Melanie Hall
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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Recipe Journal
mel6202
- Jan 1, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
10 Tips To Make You A Star Baker
10 tips for your best baking - no matter what time of year or season, these tips are the building blocks of good baking every time... If...
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Melanie Hall
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Melanie Hall
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
10 Tips To Make You A Star Baker
10 tips for your best baking - no matter what time of year or season, these tips are the building blocks of good baking every time... If...
280
Melanie Hall
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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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Melanie Hall
- Aug 1, 2016
- 3 min
Cookbook Addiction
How many cookbooks do you have? Oh my goodness there are ……! Is that too many?or not enough? I comfort myself with Nigella's admission...
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Melanie Hall
- Jul 16, 2015
- 4 min
Venice - I Still Love You
Beautiful Venice is surely a victim of her own popularity - on our latest visit, we were stunned to learn that La Serenissima now...
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