This recipe for Traditional British Hot Cross Buns is my late mother’s recipe, and is one that she always used at Easter.

A Classic Yeasted Hot Cross Bun Recipe

Today’s recipe for Traditional British Hot Cross Buns has been shared on Lavender & Lovage before, but many years ago.

However, I decided it was time to give the photos a makeover, as well as sharing a new and more uptodate printable recipe card.

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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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Mincemeat Buns (Cable Cakes) These lovely little buns (cakes) are easy to make and are fruity, but also light and airy.

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Cherry Bakewell Tea Loaf – Another Tea Loaf! As far as I am concerned you can never have enough recipes for tea loaves

Another one for the Tea Loaf Files!

Another Tea Loaf! As far as I am concerned you can never have enough recipes for tea loaves. Today’s recipe if for a Cherry Bakewell Tea Loaf.

It’s a fabulous cake style loaf, which is very moist, with flecks and chunks of glace cherries in it, as well as flaked almonds on the top.

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Today’s recipe for Quick and Easy Spice Cake (Tea Loaf) is a fabulous recipe from an old BeRo book, and makes a lovely tea loaf style cake.

Baking with BeRo – A Vintage Recipe

I’m back in the kitchen today, for weekend baking, and today’s recipe for Quick and Easy Spice Cake (Tea Loaf) is a fabulous recipe from an old BeRo book.

I made this recipe EXACTLY as shown in my late mother’s BeRo book, and just as the title of the recipe says, it is indeed very easy.

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Autumn Cakes and Bakes – a selection of seasonal recipes for the Autumn tea time table, as well as treats for the school lunch box

Seasonal Treats for the Autumn Months

Autumn is my favourite season, a season which heralds the annual harvest, as well as the prospect of golden Indian Summer days.

And with that comes the pleasure of welcoming in more comforting food and recipes, as well as Autumn cakes and bakes.

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Vintage Tea Time Recipes – A selection of vintage tea time recipes, from 1910 right up to the 1970’s. All of them perfect for any Sunday tea tray suppers you may be planning.

Historical and Heirloom Baking & Cooking

There has been a big resurgence in Vintage Tea Time Recipes, as people turn to what their mothers and grandmother’s used to bake and cook.

It’s not just the nostalgia, or the fond memories of cosy tea tray suppers, it’s all about simpler recipes and using every day ingredients, which most people will have in their pantry or kitchen cupboards.

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My recipe for Yorkshire Quarter – Yorkshire Rock Cake is a bake I’ve enjoyed from Botham’s of Whitby in one of their hampers.

A Fabulous Bake similar to Fat Rascals, Fruit Scones and Rock Cakes

My recipe for Yorkshire Quarter – Yorkshire Rock Cake is a bake I’ve enjoyed from Botham’s of Whitby in one of their hampers.

I love the Botham’s of Whitby Yorkshire Quarters, but it’s not always possible to order one, so I’ve made a couple myself.

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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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