Totally scrummy pudding with the tartness of the lime and the sweetness of the biscuit. This is easy to make, tastes delicious and looks impressive.
Category: Baking
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Apple Traybake
This is a really simple traybake using store cupboard ingredients which can be served hot with cream or custard or cold, cut in to squares for school break time or a coffee break. Make sure you have good quality vanilla extract – try Dr. Oetker. You can use cooking or eating apples – cooking will be a little tarter. (more…)
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Easy Apple and Blackberry Cake
This is a lovely cake – easy to make and easy to eat on any occasion! Afternoon tea, a snack for when the kids get home from school or as a proper dessert with cream or custard.
You will need a 22 inch spring form cake tin for this recipe. I got a set of three for Christmas which is a real luxury as my old one was about 15 years old! Mine are Andrew James – set of three cake tins – not expensive and dishwasher safe.
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Rich Chocolate Brownies
Rich but delicious! Useful every now and then as break time treats for school. Not too difficult to make.
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The Best Mini Mince Pies
This was my first proper attempt at making some mince pies (instead of cheating by buying the best you can get at the supermarket) – what a pleasant surprise – not too much trouble and tasting delicious.
The pastry is homemade but the filling is bought mincemeat with stuff added to liven it up. I used Tesco Finest Mincemeat which was full of flavour – definitely worth a try. My first attempt involved rubbing the butter into the flour with my hands but this was far too gooey so I got the food processor out and had much more success. Note that the pastry needs to chill for at least 3 hours.
This makes about 40 mini mince pies although the filling is enough for the same again but if you are buying a jar of mincemeat you may as well make a full quantity of filling and knock up two batches for the freezer.
I used a silicone baking tray which has 15 holes 5.5cm in diameter but you can use whatever you have – just remember to butter if not silicone.
