welsh and desserts

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Welsh Caraway Seed Cake

Posted by bakedapple42  

This recipe is from the VisitWales.com website. MORE»

Recipe #387831

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Old-Fashioned Baked Egg Custard Tart With Nutmeg

(3 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

A taste of my childhood, my grandmother made the most amazing Egg Custard, as we used to call it! In the absence of lard, or if you are vegetarian, use a white vegetable cooking fat, but NOT margarine, as the white fat gives the pastry its... MORE»

Recipe #385917

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British Fig Rolls - Almost Better Than Shop Bought!

(4 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

This is a recipe I found many years ago for authentic Fig Rolls, and they are almost better than the shop bought variety, much though I love the commercial ones! Try to roll out the pastry as thinly as possible, other than that, this recipe is a... MORE»

Recipe #381104

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Rice Grain Cake (Wales)

Posted by Sydney Mike  

This recipe comes from the 1983 cookbook, Traditional British Cooking. MORE»

Recipe #374245

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Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother's Day

(2 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

One of my recent cake inventions - a standard Victoria Sandwich Sponge with a few delicious additions! Fresh oranges and lemons, lemon curd, crystallised violets and mascarpone cheese make this basic sponge cake moist and special enough for the... MORE»

Recipe #362106

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Victoria Sandwich - Classic English Sponge Cake for Tea Time

(4 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

The Victoria Sandwich is the quintessential English cake, conjuring up images of old England and afternoon tea. It's always been a favourite in cake baking competitions and is even used by manufacturers to test new cookers.This is one of the... MORE»

Recipe #352555

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The Queen of Hearts - Valentine's Jam Tarts

(8 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

Jam tarts are a quintessential British teatime treat - little crispy short crust pastry rounds filled with assorted fruit jams, such as strawberry, raspberry, apricot, blackcurrant and lemon curd. They were the first things my mum taught me to... MORE»

Recipe #349170

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Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes - Christmas Fairy Cupcakes

(2 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

Some recipe classics never go out of fashion and fairy cakes top the list They are the stuff of childhood memories: just one nibble can transport you back in time and even today, no self-respecting children's birthday party would be without... MORE»

Recipe #343473

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My Mother's Rice Pudding

Posted by Dan-Amer #1  

I think this recipe came originally from Wales via an uncle who was Welsh and married to my mother's sister. You must use old fashioned long cooking rice or the dish will not work. My mother said it was good to bake at same time you were slow... MORE»

Recipe #343436

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Yorkshire Parkin - Sticky Oatmeal Gingerbread for Bonfire Night

(3 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

A wonderful tradition from Northern England, in particular from the county of Yorkshire; this wonderful gingerbread is traditionally eaten on the 5th November which is Bonfire Night, also called Guy Fawkes night or Fireworks Night. There are many... MORE»

Recipe #333548

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Twit Twooo, Hooting Halloween Owls - Halloween Cupcakes/Muffins

(4 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

These are GREAT fun! Bake some chocolate fairy cakes, muffins or cupcakes, decorate them and then turn them into Hooting Halloween Owls! I made these last year for a children's Halloween party, and they all loved them. The recipe is based on our... MORE»

Recipe #326716

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Absolutely Sinful! Sticky Toffee Pudding With Pecan Toffee Sauce

(1 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

This is as wicked as it sounds. A truly delectable combination of flavours and textures that are light and melt in the mouth. I would choose this as a Christmas or New Year dinner party dessert, as the puddings freeze well and are no trouble to... MORE»

Recipe #325920

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Welsh Cakes

(1 reviews) Posted by Pink Penguin  

A traditional Welsh tea-time bake. MORE»

Recipe #316710

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Original Be-Ro Melting Moments-Afternoon Tea Biscuits or Cookies

(6 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

These are great little "light as a feather" and meltingly crisp English style biscuits, or cookies. This recipe is the slightly adapted recipe from the Be-Ro Flour cookbook - they suggest lard, but I don't "do" lard! Melting... MORE»

Recipe #290314

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Mrs Beeton's Victorian Seed Cake - a Very Good Seed Cake

Posted by French Tart  

Yes, this IS a very good seed cake, but that's not my title, but how this recipe is listed in Mrs Beeton's cookbook of Household Management! I love seed cake, the aniseed flavours of the caraway seeds marry so well with the light sponge and subtle... MORE»

Recipe #286398

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Regency Queen Cakes for Jane Austen's Afternoon Tea Party

(2 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

A wonderful and very well known Regency recipe for individual cakes studded with fruit and flavoured with rosewater and almonds; I am sure Jane Austen would have served these for afternoon tea on dainty plates with her bone china cups and saucers!... MORE»

Recipe #286390

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Old Fashioned English Apple Pie With a Kiss and a Squeeze!

(3 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

In the UK, we have a famous old rhyme and ditty that goes like this...."Apple pie without cheese, is like a kiss without a squeeze"!! This is my traditional English double crust apple pie WITH a kiss that HAS a squeeze - the CHEESE!... MORE»

Recipe #285538

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Oat Cuisine! Savoury Cheese, Nut and Oat Flapjacks

(3 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

Not really Oat Cuisine - Haute Cuisine - but I could not resist the title! These cheesy and nutty oat flapjacks are very tasty and easy to make; a savoury take on the usual sweet flapjack recipe which normally contains syrup, honey, sugar and... MORE»

Recipe #277490

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Bread and Butter Pudding

Posted by Sedalia  

A Traditional British Dessert. Lovely on a cold day or any time you fancy a treat. Got this recipe from the Great British Cookbook, although I have known this pudding all my life. MORE»

Recipe #274707

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The Old Manor House Traditional Victorian Christmas Pudding

(2 reviews) Posted by French Tart  

I discovered this recipe in an old Victorian scrapbook that I bought in a second hand book shop; the original recipe dates back to 1880, and was the prized Christmas Pudding recipe of the Cook at a Manor House in the North of England. I have made... MORE»

Recipe #266505

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