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 […]
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Cakes
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 […]
Cakes
Baking Tips
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Baking
7 QUICK TIPS ON BAKING CAKES…
When baking shortbread cookies, substitute half of your plain flour with cornflour. It gives them a really nice taste. Before icing a cake, sprinkle the top with some flour, this will stop the icing from […]
Baking
UK’s PRIME MINISTER’S RECIPE FOR CHEESE ON TOAST…
With so many celebrity chefs in the UK, you would not expect the UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson to come up with his recipe for the typically British favourite of ‘Cheese on Toast’, but apparently […]
Baking
7 OF THE BEST WAYS TO STORE YOUR TEA…
It’s best to transfer both loose tea and tea bags from a cardboard or paper packet or tub into an air-tight container. Tins and caddies with tight-fitting lids are good as they can keep out […]
Christmas
TEA BAGS FOR THE GIRLS
Whittard Tea has got some amazing teabags for girls which would make excellent Christmas Stocking fillers. THE FOOTSOOTHER TEABAG (ABOVE) is a refreshing, calming blend of herbal teas scented with lemongrass and peppermint, in four […]
Christmas
CHRISTMAS TIED UP IN A TEA CUP AND MORE
Last minute handmade gift ideas that are great for #christmas. Easy to follow these lovely teacup candles infographic from Pinterest. If you haven’t got any tea cups to use how about these shells instead, also […]
Gift
A GREAT GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS – YOUR OWN TEA PLANT TO GROW YOUR OWN TEA…
Not On The High Street have a great Grow Your Own Tea plant Kit for £17.95 which would make a great Christmas gift for any tea lover. These amazing kits have all you need to […]
Fish
THE VERY BRITISH FISH AND CHIPS
Did you know that according to Wikepedia fish and chips first appeared in the 1860’s and by 1910 there were more than 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, and by the 1930’s there […]