Bakewell tart is good but Cherry Bakewell is so much better! (If you like glace cherries!) A Bakewell tart is a sweet pastry case with jam on the base then covered with a cake mixture, usually made with ground almonds and / or ground rice and then baked in the oven. With this recipe glace …
Month: October 2015
Recipe – Shortbread Kisses
Coffee Kisses, melting moments or chocolate shortbread kisses. Whatever you you want to call them they are delicious. I have made plain ones with chocolate on top and I made them rather large so they would photograph better. You will need: 6 oz Self Raising Flour 3 oz Caster Sugar 3 oz butter …
Tea Cozies
With the colder weather beginning to fall upon us, it’s becoming a bit harder to keep our tea hot. Not just in our teacups but in our teapots! Not only is it important to keep yourself warm but your tea as well! And how do we keep our tea warm outside the kettle? Tea cozies! …
Recipe – Madeira Cake
A Madeira cake is what we call a rich cake even though it does not have any fruit in it. It is a plain cake with a close texture and is delicious sliced and spread with a little butter. You will need: 5 oz butter 5 oz caster sugar 3 eggs, …
Autumn: Tea, Scones, and Pumpkin!
Break out the tea kettles and tea cozies! Autumn is finally here after a long and brutal summer! Back in June, I compared and contrasted how British and Americans take their tea during the summer. While most Americans drink their tea iced during the hot summer months, the British stick to tradition and continue to …
Recipe – Lemon Bursts
The dentist and her manager love anything sweet and they are always on the look out for recipes for me to try, so they can try them too! Lemon is one of their favourite flavours and these cookies are really nice and lemony. Set your oven to 170 C 330 F gas mark …
Recipe – Bounty Bars
Who likes Bounty Bars? Well I do and I did not have any so I decided that I would make some. They do not need baking and do not take long to make at all. You will need: 1lb Milk chocolate (I used a big block of Cadbury's) 3 cups of coconut …
Teas of the Month – Pumpkin Spice & Indian Chai
It is officially October and that means it is the perfect time to start enjoying seasonal teas! What's even better is that two of our seasonal teas are on sale the whole entire month. For our sale selections we're offering Pumpkin Spice & Indian Chai + a Tea Sampler Bag. Our Pumpkin Spice Flavored Black …
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