Recipes

Spiced Orange and Chocolate StarsMakes lots 125g plain flour50g rolled oats125g butter or margarine75g caster sugarA pinch of baking powderZest and juice of one orange1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp ground gingerA pinch of fresh nutmeg100g dark cho…

My Lovely wife Helen makes these for me every year on my birthday, like a huge stack of gooey chocolate squares, so much better than a conventional birthday cake. Helen's Chocolate Brownies 300g soft butter300g 70% chocolate5 eggsVanilla es…

I cannot remember when or where I read about this recipe - chocolate and red wine cake. I remembered it, for it is roughly the same as a basic chocolate cake with the addition of red wine rather than milk to soften it. But I have no idea who wr…

Think of a British cake and images of afternoon tea and sponge come to mind. Just a basic Victoria with a thin layer of raspberry jam and a dusting of icing sugar is the perfect accompaniment to a good old cuppa. There aren't any…

  Up on the chilly coastline of Newbiggin by the sea here in the North East, a cafe owner has decided to claim a unique record of having the most varieties of homebaked scones for sale. Jackie Nevin and her husband Colin have …

  Don't be alarmed by this combination of tart Bramley apple and Cheddar Cheese. If you think about it, it all makes complete sense. An apple on a cheese board is common place. So why not wrap them flavours all together into a…

  Easter eggs start arriving in our house about 2 weeks before Easter weekend. Eggs of all manner of commercial chocolate are teetering on shelves, safe from the tiny prying hands of my daughter. This morning I promised Cerys…