Liz Hinds 
Ask a Welshman what food he remembers from his childhood and chances are he’ll mention one of these: bara brith, teisen lap, or ‘picen ar y maen’. Rich with fruit and spice, these cakes evoke images of mam cooking, in her warm sweetly-scented kitchen. Try one of our recipes and …
Carrots have been included in sweet recipes in Britain since mediaeval times. Because carrots provided a cheaper and more easily available alternative to other sweeteners, their use was encouraged during the Second World War, at the time of rationing. Carrot cake however, didn’t really take off in popularity until the …
We can’t make you into a millionaire but we can help you to eat like one with our millionaire’s shortbread recipes! We have a selection for you to choose from; each recipe is slightly different but each has a Shortbread Base, topped with sticky caramel and smooth chocolate. Millionaire’s Shortbread …
Let’s hear it for the everyday fruit cake! Fruit cakes have fallen out of favour in recent years as trendier cakes such as carrot cake, have risen in popularity. But we say that not only are Fruit Cakes classic, they’re simple to make and delicious to eat as well! We’ve …
So you’ve done all the mixing and folding; you’ve pre-heated the oven and put your cake in its greased and lined tin. Now you’re going to pop it in the oven and hope the magic works. Keeping your fingers crossed that what is going in as a flat wet shapeless …
All of these fruity cakes can be served simply as an accompaniment to a cup of coffee or dressed up with cream or yogurt as a special dessert. Either way they’ll taste delicious. The orange cake is a particularly moist one that will keep well and actually tastes better when …
Faced with a bewildering array of flours on the shelf in the supermarket today which one do you choose? And that’s just the first question! Next it’s which sugar? Which fat? And when the recipe says three eggs, does it mean large or small? Free range, corn-fed, organic? What’s Best? …
If you’ve browsed the Cake Baker website you’ll have noticed that all the recipes are given in Imperial measurements i.e. pounds (lbs) and ounces (oz): we’re an old-fashioned bunch here when it comes to baking! But what if you have scales that only measure in metric? Or you don’t have …
If you’ve been browsing through Cake Baker you might have noticed that we have a page dedicated to the easiest way of making a sponge cake that is light and delicious, so why do we have another page devoted to the perfect sponge? In the film, Calendar Girls, one of …
Let’s start off by explaining that boiled cakes aren’t actually boiled. They’re baked in an oven like any other cake but the ingredients – the fruit, fat, sugar, spices and liquid – are boiled before being combined with the flour and eggs. Boiled cakes tend to be a little lighter …