Category: Classic and Traditional Cakes

• International Coffee Cake Day-Coffee and Walnut Cake #100bakes

  

  Today (Thursday April 7th) marks International Coffee Cake Day! Can’t beat a nice bit of Coffee Cake and my Coffee and Walnut Cake always goes down a treat. A tearoom classic, I love a slice of this if it’s ever on the menu anywhere I go. Mr S doesn’t like sickly sweet cakes and lots […]

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  April 7, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes

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• #100bakes: Victoria Sponge.

  

  You can’t beat a traditional Victoria Sponge. It’s got to have fresh cream in it, for me. I also prefer it sprinkled with caster sugar, rather than icing sugar. A Victoria Sponge is another bake to scratch off the #100BakesChallenge Poster. I chose to use Mary Berry’s recipe, which always works for me. Instead of […]

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  March 20, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Mary Berry

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• Carrot Cake #100bakeschallenge

  

  Thursday 3rd February was National Carrot Cake Day! I know what you’re all thinking! Oh, she’s a bit late here, it’s now Tuesday 8th February. But last Thursday was so busy, I had no time to think about making any carrot cakes. Instead I shared a photo collage of some previous carrot cakes I’d made, […]

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  February 8, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Mary Berry, Traybakes and Tea Loaves, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

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• Marzipan, cherry and almond Cake: National Marzipan Day

  Today is National Marzipan Day! To be honest, although I love marzipan, I only bake with it at Christmas, Easter and for traditional fruit cakes. I never bother with it at other times of the year. I see it as something you use for special occasions. Even if it isn’t used as a layer for […]

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  January 12, 2022

  Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Foodie Days Of

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• Sticky Toffee Pudding- #100bakes

  

  This is my go-to dessert recipe for New Year’s Day or for a winter family Sunday lunch

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  January 2, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Christmas, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Family Meals, Hot Puddings and Desserts, Seasonal

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• Lemon Polenta Cake

  

  I had a packet of dried polenta sitting in the cupboard doing nothing. It’s not something I really cook with to be honest. I think I was going to cook a ragu type casserole to serve with it back in January or February and we ended up with something different. I read somewhere that polenta […]

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  November 2, 2021

  Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes

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• Amazing Cakes #33: The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

  

  Sunday October 24th 2021: It was my Mum’s birthday and as she was coming up to visit for a couple of days, I thought I would bake her a birthday cake. It had to be one which would keep and she could have enough to take home and share with her friends she was meeting […]

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  October 30, 2021

  Amazing Cakes, Chocolate Treats, Classic and Traditional Cakes, The Great British Bake Off, Uncategorized

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• A Bake For All Seasons #1: Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake.

  

  3rd October 2021 As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not that much of an Autumn/ Winter persion. Mainly because I don’t like it being dark early and getting up in the dark. Not to mention the lack of sun. But having said that, there are positives to this time of year- it’s Bake Off Season! The […]

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  October 28, 2021

  A Bake For All Seasons, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Seasonal, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes, The Great British Bake Off

  apple, autumn, baking, cake, cakes, cinnamon, comfort food, dessert, desserts, dried fruit, family, family meals, spices, teatime treats, The Great British Bake Off, traditional

• Amazing Cakes #29: Fondant Fancies

  When you hear the name Fondant Fancies you immediately think of Mr Kipling’s yellow, chocolate and pink creations. Or if you live in Yorkshire like me, you might have even tasted the delectable version which Betty’s creates. I must admit I find Fondant Fancies too sweet and sickly, even though I’ve got a sweet tooth. […]

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  August 23, 2021

  Amazing Cakes, Classic and Traditional Cakes

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• Amazing Cakes #22: Angel Cake Slices

  

  As I mentioned before in my previous Cherry Cakes post, there are a couple of recipes I’ve already baked which I can tick off my Amazing Cakes recipe book challenge. Angel Cake as from a British point of view is the traditional cake you buy in slabs which contains a triple layer of sponge in […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 7, 2021

  Amazing Cakes, Classic and Traditional Cakes

  afternoon tea, Angel Cake, angel slices, baking, layer cakes, Prue Leith, sponge cake, The Great British Bake Off, traditional cake