Archive For February 2025
From Sainsbury’s Deliciously spooky spider-web cupcakes for Halloween made with dark and white chocolate. Serves: 15 Preparation time: 10 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 150g dark chocolate (50% cocoa solids), 100g broken into pieces, 50g finely chopped 100g butter 90g self-raising flour by Sainsbury’s 200g light muscovado sugar 15g cocoa powder 1 large…
From BBC Food Try this recipe for an enriched yeasted cake, coloured a fabulous pink and adorned with fresh strawberries Ingredients For the cake 300ml/½ pint milk 1 vanilla pod, split in half, seeds scraped out 400g strong plain flour, plus extra for sprinkling 3 tsp dried yeast 3 tbsp soft brown sugar…
Well, that sounded a tall order! Was this going to be a lot of hastily-chopped salad? Perhaps a collection of toast recipes? Probably publicity for the world’s most expensive can-opener. No, these are very good recipes that will only take you (well, OK, a very practised you) 10 minutes or so. Admittedly we are not…
by Chrissie Walker Looking for Japanese flavours in a dessert but using traditional Western techniques? This could be the recipe for you. Yuzu Cupcakes with Matcha Tea Frosting are little fancies that would be a welcome addition to a very English afternoon tea, but they use very Japanese Yuzu juice giving a citrus tang;…
From Sainsbury’s This is a healthier version of traditional passion cake. Serves: 16 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 60 Minutes Ingredients 50g walnuts, chopped 2 small ripe bananas, mashed 50g soft light brown sugar 3 medium eggs, beaten 250g self raising wholemeal flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 teaspoons baking powder…
This is a book that you’ll find on the shelf in the cooking section of any good bookshop. You’ll flick though the pages. Your shopping bag will then be placed neatly on the floor between your feet. Next a glance around for one of those squidgy sofas to rest for just a short while as…