One a penny, two a penny…..Hot Cross Buns are a real Easter treat for every member of the family. So this year, why not make your own Hot Cross Buns recipe!
This recipe makes 10 buns.
Ingredients:
500g strong plain flour
tsp salt
2tsp mixed spice
2tsp cinnamon
8g sugar
14g easy blend yeast
200ml warm milk
1 large egg, beaten
50ml sunflower oil
125g mixed dried fruits
Paste for Cross:
2tbsp…
Here is a great recipe for Pancake Day by TV chef Marcus Bean – Light and Fluffy Blueberry Pancake seems simply delicious.
Good looking and self-taught chef, Marcus Bean, won Iron chef UK in 2010 on Channel 4.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
135g Self Raising flour
2 tbsp Caster sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
130ml Milk
1 medium egg
Small punnet of blueberries…
The MEGA CHOCOLATE MUFFINS recipe was kindly donated by Butlins and the Kids Cooking Company.
This recipe makes 6 muffins.
Preparation time 20 mins – Cooking time 15 mins – Oven temp 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5
Ingredients:
110g/4oz softened margarine butter
110g/4oz caster sugar
3 beaten eggs
5 tbsp milk
175g/6oz self-raising flour
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
6 Squares milk or dark…
The dining table is only the fifth most popular place to eat breakfast, a study revealed yesterday. Despite being the traditional place to start your day, the dining table was beaten by our desks, the sofa and even the commute to work.
Researchers found a third of Brits say that they never sit down and eat breakfast at a table and those that do are unlikely to do it at any point other than at the…
Having lived in London for over 17 years it has always amazed me when I come across people whose parents or grandparents are from a different country and they don’t speak anything other than English. Often they say ‘I understand it but I can’t speak it’. I always thought their parents did something wrong! Now that I have children of my own I realise that it is easier than I…
Another great Spanish recipe for flores de carnaval provided by Ole Kids.
Around February every year Lugo (Galicia, The green bit of Spain) dresses up to celebrate carnival.
Days of parties, competitions and becoming whoever you want to be or love to hate being.
My grandmothers 92 and 81 years old and their friends do not give up this party for anything in the world.
They cook traditional…
You will not believe how easy it is to make churros!
My aunt Tete taught me a few Christmases ago and I can tell you she makes the best churros I have ever tasted!
As always the simplest recipes are the hardest to get right but ever since we learnt we keep trying and almost get there!
So, although she says the recipe must be very exact in terms of measuring, as every Spanish cook I know…