Cake recipes, large and small.
Rich, sweet and sticky this is the most delicious of desserts, with toffee sauce soaked into and poured over a lovely cake. The origins of Sticky Toffee Pudding seem to be in the UK in the 1970s. An article in The Guardian mentions a Mrs Martin, who may actually have got the recipe from a […]
Welsh Cakes are a traditional griddle cake, made all over Wales. These cakes were often taken to work by the coal miners as a sweet treat as part of their lunch. These lovely griddle cakes, which are also known as Bakestones, are very easy to make and a truly authentic recipe is difficult to define […]
I do love chocolate cake and I have made several different versions of the last few years. This particular cake though is, perhaps, my favourite. It has such a rich and satisfying flavour that a very first mouthful will have you coming back for more. That rich flavour comes from the cocoa in the cake […]
For a lovely snack there is nothing much better than a slice of lemon cake. But for something just a little different, and to add some even more delicious flavour and texture I decided to makes some squares with raspberry jam and coconut on the top. The cake is very simple to make and doesn’t […]
Whoopies Pies originated in the USA during the first quarter of the 20th century, according to what I have read. I have made them a few time and decided to try them again, but this time varying the filling. Most recipes I have seen use marshmallow fluff and a lot of icing sugar, as well […]
Having recently made London Cheesecakes which don’t contain any cheese I am following that up with another British bake, this one suggested by my sister Margaret, which is called Welsh Cheese Cakes. These are also a bake where the name can be deceptive since there is no cheese in these either. They are actually very […]
A childhood favourite, these tasty puff pastries, topped with jam and almond cake and then icing with coconut, bring back so many memories of days gone by. London Cheesecakes, which were known when I was a child just as Cheesecakes, are a lovely puff pastry topped with a little raspberry jam, then about a tablespoon […]
A dense and moist cake flavoured with raspberry and topped with a raspberry icing. Heaven on a plate. I had some raspberry puree left over from when I was making my raspberry mousse. So I had to think what to do with it. Since the lemon brownie bars that I made a couple of weeks […]
Soft and dense, brownie-like textured cake with a lovely lemon icing. My great-nieces in Canada, Grace and Claire, created a Pinterest board called Geoff’s Baking Blog Ideas where they pin suggestions for things I might care to try. On there I found a lovely looking recipe from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe which I decided to try. It […]
Orange cake perfection in the form of a small bundt tin. Soft and flavoursome this makes a great loaf cake too. I saw a recipe recently on Giallozafferano for a yoghurt cake. This was made in a large 10 or 12 cup bundt tin. I don’t have one of those but I was really interested in […]