Soul Cakes for Halloween
tradition and superstitions abound... A soul cake , also known as a soulmass-cake , is a small round cake, although we would see them...
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Recipe Journal
mel6202
Oct 45 min read
A life-changing cake-mixing technique
Life-changing? that's a big statement; is it true? I guess that depends on what baking, and cake-making in particular, means to you...I...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20242 min read
Strawberry Ripple Cake
Food has the unique ability to transport us; from a time and place to the warm embrace of someone dear to us. For me, the chocolate...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Blood Orange Marmalade Drizzle Cake
As Spring approaches, the last of the blood oranges appear in the shops; I made marmalade to preserve their amazing colour and flavour. ...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Caramel Upside-down Cake
This is a cake for all seasons; in the warmer months it can be made with the amazing Queen Garnet plums, as it is in this recipe; in the...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Blood Orange Cordial - Salute E Vita
I spent my early childhood years in the grey flinty midlands of England; before we came to Australia as ten pound tourists, I was lucky...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Chocolate Fudge Cake... Your New Best Friend
Everyone needs a chocolate fudge cake recipe in their repertoire, an old friend that won't ever let you down. This is the first recipe...
600
Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20224 min read
Just Like Your Nana's ... Simple and Delicious
Scones - who doesn't love them? Despite the endless quibbling about how to pronounce the name, whether you put the jam on first or the...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Chocolate Chip Shortbread
Chocolate chip shortbread is the greatest biscuit; buttery, crunchy and melt-in-the-mouth. They keep well, are simple as anything to...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Baking As Therapy
'life is what happens when you're busy making other plans' John Lennon's words have never rung so true as in the past few weeks of my...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Lemon Curd Shortbread - Tea Time Favourite
Shortbread is a universally popular biscuit, not just in Scotland, where it originated before the middle ages, but also in England,...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Chocolate Brownie Biscuits
As with many things in the annals of food history, and history in general, the origins of the brownie are somewhat obscured. Certainly...
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Melanie Hall
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Yorkshire Ginernuts - Dunker's Delight
Yorkshire gingernuts - these are the biscuits of my childhood. I remember wondering what all the fuss what about, as ginger wasn't high...
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Melanie Hall
Dec 31, 20211 min read
Strawberry Financiers - mini almond cakes
These light delicious little French cakes originated in the 17th century, becoming popular in the 19th century, taking their name from...
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