I recently had a couple of requests for ginger cake. I have made one before, on this blog but that was before I was also doing videos. So I decided I would make it again, but with a little variation. I should say that most of the recipes I have seen use only about half […]
When I first started my blog about 3 years ago one of the early recipes was for a Sticky Malt Loaf. I recently had a question on my youtube channel as to whether I had ever made such a loaf, as a lady in Australia said that her Mum loved ‘Soreen Malt Loaf’. Well this […]
I have made Yorkshire Parkin before, and it is on my blog. But on that occasion I was not doing videos. Recently I had a request, on Youtube, to make Yorkshire Parkin so I thought I would make it again. Parkin is a big tradition in Northern England, particularly Yorkshire, and is usually eaten in […]
As we approach the Christmas Holidays it is time to think about what we will be eating. In the UK we do love our traditional Christmas Cake. So, although I have posted this recipe on my blog before, I am going to be making my Christmas Cake. This needs to be done in advance of […]
I saw a lovely sounding recipe on Joy of Baking for molasses cookies. So I thought I would try it out, but using Black Treacle instead of molasses. The reason for that is that I had black treacle, and it is very similar indeed to molasses, being made from raw cane sugar. Indeed in it much […]
I love ginger, in almost any form and the thought of some gingerbread fairly sets me salivating. So I decided upon Gingerbread Cake with a Creamy Lemon Frosting. The first thing to do, of course, is to make the gingerbread cake and allow it to cool completely. Then a nice frosting, with cream cheese, lemon, […]