Wild Strawberry and Rose Petal Cake

Summer cakes need to be light and delicious, or they can sit too heavily on the digestive system. This airy, sweetly fragranced cake is ideal for a picnic or a summer birthday. Ingredients 275 grams plain flower 1 teaspoon baking powder 150 grams room temperature butter or margarine 180 grams …

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Pull Apart Cake

There are two very different kinds of pull-apart cupcake cake: Cupcake Cake – created from standard cupcakes in their paper cases, iced as a solid unit in a particular shape that can them be disassembled by pulling each little cake away from its neighbours. Pull-Apart Cupcake Cake – these are …

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Jubilee Baking: Empire Cake

If you’re celebrating the queen’s jubilee or any other British event (the London Olympics?), you’ll want a special cake as a centre piece and what could be better than an Empire cake? Boiled fruit cakes were a particularly popular dish in the war years – and the years of rationing …

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Cinnamon Swirl and Red Hots Swirl Cake

Tray bakes are easy to make and serve, and a good introduction to baking for those who lack confidence about baking a traditional round, raised cake. Tray Bake Hints And Tips A tray bake is a relatively simple cake to make, and most recipes are eminently suitable for fêtes and …

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