Baking
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Easy peach crumble cake recipe with syrup glaze
Looking for an easy but delicious dessert for your bank holiday weekend? Try this peach crumble cake recipe. The combination of crumble and cake in one is just too good not to enjoy and I promise, won’t last a sitting! Plus, seeing as August is National Peach Month, it’s only right to celebrate this sumptuous fruit before the month is up. A chance discovery at the back of our kitchen cupboards during the depths of lockdown resulted in me finding a rogue can of peaches. Keen to make good use of them, I scouted round Pinterest (always my go-to recipe search engine) to find inspiration on what I could create.…
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The Best Self-Saucing Chocolate Pudding Recipe
This self-saucing chocolate pudding recipe is the ultimate guilty pleasure. The crunchy top, smooth middle and oozing, rich chocolate sauce makes it a show stopper of a dessert. The method is very simple, can be put together in a matter of minutes and will have you nursing a food coma just long enough to go back for a second scoop. The recipe is James Martin’s Baked Double Chocolate Pudding which was kindly shared by a family friend who understands my deep love for chocolate. This chocolate pudding swiftly became a family favourite, and soon necessity for isolation survival during the height of the lockdown lows. My twist, however, turns it…
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Easy lemon biscuit recipe
It’s National Biscuit Day here in the UK today and this easy lemon biscuit recipe is not only a yummy afternoon treat, it’s a fun and creative baking activity. Perfect if you’re quarantining with children and in need of something to keep them entertained. A weekend trip to Paris last year saw my mum returning with token gifts for my siblings and myself. As the baker in the family, it was only fitting I receive an Eiffel Tower biscuit cutter. Not that I need an excuse to bake, it felt only right to try out my new toy. Ingredients 6 oz / 175g soft, unsalted butter7 oz / 200g caster…
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Classic scones recipe (with clotted cream & jam)
In honour of the 75th anniversary of VE day, I’m sharing this classic scones recipe. No matter whether you rhyme scone with “gone” or “tone”, or spread your cream or jam on first; scones have a quintessentially British feel. They’re easy to make, delicious to eat and the perfect afternoon treat. Ingredients 12 oz / 350g self raising flour (plus extra for dusting)Pinch of salt1 tsp baking powder3oz / 85g butter3 tbsp caster sugar175ml warm milk (plus extra to glaze)1 tsp vanilla essence Serve with Clotted cream and jam Fresh strawberries (optional) Method Firstly, preheat the oven to 200 degrees / 390 Fahrenheit and line two large baking trays with…
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Lemon drizzle traybake recipe
This lemon drizzle traybake recipe is a firm favourite in the eyes of my colleagues. A week doesn’t go by without someone hinting at the empty space where some baked goods could be sitting. Never one to miss an opportunity to bake, I often take the cue and get to work concoting something delicious for the team. Obviously, things have changed since the virus hit. Instead of baking for the office, I’m baking for the family who are ever hopeful that I’ve knocked up something sweet for the afternoon. The fundamentals of baking, when using ounzes as the measurement, are to have equal quantities of butter, sugar and flour, to…
