The rascal, or fat rascal, has been around since the 1800’s. Originating in Yorkshire, this fruit packed treat bares a close resemblance to a scone or rock cake. It is traditionally decorated with plain blanched almond and glacé cherries, but I like to put my own spin on it. I use Morello glacé cherries, as I…
Chocolate Tiffin is the ideal treat to make if you are not confident about baking because there isn’t any actual baking involved. The other great thing about it is you can more or less put in what you want. There are core ingredients (chocolate, butter, golden syrup, digestives) but the other ingredients you can switch…
Yes, I know it’s February, but I decided to take some time off over the festive season to recharge the old batteries. While much of the northern hemisphere has been under a blanket of snow, Nottingham is under it’s usual grey clouds. Temperatures are strangely mild for the season. We had some proper wintery weather,…
I am taking a little break from the squash recipes today to tell you about some cookies I made for charity. As a big fan of the Back To The Future movies, and of their lead actor, Michael J Fox, it was unthinkable to allow Future Day to go by unacknowledged. What is Future Day?…
The scone is a ubiquitous little thing, and a quintessential part of British afternoon tea. Invented in Scotland in the 16th century, it is the grown up cousin of the American ‘biscuit’. It is more akin to pastry than cake, and with a simple ingredient list of flour, fat, and a raising agent it typifies…
While Mother’s Day in the US started in the early 1900’s and was made popular thanks to greeting card company, Hallmark, here in the UK, it has a much older origin. During the 16th century, people would return to their mother church on the fourth Sunday in Lent. People in domestic service were given the…
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