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Recipes, tips and musings from my scullery.

02 May
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Recipe: 1 hour Coconut and Lemon Cake

Dust with Icing Sugar This easy to make cake makes a nice change from Victoria Sponge. It's light and moist and lovely with a cup of Earl Grey Tea. Read more...
08 April
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Recipe: 1 hour Marmalade Cake

Finished Orange Marmalade Poppyseed Cake This tangy cake is just so easy to make - no creaming the butter and sugar with this one, just weigh everything into the bowl and mix. Read more...
27 March
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Old Fashioned Rock Cakes

Old Fashoined Fruit Rock Cakes Who doesn't like a good old fashioned Rock Cake? I've only ever come across one person who didn't like dried fruit so they sat and took them all out and enjoyed the cake anyway. Quick, easy and cheap to make, these cakes never get as far as the cake tin here in the scullery. Read more...
20 February
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Basic Bechamel Sauce

Finished White Sauce This is a basic 'ROUX' and the base of many sauces. Add cheese, mustard etc. to make interesting changes. Read more...
05 February
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Citrus Cake

Cut Lemon Cake A simple old fashioned Loaf Cake .... use whatever citrus fruits you prefer - lemon, orange or lime or a combination of any or all of them. I also added a teaspoon of caraway seeds just because we like them. Quick and easy to make and it stores well if there's any left - there never is in our house! Read more...
01 February
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Chicken and Leek Pie

Chicken and Leek Pie

Chicken and Leek Pie

This is a simple, tasty pie and versatile, too. I like to add mushrooms to the leeks but you could just add whatever veg you happen to have in the fridge Read more...
01 February
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Short Crust Pastry

Dough Kneaded Lightly

Dough Kneaded Lightly

This is the basic recipe for Short Crust Pastry. The ingredients listed are enough for the top and bottom of a normal size pie plate. Read more...