Monthly Archives: December 2005

Ingredients: 8oz Crushed Digestive Biscuits 8oz Chocolate 8oz Unsalted Butter 3oz Caster Sugar 2oz Cherries chopped 2oz Walnuts chopped 2 Eggs Brandy to taste Method: Melt butter and chocolate Beat eggs and sugar, and then beat the two lots together. Fold in the cherries and the walnuts, brandy and biscuits. Put in a greased loaf…

Ingredients 3oz sugar 3fl.oz evaporated milk 4oz chocolate (white for no bake cake) 1 ½ oz butter or margarine 2 drops vanilla essence Method Combine sugar and evap milk in a heavy pan. Dissolve over a low heat, stirring. When granules have melted, bring mixture to the boil and simmer gently for 6 mins. (supposedly…

(As served at the smallholders show 2001) Ingredients ¼ lb chopped dates 6oz Ground Almonds 8oz Prunes (soaked ) 3 pieces of preserved ginger (chopped) 6oz seedless raisins 2oz candied peel 1oz walnuts 1oz glace/ cherries 1oz sliced angelica Rice paper Method Mix ingredients in a big bowl, then, blend roughly in a processor. Line…

(For those who don’t like traditional dark cake) Ingredients 8oz Butter 8oz Caster Sugar 8oz Plain Flour 2oz Ground Almonds 4 Medium Eggs 1 tsp. Glycerine Grated rinds of 1 Orange and 1 Lemon 4oz Chopped Walnuts 4oz Glace/ cherries 4oz Glace/ pineapple 4oz Glace/ apricots 4oz Candied peel 2oz Crystalised ginger 12oz Sultanas ½…

Ingredients 4oz Butter 4oz Caster Sugar 4oz S.R. Flour 2 Eggs 2oz cocoa Powder 2oz Ground Almonds ¼ pt milk 4 Tbsp. Golden Syrup Topping and Filling 8oz Plain Chocolate 2oz Butter Method Cream butter and sugar until pale in colour. Beat in 1 egg then the other one. Sift in flour and cocoa powder…

5lbs Green Tomatoes Salt 1Quart Vinegar 1lb Brown Sugar ½ lb Onions 1Tsp. Chilli Pepper (Cayenne) 2 short sticks Cinnamon 12 Cloves 12 Peppercorns 1lb Apples Method Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, peel and slice. Lay slices in a dish in layers sprinkling with salt as you do so. Leave over night. Put vinegar…

2lbs Green Tomatoes 2lbs Cooking Apples 1lb Raisins or Sultanas 1lb Onions 2tbsp Salt 1tsp. Ginger ½tsp. Pepper Good tsp. Mustard 2pts Vinegar 2lbs Sugar` Method Mince fruit and onions. Boil all ingredients together until tender and mixture is thick. Put in jars and cover before it is cold. Ina Dent

(Easy no scales—use yoghurt carton to measure out ingredients) 1 tub (150g) yoghurt (orange is nice but any flavour will do) 2 tubs caster sugar 3 tubs Self Raising Flour 1 tub Mazola or Sunflower oil 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Method Beat all together with electric whisk until smooth. Line Loaf tin pour…

Cook’s Tips To make a perfect Victoria Sponge every time. Weigh the EGGS in their shells all together, then use that total weight for the rest of the ingredients: – Self raising Flour (sieved) Sunflower Margarine (must be Sunflower) Caster Sugar 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Essence (or any other flavour, for chocolate replace 2oz of…