Black Cake
Black Cake is the ubiquitous Caribbean Christmas cake made with dried fruits and soaked in dark island rum for up to a year before baking.
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Category: Recipes and Baking
The Best Dutch Apple Cake
Apple Pie or Apple Cake? There is simply nothing more like the taste of home than a slice of apple cake. Or apple pie. Or apple tart/ crisp / buckle/ flan/ crumble or cobbler if you will. With early autumn comes the apple harvest, so there was no other choice for Autumn than to feature […]
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Brazilian Corn Cake
Cake for breakfast? Well yes, actually! I wanted to include a cake in our jaunt around the world that is served up at breakfast time, perfect with a nice strong coffee and some fresh fruit. And we no look no further than Brazil. The Bolo de Fuba is a traditional breakfast cake (although in truth […]
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Moroccan Snake Cake
So I’ll be the first to admit that snake cake doesn’t have the most appetising ring to it. 🙂 M’hanncha is the Moroccan word for snake and one can only guess that the name for this exotic, sweet pastry comes from the coiled spiral of its shape, rather than the serpent lurking within. What is M’hanncha? […]
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Creative Pancakes
There are some incredible pancake recipes out there, today we bring you some of the most creative designs for your Shrove Tuesday.
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Working with red food colouring
We talk about how to use red food colouring and the best ways to get a true red colour for your cake and icings.
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Understanding Vegan Baking
In order to make a tasty vegan cake you need to understand the mechanics and ingredients of vegan baking. We explain all the vegan alternatives in this blog, and there is a free recipe for you!
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Top tips for working with Royal Icing
In this blog we share with you 5 top tips for working with royal icing. We also share our foolproof royal icing recipe with you for you to try at home.
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