Nestling somewhere between a parkin and a pound cake, this honey and treacle mixture is heavy with spices, glacé peel and a little orange. It's the sort of loaf cake that you'd eat with a shot of ...

In baking, humble cocoa powder is easier to work with and stronger than expensive chocolate, and can hold its own against the other ingredients. See for yourself in these easy birthday cake and ...

This rich and squidgy cake provides a big hit of iron Credit: Kirstie Young Many teens have low iron levels (especially if they are vegan) so adding iron-rich treacle, cocoa and prunes to a cake will ...

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1.	Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C. Line a loaf tin with baking paper. 2.	Place 60g. butter in a small saucepan and when melted add 100g muscovado sugar and stir until dissolved. Pour into the ...

Bitter treacle gives deep, rich flavour to these whisky-laden parkin and 'thunder-and-lightning' scone recipes - just the sort of comforting indulgence that will brighten up any fireside teatime.

I’ve kept a couple of my old home economics books from school and still use them to this day. The majority of British pudding recipes in the books are tempting but heavy, dense and full of dried fruit ...

With 25 years of experience as a Telegraph columnist, chef and food writer, Xanthe Clay provides guidance on everything from roasting a Christmas turkey to baking the perfect loaf of bread. As the ...

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