Today’s recipe for Bunny on the Lawn isn’t so much a recipe, but an idea with a simple method, it was popular party food in the 60’s and 70’s

Retro Party Food for Children and Adults

Today’s recipe for Bunny on the Lawn isn’t so much a recipe, but an idea along with a simple method.

Beloved of old-fashioned children’s birthday parties, I made and served this on Easter Sunday, as a delectable retro desssert.

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Today’s recipe for School Dinners Chocolate Concrete (Chocolate Crunch), is a new “Old” recipe, beloved of school cooks

A Retro School Pudding

Today’s recipe for School Dinners Chocolate Concrete (Chocolate Crunch), is a new “Old” recipe.

Yes, it’s the old school dinners pudding favourite, served with pink custard, which is actually pink blancmange.

The recipe is from a friend’s mother, who used to be a school cook. 

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Today’s recipe for Sultana & Lemon Tea Loaf Cake is an adaptation of a Fruit Cake recipe that is in a BeRo recipe book.

A Retro Recipe from a Vintage BeRo Recipe Book

Today’s recipe for Sultana & Lemon Tea Loaf Cake is an adaptation of the Fruit Cake recipe that is in the 39th edition of the BeRo Flour recipe book.

It’s a light, fruity and lemony loaf cake, baked in a loaf tin, and is absolutley lovely when served buttered in slices.

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July in the UK has been a WASH OUT! Wet and windy with storms, so today I’m sharing some comforting Retro School Dinners Recipes.

School Jam Tart

Comfort food from the School Canteen

July in the UK has been a WASH OUT! Wet and windy with storms, so today I’m sharing some comforting Retro School Dinners Recipes.

From hearty puddings to pies and flans, I hope you will find some inspiration in the following recipes I’m sharing.

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My recipe today for Old-Fashioned Tinned Salmon Sandwiches is a family favourite, and one that my late parents loved.

Another Retro Revival Recipe

My recipe today for Old-Fashioned Tinned Salmon Sandwiches is a family favourite, and one that my late parents and both sets of grandparents loved.

These Old-Fashioned Tinned Salmon Sandwiches were made most Sundays for afternoon tea, or for the Sunday Tea Tray.

They were special enough to grace the table at other occasions too, such as birthday parties, Christmas, Easter and when we had guests for Sunday tea.

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My recipe for School Chocolate Sponge & Chocolate Custard is a real blast from the past! It’s my version of a favourite school pudding.

Retro Recipe Revival for a School Dinners Pudding

My recipe for School Chocolate Sponge & Chocolate Custard is a real blast from the past!

It’s my version of a favourite school dinner’s pudding.

Big squares of chocolate sponge cake, always baked in a big roasting tin, were served with lashings of chocolate custard.

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1960's Evaporated Milk Chocolate Cake is a much-loved family recipe from an old Be-Ro cookbook. It first appeared in edition 24 which was published in 1961

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A favourite recipe that my mum and grandmother used to make, Be-Ro Victoria Scones, made from the recipe in an old Be-Ro cookbook.

Retro Baking for the Weekend

A favourite recipe that my mum and grandmother used to make, Be-Ro Victoria Scones, made from the recipe in an old Be-Ro cookbook.

These scones always made an appearance on the tea time table, and I plan to serve them this weekend on my weekly Sunday Tea Tray.

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We love this recipe for 1950’s Condensed Milk Fruit Loaf in our house. It’s a fabulously moist light fruit loaf which is easy to make.

Retro Recipe Revival

We love this recipe in our house. It’s a fabulously moist light fruit loaf that is great when served with butter.

The recipe comes from an old Woman’s Weekly magazine from 1956. My mum cut it out and stuck it in a recipe scrapbook, which she obviously made just before she got married in 1957.

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This wonderful new recipe for Five-a-Day Cheese Muffins is just perfect for breakfast on the go, as well as the school and office lunch box.

A “Back to School” and “Low Energy” Bake

This wonderful new recipe for Five-a-Day Cheese Muffins is just perfect for breakfast on the go, as well as the school and office lunch box.

It’s that time of year again, back to school for most of the UK (although Scotland returned a few weeks ago).

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