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As you may have guessed, my OH and I are leaving the country tomorrow. So last night at his parents' home, with all but one of the family present, a Christmas cake I made for Christmas 2014 was finally opened. Now I usually make this fruit cake around October time and leave it to mature, well...

Ingredients Serves: 12 180g dates, stones removed and chopped 200g dark brown soft sugar 55g butter or margarine 250ml boiling water 220g self-raising flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Method Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas mark 6. Grease and flour a 23x13cm...

Date Loaf Cake Ingredients Serves: 12 180g dates, stones removed and chopped 200g dark brown soft sugar 55g butter or margarine 250ml boiling water 220g self-raising flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Method Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas mark 6. Grease and...

A bit of fun really! @winterybella mentioned rock cakes in a post and I got thinking about how to do something quirky with a basic rock cake recipe. Roquefort Rock Cakes sprang into my mind (it was the alliteration! :D), and I thought, why not? This recipe incorporates walnuts which work nicely...

Encouraged by the Retro Pineapple Upside-Down Cake I thought I'd explore other possibilities. This is a cake for grown-ups. Its bitter sweet! Photographed two days ago in natural light Ingredients For the topping: 1 x Pink grapefruit, sliced thinly and peeled* 11 Raspberries (or enough to...

The ultimate 50's retro cake inspired by @Caribbean girl's post Pineapple upside-down cake. I used the recipe as a starting point and then searched other recipes, eventually putting together my own version after trial and error! Tinned pineapples and lurid dyed maraschino (cocktail) cherries are...

This cake was one of the desserts being served after my Easter dinner this year. It made a good combination with ice cream. Here's the recipe for this cake. To Top Cake Melt 2 tablespoons butter in greased pan Add 1/2 cup brown sugar Halve 4 canned pineapple slices; place in mixture. Halve red...

Another recipe in my quest for easy cakes - nearly as easy as muffins. And they look pretty. This recipe makes about 10 cup-cake sized cakes. Ingredients: For the cake mix 3 medium eggs Their weight in butter (approx 175 g) Their weight in caster sugar Their weight in self raising flour...

I am dedicating this one to @classic33. Sadly I don't have all the ingredients on hand so I can't make it right away and ship it off to God's Country. Just when I thought there were no more Guinness recipes left. http://www.europeancuisines.com/Ireland-Desserts-Guinness-Cake Renamed Classic33...

Ingredients 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine 1 cup water 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1⁄2 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Frosting 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine 1⁄4 cup milk 4 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar 1⁄2 teaspoon...

My son's girlfriend is turning 21 in about a week. She has told me she wants a white sheet cake with butter cream icing for her birthday. I would like to surprise her and bake it myself this time. Do any of you have a good, fairly easy recipe for a white sheetcake with butter cream icing?

I've been looking around for fish fillet and tuna recipes, since it's Lent. I try to have a little variety in my Lent menu, rather than always falling back on the typical fish sticks and fries that I used to make. I ended up making this recipe the other day. I wanted to try adding in some...

6 eggs, separated 1 cup white sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk 1 cup whipped cream (optional) 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries...

1 final recipe before the recipe challenge involving oranges changes. This time something sweet and slightly less healthy, but I have found a recipe involving oats, chia seeds and flaxseeds (linseed) to increase its healthiness...  Ingredients 300g/10oz plain flour 350g/12oz soft light...

Ingredients 110g gluten free plain flour 55g maize flour or cornflour 60g ground almonds 1 heaped tsp gluten free baking powder 2 tsp mixed spice 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 115g butter 115g golden syrup 115g black treacle 115g brown sugar 225ml milk 2 medium eggs Method 1 x...

Ingredients 1 1⁄2 cups plain flour (use a typical blended general purpose gluten-free plain flour mix -as stated in the intro) 1 cup sugar 1⁄3 cup oil (I use vegetable oil) 1 cup water 1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder 1 teaspoon gluten-free bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon...

Ingredients Cake: 3 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour 1¾ cups granulated sugar 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons xanthan gum 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups chocolate nondairy milk ½ cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla...

Lemon Velvet Cake recipe Ingredients : 1¼ cups sifted all purpose flour 1½ cups sifted cake flour ½ teaspoon baking soda 1½ tsp baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1½ cups sugar ⅔ cup vegetable oil ⅓ cup vegetable shortening at room temperature 1 tsp good quality vanilla extract 2 tsp pure lemon...

Hey everyone, I'm hosting some friends for dinner this weekend and wanted to make a gluten and dairy free cake. Do you guys know any good recipes?

Japan really gets into Christmas - and every year around this time, stores come out with "Kurismasu Keiki" (literally, Christmas Cake!) but it's a little different than what I was used to. I expected a dense, fruit cake when I moved here and heard of the Christmas Cake tradition...but their...