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Dorset Apple Cake
A lovely cake to use up windfall apples. They should be on the sour side, and ones that keep their shape well when cooked. If you don't...
Carol Hall
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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Orange Polenta Cake
A lovely moist, throw everything in cake. Naturally gluten free, also lactose free. Note: when I started to make this I found that I...
Carol Hall
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Spiced Fruit Traybake
A nice, easy, way to create a variety of cakes in one baking. You can use any cooked or dried fruit, or tinned fruit. I've made it with...
Carol Hall
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Shortcrust Pastry
Pastry is generally the bread in the sandwich, the potato in the stew, the pasta in the lasagne. It carries the main item, the filling,...
Carol Hall
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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Banana Loaf - with additions
They say this is a good way of using up overripe bananas, but I have to hide the ones I want to bake with, or they get eaten long before...
Carol Hall
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Connie's Shortbread
Connie was a neighbour of my mother and father when they retired to Devon. We visited at coffee time and my small son was completely...
Carol Hall
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Lemon Drizzle Cake (s)
Very traditional and more-ish, I use this recipe so often that I have calculated quantities for a small round tin, an oblong tin, and a...
Carol Hall
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Glazed Lemon Cake
This is sort of like a lemon drizzle, but instead of the sugary crunch on top, this is a silky glaze, which seeps down through the cake,...
Carol Hall
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Chocolate Ganache with Honey and Sour Cream
Beacause one option for a ganache is never enough! Ingredients 200g dark chocolate, roughly chopped 200g soured cream 3-4 tbsp honey 3...
Carol Hall
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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Chocolate Loaf Cake with Spice and Honey
A warming comforting cake that is moist without becoming too sticky. I top it with a simple thin coating of chocolate ganache, and I...
Carol Hall
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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Lemon Curd
Picture: It's a winner! Gorgeous lemony curd, zest and fresh, singing of sunshine - and crying out to fill a Lemon Victoria sandwich cake...
Carol Hall
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Chocolate Ganache - the easy way!
Nothing looks better on a banana loaf cake, or a chocolate spice loaf or a simple plain loaf cake than a silky shiny chocolate ganache...
Carol Hall
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Dark Ginger Loaf
Ingredients 175 g block margarine 100 g light soft brown sugar 75g dark soft brown sugar 175 g black treacle 200 ml Milk 2 large ...
Carol Hall
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Several Shades of Victoria Sandwich Cake
Picture: A decorated Chocolate Victoria Sandwich Cake A Victoria Sandwich cake, with its straightforward, easy to remember recipe...
Carol Hall
Oct 30, 20244 min read
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Coconut Flapjack
Quick and easy, naturally Gluten Free, easily adapted to be Dairy Free and Vegan - and best of all, one pan mixing! Lots of easy...
Carol Hall
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Gluten Free, Dairy Free Almond and Orange Polenta Cake with Honey Citrus Syrup
This recipe includes cardamom, but it is entirely optional; it has a pleasant warming taste, but children, and some adults aren’t so...
Carol Hall
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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Fudgy Vegan Chocolate Cake
Ingredients  For the cake 225gplain flour 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp table salt 1½ tsp instant coffee granules or powder 75g cocoa...
Carol Hall
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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Carrot and Walnut Cake ( with Vegan and Gluten - free options)
SERVES: 8–12. You can also use gluten free ingredients if you prefer. Ingredients 8 oz self-raising flour (gluten free if desired) 2 tsp...
Carol Hall
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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Gluten Free Apple and Almond Cake Recipe
Makes: 12 large slices, if made in 10" pan, or 8 smaller slices for half quantity baked in a 7" shallower pan. It freezex like a dream,...
Carol Hall
Jul 31, 20241 min read
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Gluten Free Chocolate Crackle Cookie-Cakes Recipe
Makes about 20 cookies, more if you’re mean with the dough! Ingredients 60g cocoa powder, sieved 200g caster sugar 60ml vegetable oil 2...
Carol Hall
Jul 31, 20241 min read
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