Custard Creams
Custard creams are a variety of sandwich cookie (US) or biscuit (UK). Ingredients 200 g (7.1 oz / 1½ cups) plain flour, plus extra for dusting 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 pinch of salt 80 g (2.8 oz /…
Ingredients superfine sugar
Lancashire Parkin
Lancashire parkin is a traditional cake eaten on Fifth of November in parts of Greater Manchester. Like many gingerbreads, it is baked into a hard slab. It then softens due to the hygroscopic properties of golden syrup. Ingredients 340 g…
Victoria Sandwich
The Victoria sandwich (also known as the Victoria sponge) is a Victorian cake that is popular in the UK. Ingredients 170 g (⅔ cup or 6 oz) self-raising flour 170 g (⅔ cup or 6 oz) unsalted butter or margarine…
Traditional Pound Cake
A traditional pound cake recipe would specify one pound each of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. These quantities are too great for most modern families, but an excellent cake can be made with half quantities. It is usual to weigh…
Tomato Sauce Piquante
This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook The Cook’s Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes by Emily Waters. Ingredients 1 ounce ham Butter ½ onion ½ carrot ½ stalk celery 1…
Strawberry-Vanilla Lassi
Lassi with strawberry and vanilla. Ingredients 10 strawberries 4 tbsp superfine sugar 1 pack vanilla sugar 4 scoops vanilla ice cream 150 ml water 1 tbsp lemon juice 200 g yogurt Procedure Put everything in a blender, and blend until…
Sponge Cake II
Sponge cake is the most commonly recognised variety of baked confectionery in Britain. It has a sweet taste, often flavoured with vanilla, chocolate or other additions, and can be cut and displayed in a number of different ways. An easier…
Snickerdoodles IV
Snickerdoodles are sugar cookies lightly dusted with cinnamon. They have a characteristically crackly surface, and can be crisp or soft, depending on preference. Some variants include nutmeg, raisins, or nuts. They are a traditional Christmas cookie in North America. The…
Rosemary and Citrus Cordial
This recipe for rosemary and citrus cordial is adapted from page 26 of the April 2023 edition of Tesco’s magazine. Ingredients 1 red grapefruit, scrubbed 3 lemons, scrubbed ¼ cup (20 g oz) rosemary 6 cm (2.4 in) piece ginger, sliced thinly…
Marly Sponge
Marly sponge is a meringue stabilized with flour. It is typically used as a component in other pastries. Ingredients 5 oz (150 g) almond meal 2¼ oz (70 g) cake flour 8 oz (250 g) superfine sugar 8 oz (250…
Limoncello
Italian limoncello recipe. Ingredients 15 lemons 4 cups superfine sugar 2 fifths (1.5 litres total) 100 proof vodka 5 cups water Procedure Wash the lemons with a vegetable brush and hot water to remove any residue of pesticides or wax.…
Lemonade (Extra-sour)
Ingredients about 6 medium lemons, juiced to yield 1 cup (250 ml oz) juice 3¼ cups (850 ml/29 oz) water ¾ cup superfine sugar (160 g oz) Procedure Juice the lemons on a citrus reamer. Rolling the lemons on the…