Lemon Drizzle Cake

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy Ingredients: 110g softened butter 175g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 175g golden caster sugar 2 large eggs 100 ml milk finely grated rind of a large unwaxed lemon Icing: juice of a large lemon 100g golden caster sugar preheat …

Ginger Bread

Rich and sticky, yum! 350g plain flour 2 level tsp ground ginger 2 level tsp ground cinnamon 225g butter 225g soft brown sugar 100g golden syrup 100g black treacle ½ pint milk (warm) 2 level tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 eggs • Sieve together flour …

Ginger Biscuits

Great for dunking Ingredients 125g unsalted butter 100g sugar 110g golden syrup 325g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger Preheat the oven to 170°C. Line baking trays with baking parchment. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a medium saucepan, …

Fig Rolls

This biscuit dough can also be used to make garibaldi biscuits. Ingredients: Filling fig jam Biscuit dough 50g butter 200g self raising flour 50g sugar 1 pinch salt milk to mix Put the flour, sugar and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter lightly …

Fig Cake

A good recipe to use up a store of frozen figs. Ingredients: Sauce: 25g butter 25g light brown sugar 1 tablespoons honey 10 fresh or frozen figs, cut in half lengthways Cake: 120g butter 150g sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 2 large eggs 125 ml …

Custard Creams

For the biscuits: 175g plain flour 3 tablespoons custard powder 3 tablespoons caster sugar 100g unsalted butter, cut into 1 cm cubes 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla extract up to 1 tablespoon milk For the filling: 100g icing sugar 1 tablespoon custard powder 50 g …

Shortbread Biscuits

So light and crumbly 2 cups cornstarch 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp salt 170g unsalted butter Preheat oven to 190° C. Sift cornstarch, sugar and salt together, beat in the egg and blend in the butter. Knead well. Let stand for ten to …

Coffee and Walnut Cake

Use 2 small size cake tins – 17cm Cake: 115g soft butter 115g sugar 115g SR flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon instant coffee dissolved in 1 teaspoon boiling water 50g finely chopped walnuts beat sugar and butter together, add sifted …

Chocolate Cake

An indulgent treat. 3 eggs weighed in their shells equal amounts to the weighed eggs of: caster sugar soft butter self raising flour – less 60 grams 60g unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 tsp baking powder couple tablespoons milk if mix is too dry Preheat the …

Cheese Straws

yummy nibbles Ingredients: 115 g butter (no substitutes), softened 65 g grated Parmesan cheese 125 g all-purpose flour pinch salt pinch cayenne pepper milk to brush In a small mixing bowl, beat butter and Parmesan cheese until well blended. Add the flour, salt and cayenne; …