Chocolate Teatime Tiffin – Make this Chocolate Teatime Tiffin for a teatime treat, or for elevenses, and the school (or office) lunch box

A Delecatable No-Bake Chocolate Treat

Who doesn’t love an easy to make “no bake” sweet recipe, and today’s recipe for Chocolate Teatime Tiffin is exactly that.

Using leftover cake, biscuits, dried fruit, butter, golden syrup and chocolate, it’s a “melt and set” recipe that is quite simply delectable.

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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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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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A handy online recipe book to Beat the January Blues with Tea Loaf & Cake Recipes. I have selected some of my favourites for you, ENJOY!

Tea Loaf and Cake Recipes for the Sunday Tea Tray, Elevenses and Afternoon Tea

Hello! It’s already the third week in January, Blue Monday has passed, thank goodness and in the UK, we are experiencing extremely cold weather.

I am quite enjoying the colder temperatures, it’s a chance to do (what I think we should all be trying to do in January), hiberbate and embrace a slower lifestyle pace.

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For all Christmas Pudding haters, this new recipe for Steamed “Pressure Cooker” Mincemeat Pudding ticks all the festive boxes.

An Alternative Christmas Pudding

For all Christmas Pudding haters, or for those of you who LOVE mincemeat. This new recipe for Steamed “Pressure Cooker” Mincemeat Pudding ticks all the festive boxes.

Steam this pudding in a pressure cooker, or as I did in my Ninja 14-in-1 multi cooker on the pressure cooker setting.

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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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Major Grimshaw’s Indian Chutney – A fabulous recipe to use up overripe, brown bananas, this chutney is fruity and mildly curried.

With Instructions for Traditional Stove Top and Ninja Foodi Multi-Cooker

My recipe for Major Grimshaw’s Indian Chutney is one of my family’s favourite chutney recipes, a wonderfully aromatic, mellow spiced and fruity chutney.

I named this after an old school friend’s father. He had been in the Army in India and always had a staggering array of Indian style home-made chutneys and pickles on offer when I ate curry at their house.

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I am SO pleased with this recipe for Autumn Chutney (Ninja/Slow Cooker). It's easily made in any multi-cooker, such as a Ninja, Instant Pot or Crockpot.

Using some of the glut of courgettes we have in our garden, as well as peppers, apples and ginger, this chutney is mellow with a slight spicy kick.

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