Baking Reviews

I've tried a few muffin recipes but these ones always turn out perfectly. I found it online a while back and have never used another recipe since. They are perfect for using up brown bananas that don't look appetising enough to eat! You can also add or leave out whatever chocolate chips, nuts etc you want. Very quick and easy to make ...  Read the complete review

for this recipe you take 4oz sugar and 4oz margerine or butter and cream together in a bowl, add 1 beaten egg and 5 tablespoons milk and beat together, add a few drops of vanilla extract. next you add 5oz self raising flour and mix together. if it feels thick add a bit more milk to loosen. take a muffin tray and put 9 muffin cases in it. fill the ...  Read the complete review

Pear and Berry Crumble This is a very easy dessert to make and is especially good on a cold evening. Ingredients One tin pears (410g tin-which is about three pears) Handful of frozen mixed berries 75g margarine 180g self raising flour 50g demerara sugar (plus a little for sprinkling) 20g porridge ...  Read the complete review

I'm a firm believer that cooking, especially baking, is craft rather than science, so I don't tend to do a lot of sticking to recipes, and I like to ring the changes in the recipes that I do use. As self proclaimed Queen of Muffins (in my house at least!) I now offer you my basic, fool proof recipe for muffins - with ...  Read the complete review

Well this has proved a massive hit with adults and kids alike and the people at work beg me to bring this in for them! It is by far the best "cake that you don't have to bake" recipe that my mum and me used with when i was younger (although I'm not sure if it can really be classed as a cake). It has more chocolate than you can shake a ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I may be sad but I do love to make crumble mixes as there's something quite satisfying about it. Maybe it reminds me of when I was a child and used to play with sand? The taste is MUCH nicer than bought packet crumble mixes and, of course, cheaper. when I have the time I like to double-up on the ingredients so I can freeze ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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