Baking
7 TIPS ON USING YOUR OVEN TO BAKE A CAKE
If you don’t have a skewer or something similar to check your cake try using a piece of dried spaghetti instead. Before putting your cake mixture into the oven, tap the cake tin on a […]
Year: 2020
Cakes
Baking Tips
Baking Tips
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOUR FOR BAKING
Wheat flour is the most common in the UK but there are also many different types of those. You can find out some healthy facts about wheat flour from Healthy Eating website. The main difference […]
Loose Tea
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEA
How many different types of tea are there in the world? Well according to UK Tea & Infusions Association there are approximately 1,500 different varieties of tea !! They also say that Tea breaks are […]
Baking
THE CORRECT INGREDENTS FOR YOUR SIZE OF CAKE TIN FOR PERFECT SPONGES
1. For a 15.5cm (6 inch) Cake Tin 200g each of Self Raising Flour, Caster Sugar and Butter 4 Eggs 2. For a 18cm (7 inch) Cake Tin 250g each of Self Raising Flour, Caster […]
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vegetables
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SOME OF THE BEST HOUSEHOLD TIPS…
To remove a scratch from a table, crack open a walnut and rub it along the scratch . Walnuts contain a natural resin which will conceil the scratch. To get rid of ink stains from […]
Celebrations
WHY DO WE EAT PANCAKES ON SHROVE TUESDAY/ PANCAKE DAY?
We all love pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) but do you know why you eat them on this particular day? The website Historic UK explains. Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on […]
Tea
Fruit Teas
Baking
VINTAGE COOKERY BOOKS…
Before 1800, housekeeping books tended to be handwritten collections of recipes and instructions tried and tested by the household cook. By the 1850’s they were developed into books for ‘adult women’, in particular for your […]
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BEING BRITISH QUOTE…
They say that being British is about tolerance, decency and the determination to talk about the weather on all occasions as well as a tendency, when a stranger stands on one’s foot, to apologise Martin […]
Baking
BREW MONDAY 2020…
Brew Monday 2020 is run by the Samaritans. When it’s cold and grey outside, getting people together to connect over a warming cuppa and a good conversation helps to make us feel better and manage […]