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Marmalade Cake

02 Aug 2013 by Mandy

I liked the look of this sticky marmalade cake taken from the Great British Bake Off the book to accompany...

30 Jun 2013 by Jill

We’ve told you how good Smitten Kitchen is and if you’re not yet convinced, we’ve made Deb Perelman’s fabulous Grapefruit...

26 Oct 2012 by Mandy

It’s a bit fiddly (for me, probably not for you) but boy the effort for this wonderful cake is worth...

07 Oct 2012 by Jill

Parkin, the thick, sticky gingerbread cake made of oatmeal, spices, treacle and butter, is traditionally eaten on November 5th, Bonfire...

03 Sep 2012 by Jill

I’m a bit weary of TV cookery programmes but I do admit to being a fan of The Great British...

27 Jan 2012 by Mandy

One of our favourite food blogs is Deb Perelman’s at Smitten Kitchen. Her tag is ‘fearless cooking from tiny kitchen...

02 Nov 2011 by Mandy

Author/publisher of the marvelous food quarterly Fire & Knives and all round good guy Tim Hayward has fled the metropolis...

06 Oct 2011 by Jill

One of our favourite coffee stops is the Perky Peacock housed in the enchanting little postern house beneath York’s Lendal...

07 Apr 2011 by Jill

Saturday afternoon and a spot of restorative baking at the fabulous Dean Clough Cooking School. If you’ve never been the...

06 Dec 2010 by Jill

Did you see Kirstie and Phil fiddling with Peggy Porschen’s fondant fancies on last night’s Kirstie and Phil’s Perfect Christmas...