Hazelnut scones
Roughly chopped, toasted hazelnuts are incorporated into the dough for these American sweet treats Source link
All posts tagged: Baking & desserts
Swabian apfelkuchen (apple tart)
Homemade pastry is worth the effort for this irresistible rum-spiked dessert Source link
Pink-grapefruit cake
A glorious loaf cake with a citrus twist Source link
Date, apricot and pecan tea bread
Dates and dried apricots simmered in apple juice then folded into a light batter with chopped pecans make for a delicious afternoon treat Source link
Boozy chocolate and marmalade bread and butter pudding
I absolutely love bread and butter pudding and make many versions. Having nuggets of chocolate against the bitterness of the marmalade is gorgeous. You can also make this pudding with slices of poached pear instead of the marmalade. At Christmas this recipe works well made with dried cranberries (soaked in some booze). Requires 30 minutes resting time Source link
Traditional seed cake recipe
I didn’t grow up with seed cake but love the lemony aniseed notes of caraway. If you’re keen on dark rye breads – often flavoured with caraway – you’ll like this too. I first had seed cake at St. John in London, served with a glass of Madeira (a fine pairing). Recipes for it appeared from the late 1500s but it really became popular in the Victorian age. Source link
Welsh cakes recipe
I’d never tasted a Welsh cake until I went to St Dogmaels local producers’ market for the BBC, some years back. I had them hot off the griddle with butter. They’re fragile and melting and much better than any scone. They’re also easy, quick to make and inexpensive, so just right for rainy-day weekend baking (when you bake a cake for someone else but want a treat for everyone in your house too), or even a midweek pick-me-up. Source link
Orange and pomegranate cake
Meanwhile, gently heat the juice of 1 orange, 100ml pomegranate juice, 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses and 2 tbsp runny honey together in a small pan. Stir a little until the honey has melted, then increase the heat and simmer for five minutes. You should end up with about 100ml of syrup. Source link