Lemon Cake Squares with Raspberry & Coconut Topping are perfect for tea or as a dessert. Soft and spongy with jam and coconut. What could be better?
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Manchester Tart – School Dinner Favourite
I had a request recently to make Manchester Tart. This is a dessert that was often served at part of our school dinners when I was a child. It was common all over the country it seems, probably because it is simple to make, cheap to make and tastes very good. Manchester Tart is made […]
Individual Bakewell Tarts
Whilst on holiday in Canada I took the opportunity to do some baking with my great-nieces. Today the bake is for individual Bakewell Tarts. We all love Bakewell Tarts and these individual ones, which could be made in a muffin tin, are ideal as desserts with some cream or custard. In the UK often these […]
Chocolate Sponge with Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry Jam
I have to make a cake for a great-niece whose birthday will be soon. She really enjoys chocolate cake with ganache. So in preparation for that I decided to make a simple version of a chocolate sponge, with two layers and to sandwich them together with a layer of raspberry jam and chocolate ganache. Then […]
Coconut & Jam Sponge Cake
Coconut and Jam Sponge is an easy cake to make, and tastes so good. This particular one can be cut into squares and enjoyed just like that, or it can be cut into larger pieces and served with custard as a dessert. Any jam would be good to use, strawberry, apricot, blueberry, blackberry etc. But […]
Bourbon Biscuit Dessert
Bourbon biscuits are a favourite in the UK. They are two chocolate biscuits sandwiched together with a chocolate cream filling. I found a recipe for a dessert(he called it pudding) in Gary Rhodes’ Step by Step Cooking. It was for two large bourbon biscuits, sandwiched by two layers of chocolate brownie and a layer of […]
Individual Steamed Sponges – 3 Flavours
Having made a large, stove-top steamed treacle sponge the other day I thought I would try some individual one, steamed in the oven, with some different flavours too. I found a recipe on Good Housekeeping which I doubled for my purposes. It actually made slightly more batter than my 8 dariole moulds could take, so I […]
Thumbprint Cookies X 3 – Lemon Curd – Raspberry- Marmalade
I decided to try some thumbprint cookies, having never had them before. I saw, from researching, that the cookie dough would be very short indeed, so would crumble at almost the slightest touch. That appealed since I love a short biscuit. For filling I decided to experiment, since I had some home-made lemon curd as […]
Raspberry Mousse & Jelly(Jello) Cake
I decided to try something a little different to what I usaully do, A light sponge cake covered with mousse and then jelly(or jello). I chose raspberry as my flavour since it is one of my favourites, and should go well in a mousse. I also decided that rather than make a raspberry coulis, as […]
Linzer Torte – Austrian Jam Tart Cake
I came across Linzer Torte when viewing some videos on youtube. It seems, having done some research, that it is the oldest recorded cake, dating back to about 1653. Basically it is a pastry dough covered with jam and topped with a lattice of more dough. The dough is made from ground nuts, often hazelnut […]