Recipes from a passionate cook & foodie
All credit for this christmas cake recipe goes to my mother who created it hen I was a wee child. She has kindly consented to me posting it here. Ingredients 6oz Margarine 1tsp Almond Essence 3 eggs – room temperature 8oz Plain Flour (strong – preferably bread) 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 1 1/2 tsp Mixed Spice 3/4 tsp Ground Ginger 3/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon 3/4 tsp Salt (not low salt) 1oz Ground Almonds (preferably bought whole and ground yourself) 6oz Stoned Raisins 5oz … [Read more...]
To be fair Christmas Log was never a large part of my childhood memories - I did not discover the delight of a christmas log cake until I was in my early twenties. My family always had a fairly small selecton - christmas pudding, sherry triffle or fruit salad! Always the same, every single year. I do love all three but sometimes it would have been nice to vary it from year to year - but variety was never the source of pleasure with my family, provided it came in vast quantities they were … [Read more...]
I love my milk chocolate cake. Its immensely simple and yet so very gratifying. Because it is such a light cake I find it especially good for kids - and if you really want to hide a hidden and healthy twist try adding a touch of wholemeal flour to the mix - not only does it add a lovely nutty texture but its so good the kids will never know its there - for this recipe check my wholemeal milk chocolate cake recipe. Ingredients:: 200 g (7 oz) Self Raising Flour 225 g (8 oz) caster sugar 1 … [Read more...]
Like Yorkshire Parkin, except its my very own recipe. I love Parkin, it holds a special place in my heart from childhood when I would have a supper of Yorkshire Parkin and a glass of milk. Something that remains with me to this day when I am in need of comfort. Of course, these days, I tend to team it with a glass of Soya Milk, but thats not the point. The aromas help to relax me just as much of the familiar taste. This is especially good served at a traditional Bonfire Night - back when I was a … [Read more...]
These beautiful biscuits were named so not because they were black, but rather their use of black treacle. One day, as I was pottering around our pantry, I came across a jar of Black Treacle which was getting dreadfully close to its use by date. With it I made some treacle toffee, and these wonderful ginger biscuits - an ingredient unique of my own. Hence their name Fembat´s Black Gingers. I have one heck of a sense of humour, its just unfortunate that often others just dont seem to share … [Read more...]
This is a very simple milk chocolate cake with a wholemeal twist. The wholemeal flour lends it a lovely nutty texture. Its excellent if you are really struggling to get wholemeal goodness into your kids - namely because it looks so naughty and packed with chocolate that they will never know the secret ingredient that lurks within its rich dark layers. This is a tried and tested method of getting your kids to try some wholemeal foods. Ingredients 100 g (3 1/2 oz) Self Raising Flour 100 … [Read more...]