipe with you. I am not the world's best pastry cook so this is an easy one. Ingredients ********* 2 cups of flour 250gm butter 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon thick sour cream 2 tablespoons caster ...

A Recipie For Homemade Apple And Rhubarb Crumble. Ingredients: 6 onces of Plain Flour 6 onces of Course White Sugar 1 tablespoon of Brown Sugar 6 onces of Butter 1 Tin of Bramely Apple Pie Filling 1 Tin of Rhubarb Method: Preheat your oven to 200 Place the flour and sugar in a ...

So quick and easy to make, taste brilliant. I have also tried this by substituting the syrup with honey as I ran out, turns out to be just as fab. I have also used brown sugar at times which obviously darkens them but gives them this lovely caramel flavour.

A decent Victoria Sponge is a baking staple. I've got the preparation down to about 12 minutes so it really is something that you can make in a hurry. This recipe makes a 30 x 25 cm cake, which is pretty big. I usually make up this amount of mixture as half of it is enough to make a small sponge and you can use the extra to make fairy ...

Baking day here again and no body mentioned jam. When baking cakes I find I usually turn to the old favorites victoria sandwich which invariably turns out to being a jammy one so I am giving two recipes here one for the home made jam and one for the victoria sandwich both really simple and easy to get right. Strawberry or ...

These take a while to make, but are so worth it! Let me know if you make them :) Ingredients Base: 250g/9oz plain flour, 75g/3oz caster sugar, 175g butter. Filling: 90g diced butter, 90g light brown sugar, 2 tins of 397g sweetened condensed milk. Topping: 90g plain chocolate, 90g milk chocolate, 90g white ...

I thought I share a great recipe with you, which I'm going to make after I finish this :-) I got it from my mother in law (to be) and I've done it many times since, because it's so easy and quick, and it tastes great! Plus I always have the ingredients for it at home anyway. This is what you need for your chocolate ...

Now I live in North Wales I see Barabrith in most cake shops and in most of our cafes too. For those of you who don't know Barabrith is a sort of tea loaf which can be eaten with or without butter and it is delicious! It does vary from place to place some have more fruit than others; some are spicier than others so here is the recipe ...

I rarely come across coffee cake recipes but this one has been a family staple for years... For the sponge: 6oz self raising flour 6 oz margarine 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 large eggs 2 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 tea spoons coffee granuals (dissolved) Beat all the ingredients together and divide ...

Corned beef Hash recipe as we make it in Yorkshire. Put a couple of diced potatoes, diced onion and carrots (cut into rings) into a saucepan, cover with cold water, crumble in a beef OXO cube and boil for about 20-30 minutes. Cut the corned beef block into cubes (3 slices one way and 3 slices the other way). Add to the rest of the ...

Lemon Ricotta Cake ============== This cake contains Ricotta, a soft Italian curd cheese which is made from whey which is drained and lightly cooked. Ricotta is light and creamy and is low in fat. Ricotta is used in many Italian dishes. I first tried Ricotta cake last year straight out of the oven when we visited a farm in Sorrento and ...

Smartie muffins! This is an American recipe that I use, so it uses cup measurements, but if you don't have any, it's probably easiliy convertible to grams. 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup milk 2 1/2 cups of self raising flour 1 cup of smarties Equipment: Mixing bowl Big ...

I used this recipe to make three cheese cakes for our St Patrick's night meal at our flying club in France. There were about 30 of us and the went down a storm.
Highly recommended
Janette Turner, Chasnais, France

A lot of sponge-based cakes out there are boring. The flavours are bland, they're sandwiched together with nothing but butter and jam, and they're reminiscent of summer fêtes at school. Well not this one... This is a cake *bursting* with flavour. The sponge texture makes it light, but the ginger and lemon combine to give an amazing ...

Have you been fooled into believing that there is no such thing as a dessert that is easy to cook AND will impress the heck out of any friends/business associates/exes that you are cooking dinner for? Well, throw aside that falsehood and step into the world of creme brulees. I know, I wouldn't have believed that these delicious custardy treats ...

These biscuits make a great, romantic Valentine's Day gift for your significant other, especially if you cut them out in heart shapes! Ingredients 200g butter 100g sugar (50g of it brown if you like a darker taste) 200g plain flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (if liked) 100g ground almonds 100g ...

I love cooking - soups, main courses... but baking? It needs more precision than throwing things into a pot, and then - well, quite frankly then it needs eating and I'm just not sure I can get through a whole cheesecake even if I wanted to! (or, of course I want to, but I also want to still fit into my trousers ;)). Last year, however, ...

A nice easy recipe for a lovely light Honey cake INGREDIENTS 225g / 8oz unsalted butter 250g / 9oz clear honey 2tbls extra honey for glazing 100g / 4oz dark muscovado sugar 3 Lareg beaten eggs 300g / 10oz self-raising flour METHOD Firstly pre-heat your oven to gas mark 3 or 160 ...