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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What a fabulous recipe this is for Yorkshire Farmhouse Fruit Cake. A proper old-fashioned “cut and come again” fruit cake.

Vintage Recipe from Farmhouse Cookery by Mrs Arthur Webb

What a fabulous recipe this is for Yorkshire Farmhouse Fruit Cake. A proper old-fashioned “cut and come again” fruit cake.

The one that your granny or mum would serve for Sunday tea, or for elevenses. This recipe was found in an old cookbook called Farmhouse Cookery by Mrs Arthur Webb.

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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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My first recipe for the New Year! Happy New Year to all my readers! And, it’s a fabulous tea time cake recipe for Cranberry, Mincemeat & Ginger Tea Loaf

A Simple Twelfth Night Cake using Festive Leftovers

My first recipe for the New Year! Happy New Year to all my readers! And, it’s a fabulous tea time cake recipe for Cranberry, Mincemeat & Ginger Tea Loaf.

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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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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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A traditional Cinnamon Tea Cake – made in a trice and with just 1 egg, and a buttery cinnamon sugar topping – perfect with a cuppa.

A Lovely Little Cake – Perfect for the Sunday Tea Tray

A traditional Cinnamon Tea Cake – made in a trice and with just 1 egg.

It’s a lovely little uncomplicated cake which relies on a buttery cinnamon sugar topping.

This is a classic “tea cake” as in a cake you’d made for the tea time table, and it’s also lovely when served sliced through the middle and spread with butter.

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Fruited Date & Walnut Tea Loaf. This delightful traditional style tea loaf is packed with dates, walnuts, mixed fruit and peel.

A Delightful Fat-Free and Low Sugar Tea Loaf for Sunday Tea Time

It’s Saturday, a day of baking and relaxing by the fire, well it IS a cold January day. And, I have been washing some of my “food photography props” that I have arranged on an old dresser, as they get so dusty with a log fire.

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My recipe today for Fantasy Fairy Cakes is a simple one. Dainty little cakes are decorated with vanilla buttercream and assorted sweeties.

For Children’s Birthday Parties, Sunday Tea and the School Lunchbox

My recipe today for Fantasy Fairy Cakes is a simple one, but also a fun one. Dainty little fairy cakes are decorated with vanilla buttercream and an assortment of sweeties.

I remember my mum making Fancies this way, and they were always a welcome addition to any Sunday afternoon tea, or if I was lucky, in the school lunch box.

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Fresh Cherry Cake – a fabulous fresh cherry cake that makes good use of the cherry season. This is such an easy recipe with very few ingredients

The Perfect Summer Cake for Picnics and Afternoon Tea

A cheery cherry cake that will delight all who eat it whilst the cherry season is in full swing. You can substitute glacé cherries if you cannot source fresh cherries and also add a drop of almond essence to the cake batter for a wonderful taste combination.

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