Bourbon Biscuits

A British classic makes 12 Ingredients: 50g butter 50 g caster sugar 1 tablespoon golden syrup 110g plain flour 15 g cocoa 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda filling: 50 g icing sugar 25g butter 1 tablespoon cocoa 1/2 teaspoon prepared espresso coffee or coffee essence …

Barm Cakes

makes 12 10g yeast 500g strong white flour 10g salt 40g sugar 40g butter pinch vitamin C powder 320ml water 45 minute dough programme Heat oven to 35 degrees c Divide dough into 75g pieces and roll into balls. Place on trays with baking parchment …

Garibaldi Biscuits

This biscuit dough can also be used to make fig rolls. Ingredients: Filling 100g currants, roughly chopped 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 …

Apricot Cake

Deliciously light and sticky with a tang of fruit, yum! 125g caster sugar 75ml water 50g butter 7 or 8 firm fresh apricots, halved and stoned 16 blackcurrants – frozen ones are fine For the cake 150g butter 150g caster sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 …

Apple Cake

Such a quick and easy recipe and a good way of using up a surplus of windfalls. Ingredients: 125g self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon 100g sugar 250g apple sauce* 75g butter, melted 1 egg Put everything into a bowl …

Multiseed Bread

If you start this bread at night you can set the timer to begin in the early hours of the morning and have fresh bread for breakfast. Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dried yeast 275g stone ground strong wholemeal flour 125g strong white flour 75g mixed seeds …

Flapjack

Ade’s great black treacle Flapjack for Mountain biking 200g Oats 150 Butter 150g Sugar 50g Cornflakes 1 Tbs Honey 1 Tbs Black Treacle Nuts Linseed Rasins Pinch of salt Rub together all the ingredients in a large bowl leaving the Honey and Treacle to lastTransfer …