One of my favourite recipe books is Delia Smith’s How to Cheat at Cooking, first published back in the 1970s. The main point of the recipes is about making packet-foods or ready-made components taste “home-made”. Or, at least, not like they’ve just come out of a packet. It’s about adding or combining flavours from actually… Continue reading How to Cheat at Baking
Tag: Sponge Cake
The 2 4 6 8 Cake
My favourite recipes are the simplest recipes. The ones which don’t require a long list of fancy ingredients and take about a hundred steps and lots of concentration. It’s why I like fairy cakes of the sort you make with small children. For larger cakes, like sponges, it’s one my mother taught me as a… Continue reading The 2 4 6 8 Cake
(Almost) According to Delia: Sponge Cake
It's a classic, is the humble Sponge. The basic recipe, for a simple yet delicious cake, from which all others are simply variations. If you know a good recipe for a Sponge, you're set for life when it comes to cakes. When I was allowed to bake unaccompanied (I have a feeling my mother didn't… Continue reading (Almost) According to Delia: Sponge Cake
Life Ever Crafting 