Paul's best ever bakes: Chocolate cake
Vegan & Gluten-free Jaffa Cakes Jaffa cakes are one of those treats that I missed the most since I started avoiding dairy and gluten. Once a Jaffa Cake pack was opened, there was no stopping me. I would gobble the lot! They’re such a comforting snack, especially with a nice warm cup of tea. What makes them even more special is that all Jaffa Cakes are produced at a McVitie’s factory in Stockport, which is not too far away from where I live and around the corner from my parent’s house! I posted a shot of these vegan & gluten-free Jaffa Cakes on my Instagram feed mentioning that I wasn’t sure whether they were only available and sold here in the UK. Many of you informed …
Every time I post a recipe that incorporates chocolate and orange, so many of you tell me it's one of your favourite flavour combinations. So it only made sense that I create more chocolate orange desserts!
Dit is het geheime ingrediënt van de allerbeste red velvet cake op Franska.nl
Step-by-step method for making Fig, apricot and pistachio Christmas cake yourself.
California Walnut Coffee Cake Bars Looking for the perfect cake to enjoy with your afternoon cup of tea? This is it right here! These California walnut coffee cake bars are my current favourite pick me up with a lovely warm drink. I usually go for chocolatey desserts, but I always get excited when I see a coffee treat on offer. Chocolate is everywhere, but a decent coffee dessert is much harder to come by, so when you finally discover one it feels so much more special. I think coffee as a flavour is not taken advantage of enough in the baking world. Even I rarely make coffee flavoured treats. Well that’s about to change from this point onwards. A delicious vegan …
The Welsh version of harvest cake is made with apples, sultanas and cinnamon, this cake resembles very much like Irish apple cake, which is baked with a layer of fruit in the centre.There are many regional recipes for cakes are baked during the harvest time, with many variations.Some of these cakes were cooked to fuel the workers during the hard manual labour, and some were produced to be enjoyed as part of post-harvesting celebrations. Before industrialisation, harvest time would be more muscle-wrenching, dirty, hot and exhausting; obviously the workers in the fields needed all the calories they could get, and traditional harvest foods went some way to providing these. The Harvest Supper served by the farmer or land-owner after the harvest was completed. The foods was very likely second only to Christmas in terms of what was provided for workers to consume. For the poorest labourers such food was a very welcome change from their usual diet. On the eve of the last harvest, all of the local wives would get together and bake cakes and pies, amongst many other things, for the harvest home feast which in Welsh is ffest y pen. Hare broth was popular, made with hare and a few root vegetables. Poten gan was a traditional white pudding made with wheatmeal, milk and brown sugar whilst a harvest cake known as Teisen y Cynhaeaf and Teisen Blat was a spiced fruit turnover made of shortcrust pastry spiced with cinnamon, and fruit such as apples, rhubarb or plums; similar to the bakestone turnovers which is quite popular as well.Am so happy that today am posting 23th post of this Mega blogging marathon with A-Z Baking around the world as theme. Recipe Source: here 2cups Flour 2tsp Baking powder 175g unsalted butter 1cup Brown sugar 2 Large eggs (beaten) 1/2tsp Mixed spice powder 1/2tsp Cinnamon powder 3nos Apples (peeled & cored) 1/4cup Sultanas or Currants 1/4cup Almonds (flaked)/Walnuts Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a round baking pan ( i used 8inch springform) and keep aside. Melt together the butter and sugar, once the butter melts, remove the pan from the fire. Let it cool slightly before beating the eggs. Add the eggs to the melted butter-sugar mixture and whisk well. Sift flour, baking powder and spice powders into a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and beat everything together gently. Meanwhile take the apples, sultanas and almonds/walnuts into a second bowl, and mix well. Spoon half the cake mixture into the prepared pan, and then top it with the fruit and nuts mixture. Top the fruit-nut mixture with the remaining cake batter. Lightly smooth the top of the cake, to press down the fruits-nuts mixture. Bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Let it cool completely. Remove the cake and enjoy. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 75 An InLinkz Link-up
Vegan & Gluten-free Jaffa Cakes Jaffa cakes are one of those treats that I missed the most since I started avoiding dairy and gluten. Once a Jaffa Cake pack was opened, there was no stopping me. I would gobble the lot! They’re such a comforting snack, especially with a nice warm cup of tea. What makes them even more special is that all Jaffa Cakes are produced at a McVitie’s factory in Stockport, which is not too far away from where I live and around the corner from my parent’s house! I posted a shot of these vegan & gluten-free Jaffa Cakes on my Instagram feed mentioning that I wasn’t sure whether they were only available and sold here in the UK. Many of you informed …
We’ve zapped the classic Mary Berry Victoria sponge with a shrink ray to make these adorable little cakes. Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a 12-cup mini sandwich tin and a piping bag fitted with a 1cm/½in plain nozzle
A delightful teatime treat. These vegan welsh cakes are cooked on a bakestone or in a pan. Lightly spiced and filled with dried fruit.
