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8 May 2016
Date honey and walnut cake
Whenever we go on a trip out there are usually two purchases I make: a fridge magnet, and a jar of local honey. My latest honey acquisition came after a visit (...)
17 July 2011
Light Fruit Cake
I was on the horns of a dilemma whether to include this recipe on my site. On the one hand, fruit cake seems to be the most universally loathed category of (...)
17 April 2016
Fruit tea loaf
This recipe came into being because I made a whim purchase. Whilst visiting a Greek Cypriot supermarket on the quest for baklava (as instructed by Mr CC; if (...)
14 October 2012
Orange sponge with curd filling
I love a fair, I truly do! This weekend Mr CC and I visited a fair with many craft and cottage industry type stalls; one of my favourite stalls was run by a (...)
31 January 2016
Yorkshire curd tart
Whenever Mr CC and I are in York there are two things I have to eat: Firstly, a Fat Rascal from Bettys, and secondly, a Yorkshire Curd tart from Bennett’s – a (...)
16 November 2014
Tea loaf cake
Classics become classics for a reason – usually because they’re great. There is something about a tea loaf cake that is inherently nostalgic. I feel it has (...)
3 March 2013
Creme Brulee Tart
I come from a family whose passion for custard knows no bounds. I married a man whose passion for custard frankly makes me think we were just playing at it. Mr (...)
9 December 2008
Cream Horns
It’s silly to talk about trends in cakes, but when was the last time you saw a cream horn? How can something so delectable fall so out of fashion? It’s an (...)
30 November 2014
Classic Oat Biscuits
This week I needed something that was quick to make and would keep nicely in a tin for several days. We are in the final throes of boxing everything up for (...)
12 December 2010
Blueberry and clotted cream cake
I’m back from hols and hoped to have posted a holiday cake update but time seems to have run away from me...but I promise I’ll do it soon! It’s always (...)
9 December 2008
Gingerbread House
I have never made a gingerbread house before but, aware of the increasing social problem of homeless gingerbread men at this time of year, thought it my duty (...)
7 September 2008
Toffee Apple Cake
What grabbed my attention with this cake was that the toffee apple topping was on both sponges, not just the top layer. The apples bake in brown sugar as the (...)
30 September 2012
Red Velvet Cake
At the recent Cake and Bake Show at Earls Court, I purchased a bottle of Lorann’s red velvet bakery emulsion. I’ve always liked the look of red velvet cakes (...)
18 April 2012
Rum and raisin biscuits
The wind and rain is howling outside, which I’m not complaining about as we need rain to alleviate our current drought conditions...but it is a bit grim; or to (...)
9 May 2012
Sticky peanut butter chocolate cake
There is something about the smell of peanut butter – it’s more peanutty than peanuts! I could just stand with the jar inhaling it, but eating it...on (...)
17 August 2008
Dark Jamaican ginger cake
All ginger cakes are moist, but this one has to be the darkest, juiciest, tastiest most fragrant of them all! Two things attracted me to the recipe: firstly, (...)
26 October 2014
Sticky orange potato cake
I remember watching Sesame Street when I was growing up and there would always be a bit where the screen was split into quarters depicting four different (...)
2 May 2012
Trifle Sponge Cake
Recently I made a trifle and it dawned on me that, with a bit of tweaking as to the order of construction you could make trifle cake. And here it is! It may (...)
19 February 2012
Lemon Curd Cupcakes
Sometimes, the urge to make cupcakes is overwhelming; I think it’s that they’re so pretty. Mr CC and the CCM (Caked Crusader’s Ma) both love lemon and Mr CC (...)
31 December 2008
Gingerbread Men
Is it possible to enjoy Christmas without gingerbread present in some form? Unlike last year, I didn’t have the time (or inclination) to make a huge (...)
22 May 2011
Walnut and date cake with walnut buttercream
If I was sponsored for every time I typed the word “birthday”, then by the end of May I could retire! This cake, for Mr CC’s birthday, concludes the birthday (...)
14 November 2010
Vanilla overload cake
It was The Boy Wonder’s (my nephew) turn to pick a flavour for a cake this week. I was very impressed he picked vanilla because, while it’s often overlooked or (...)
20 January 2013
Golden Syrup Cake
The latest baking publication to hit the newsagent’s shelves is called “30 Best Loved Recipes” and will build into a collection of books each focussing on a (...)
