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Cheese scones, extra cheesy

Ingredients



Into the oven



18 minutes later



Money shot

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Both! And you can add sliced cheese when it's time to eat them!

We put quite a lot in the dough, which might be why they didn't rise quite as much as we would have liked, but who cares, the cheesy goodness is that bit more concentrated and the texture is slightly firmer, even slightly crunchy in places.

You have absolutely got to try it.

And post some pics of the fruit scones next time you make them, 'cos I like them too.

I've just asked, it was 75 gms of strong cheese to 225 gms of flour.

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Chocolate and cherry pudding with not enough (fresh) cherries (will probably layer them next time) served with vanilla ice cream

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Cheese, tomato and asparagus quiche. Not really my sort of thing but I could get to like it

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Cranberry muffins. We used our new Lakeland silicone muffin pan, so no need for paper cases. Those with sharp eyes and good maths will spot that there are only 10 in the basket, whereas the baking tray has 12 spaces.

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Excellent stuff Matt. I could just imagine eating those. I probably would have deleted the icing if they were for me but then they wouldn't have looked so nice.

Being in possession of all that kit plus the baking beans suggest real dedication to the craft.

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That's one hell of a cake for your first effort, even for a skilled baker. I can almost taste it.

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Boiled cake, no added sugar. My favourite

Fruit cake sliced by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

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Twig62 said:

Would you post the recipe for that please ?

300 gm mixed dried fruit
50 gm dried cranberries
115 gm butter or margarine
250 ml boiling water
150 gm caster sugar or muscovado (optional but don't bother unless you like really sweet stuff)


That all goes in a saucepan and heat through while stirring until the butter is melted. The idea is for the fruit to swell. When it comes to the boil leave it all to cool.

When it's cold you can add the remaining ingredients,

2 beaten eggs
250 gm self raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice


Eggs first and stirred in. Then add the flour and the mixed spice. Place the mixture in a well greased loaf tin (ours is 210mm by 110mm internal) and cook for an hour at 175 C, then take it out and test it by pushing a thin knife into the middle. If it comes out clean it's cooked. Alternatively you can tap the top and listen, if it sounds hollow then that's good.If it's not cooked enough then give it a bit longer in the oven.

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Mrs SC had some pastry left over from making mince pies this morning. She also had quite a lot of (whole) cranberries. She decided to invent a recipe on the spot and here's the result. Despite a fair bit of sugar they are still quite sharp but that's ok, neither of us like stuff that's very sweet.

Crumble-topped cranberry pies.

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I have high hopes of this (not cool enough to cut yet) , marmalade traybake cooked to my own recipe, no added sugar but lots of marmalade and plenty of sultanas.

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Well, I would have to say that it turned out very nice, if very slightly overdone (30 mins at 180 deg in a fan oven). In the never-ending search for absolute perfection I will probably reduce the margarine content next time although it's fine as it is.

Money shot-

Marmalade traybake by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

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Summer fruits tart by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

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ChrisnChris said:

That looks yum I could eat that right now.

We will think of you when have another slice at 4.30. It's quite sharp, my wife didn't use much sugar but that's how we like it. It really needs something with it, such as cream or vanilla ice cream.

ChrisnChris said:

Nice Elm.

Well recognised. I had to Photoshop out the worst bits. Too warpy to use as an actual chopping board but it does show up nicely in a photo.

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Chocolate and marmalade cake, adapted from a Nigella Lawson recipe to be less sweet.

Chocolate and marmalade cake by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

Edited by singlecoil on Sunday 28th January 18:33

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Greenie said:

After many, many tries finally produced a decent sourdough loaf.

Not a fan of sourdough myself but if I was, I expect I would want to eat that.

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anonymous said:

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Thanks.

See what you think of these. Tried out our Lakeland mini-loaf baking tray for the first time this morning with our marmalade traybake recipe

Marmalade and sultana cakes by Elliott and Nolan, on Flickr

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anonymous said:

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I retired from kitchen making a couple of years ago would take it up again part-time if I could get a suitable small workshop somewhere local.

My wife and I work as a team with both baking and our other hobby, still life photography. That took us about 20 minutes to set up and shoot, but we've had a lot of practice and we've got all the stuff we need close at hand. That was lit with a single flash unit in a soft box behind and to the left, a piece of black board to reduce the light level behind the subject and two white reflectors to throw a bit of light on the front of the cakes.

We're getting into video rather than still photography now so back to learning and practising for a few months before we can start to publish stuff.

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Mixed fruit and marmalade loaf cake, my own recipe.

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It's my birthday tomorrow, so this morning my wife made chocolate and marmalade cake. Dark rich flavour, nearly all the sugar comes from the Cooper's Oxford Marmalade with a small amount of dark muscovado.

It will be iced with a ganache made from dark chocolate and mascarpone.