Hot, crisp and sweet, these doughnuts are a fantastic sweet treat that everyone will love
The Scottish Dundee Cake is a great alternative to the rich Christmas Cake or Plum Cake. This is the cake if you want a lighter, fluffy crumb and a moist cake that works as a great holiday dessert or an everyday tea cake. This cake is simpler to make but checks all the right boxes for a great family style dessert!
Vegan Custard Tarts When I started cutting out dairy, one of the many things I stopped eating was custard, and it’s one of the many things I really missed! I had no idea how easy it was so make my own, homemade dairy-free version. It’s ridiculously easy! AND it tastes just like ‘normal’ custard. How I wish I tried this recipe months and months ago! I missed out on so much custard goodness! I just realised this paragraph is full of exclamation marks!! Moving on… These vegan custard tarts taste like the ‘real thing’ and the custard part definitely tastes like the custard I remember and love. Sweet, thick and…vanillary? OK I think I just made that word up but …
*This post is sponsored by Planted* We all need a good pick-me-up at the moment, and these delicious and decadent no-bake vegan coffee cheesecakes are exactly what you need after a long and stressful day! I’ve always loved coffee flavoured desserts. I really do think coffee is such an underrated flavour when it comes to desserts and so I’ve taken it upon myself to add to the coffee treat catalogue to show it a little more appreciation! This is my take on a vegan no-bake cheesecake. Super creamy and lush without having any dairy or gluten! The base is chocolaty as I think chocolate and coffee go perfectly together. Made with oats, cocoa powder with a little bit of coconut …
Vegan & Gluten-free Jaffa Cakes Jaffa cakes are one of those treats that I missed the most since I started avoiding dairy and gluten. Once a Jaffa Cake pack was opened, there was no stopping me. I would gobble the lot! They’re such a comforting snack, especially with a nice warm cup of tea. What makes them even more special is that all Jaffa Cakes are produced at a McVitie’s factory in Stockport, which is not too far away from where I live and around the corner from my parent’s house! I posted a shot of these vegan & gluten-free Jaffa Cakes on my Instagram feed mentioning that I wasn’t sure whether they were only available and sold here in the UK. Many of you informed …
These British biscuits are beyond delicious! From jaffa cakes and hobnobs to bourbons and custard creams, you won't be able to get enough of these treats.
Prince William Squares. A downsized version of the UK favourite, chocolate biscuit cake, but made into smaller portions as cookie squares.
This classic treacle tart is made all the more brilliant because you can make it in advance and freeze until needed. No time to make pastry from scratch? This lemony treacle tart uses shop-bought sweet shortcrust pastry.
This fancy almond-flavored tea cake, also called a Battenberg Square, features a homemade marzipan.
The British pride themselves with their vibrant snack culture. Here's the best British snacks you should try and are also available online!
This traditional British Lardy Cake recipe is from Mary-Anne Boermans' wonderful Great British Bakes cookbook. A perfect mid-afternoon treat with a hot cup of tea.
This gluten free ginger cake is super sticky and a real crowd-pleaser. It's even better for being left a couple of days before eating - if you can wait that long!
A mouthwatering collection of traditional British bakes you'll want to recreate in the comfort of your own kitchen. Perfect for sharing with loved ones...
Mary Berry's spectacular walnut cake is perfect for special occasions - with three layers there's sure to be a slice for everyone!
4-Ingredient Salted Caramel Fudge Do you feel you overdosed on chocolate over the Easter holiday? No? Me neither, but can you really overdose on chocolate?? Well the answer is yes but it doesn’t count during Easter 😛 Actually, I haven’t had any Easter chocolate or any kind of Easter treats this year. I’ve been recipe developing meaning I had way too many of my own treats to work my way through that I didn’t see the need to go out and buy an Easter egg and my family know not to get me treats for that exact same reason. Which worked out fine! It just means my chocolate cravings are as strong as ever, and that’s why I’m posting this chocolate …
Melt-in-the-mouth buttery Shortbread Biscuits. Make them in fingers or use cutters for any shape you want.
With it being the summer holidays, the girls and I have done lots of picnics on our days out and this cake is excellent for picnics. It’s easy to make, is very moist, lasts for ages and is absolutely delicious. In fact Mr OC loves it so much he moans with joy when eating it! […]
This delicious, traditional cake is so moreish – when testing this recipe, we couldn’t eat it fast enough! It’s sticky but light in texture, not too dense.
Classic festive mince pies, with a viennese whirl topping.