christmas cake

Rather belatedly, I made our christmas cake last night; I’d normally have done it in November, but what with the move and all … I use a variation on a tried and tested Nigel Slater recipe, and here it is: Prepare a 20cm deep cake pan – grease well, line with a double thickness of…

a brace of banana cakes

Using up: bananas We had a lot of bananas, so I decided to make some banana cake.  And then I realised we had even more bananas than that, so I thought I’d make two, and freeze one.  Better than letting the bananas go to waste, I thought. So I duly made two – it really…

let them eat cake

Using up: half a lemon, dried cherries I fancied a cake – both making one, and consuming it.  We don’t have them often, but last night I decided I would.  And it would use up the half a lemon that was in the fridge 🙂 This is based on a Nigella recipe, and works really…

good grief …

Ladies and gentlemen I give you The cheese wedding cake.