Hoe cakes

There is a story that in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Eccles cakes on the grounds that they were too indulgent: all of that melting pastry and expensive dried fruit, sugar and spice deemed

Halloween trick-or-treating is seemingly an excuse for kids to consume far too many sweets. But this modern tradition has a more virtuous – and tastier! – origin: soul cakes. The word ‘Halloween’ is a

Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 350 g potatoes, peeled,diced225 g swede, peeled, diced2 eggs50 g butter50 g plain flour600 ml milk, plus extra formashing450 g smoked haddock,skinned and cubed110 g frozen pea

My life-sized creations really take the cake

Put the British into baking with these nostalgic classics, 2 0 2 5 guaranteed to bring everyone to the table

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