Ingredients

• 6 Pks Of Rich Tea Biscuits
• One Pt of very Strong Hot Coffee And Rum Mixed
• Grease prof paper

To Make Cream

• 2OZ Butter
• 4oz Icing Sugar

Directsons

With a food  processor.                 

Crumble the biscuits up till it is like flour.

Take out about 2oz for  rolling  out on to.

Make up the  coffee and rum mixture with hot water and let it cool down well.

In a big bowl mix the biscuits and coffee and rum together well with a spoon then with yours hands till it looks like pastry.

Divide the mixture into three.

On a sheet of grease paper sprinkle a small amount of the biscuits out of the 2oz for rolling out on.

Make a square from the pastry and roll out on the paper.

Roll out thinly then spread a thin layer of cream, then roll up into a swiss roll shape , and cut of the two ends.

Roll it up in clean grease paper and the place into frigde for a week before eating.

This is the one for christmas.

All feedback & comments welcome.

Ingredients

• 4oz Butter
• 4oz Caster Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Tsp vanilla Essence
• 4oz SR Flour

For Cream Filling And Top Of Cake

• 4oz Butter
• 8oz Icing Sugar
• 2oz Cocoa Powerd

Decortion

• Two Smarties
• One glazed cherry
• 4 PK Chocolate Brown Buttons

Directions

In a mixing bowl add the cream butter and suger together, and mix until soft and light.

Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla.

Sift flour and fold into butter cream mixture.

Bake in one grease and line 8 inch sandwich tin.

Bake of 20 to 25 minutes.

On cooker 350f /180c or gas mark 4

When cooked leave in tin for 10 mintures to cool, then put on wire rack to cool down.

Why cake cools , take the 4oz butter and cream mix a little, then add icing sugar slow, and the cocoa powerd till it is all creamy.

Now take cake and cut it into half.

Sandwich the cake together with a little bit of the butter cream.

Place cut side on cake board.

Leave room for hedgehogs head to go on board as well.

Cover the cake with the cream leave the rest for head.

Shape head and nose out of cream.

Run a fork down sides of cake to make like spines.

Decorate

Smarties for eyes , cherry for nose , cover hedgehog with chocolate buttons for spines.

This is a great Birthday cake and go’s a long way at party’s.

This is a very rich chocloate cake!

All feedback and comments welcome.

Ingredients

Shortcrust Pastry

• 80z SR Flour
• pinch Salt
• 2oz Lard
• 2oZ Butter
• 30ml Of Cold Water
• 1oz Caster Sugar

Filling

• 1oz Butter
• 4oz Brown Sugar
• 1TSP Vanilla Essence
• 1oz cherries chopped

Top

• 1 beaten egg
• 1oz sugar

Directions

Make up the pastry, roll out on a well floured work top.

Take the big biscuit cutter , if you have one, if not a glass.

Cut out all the pastry, and leave to a side.

Now make the filling, take a bowl, and put the butter and sugar in a bowl and warm it up in the microwave.

Add to it the rest of the ingredients and give it a stir.

Take the pastry , and put one teaspoon of filling , into the centre of each one.

Fold the corners , to the centre, turn back over and roll over with rolling pin one time just to flatten a little.

Then brush over and sugar tops.

Place on a greased tray space out well.

Cook on 200c/400f/or gas mark 6

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes

Take out oven places on wire rack to cool.

Ingredients

• 8oz SR Flour
• 4oz Butter
• 4oz Sugar
• 2oz Currants
• 4oz Sultans
• 2 Eggs
• 4 Tbsp Milk

Directions

Grease and line a 7 inch tin.

In a bowl add flour, butter, rub together with finger tip till its like bread crumbs.

Next add to it the sugar and fruit.

Beat eggs, with the milk, add it into the bowl.

Mix it all up well.

Place into baking tin and cook.

Cook on 180c/350f/or gas mark 4

Bake for 1 and a 1/2 hour’s.

This is very nice, with home made jam.

For my home made jam , please check out the Jam section.

Ingredients

• 175g Dates Chopped
• 75g Brown Sugar
• 100g Oats
• 200g SR flour
• 175g Butter
• 2 Tbsp Golden Syrup
• 1 tbsp MIX spice or cimmamon
• 4 Tbsp Water

Directions

In a pan simmer the water , chopped dates, and add 25g of the sugar till dates are soft.

Let dates cool down.

Next in a mixing bowl, add the rest of sugar, flour, and oats.

Melt the butter and syrup in a pan.

Then add this to , the flour, sugar, and oats , and mix well.

In a baking tin, take half the oat mixture, and spread it in the tin.

Then take the date mixture and put all of it on top of oats and spread it well.

Then take the rest of oats and put in on top of dates.

Cook on 150c/300f/or gas mark 1to2.

Bake for 40/45 minutes.

Let cool down befor cutting it up .

keep in a airtight tin.

This go’s very well with, hot custard , after a meal.

Ingredients

• 180g Chopped Dates
• 220g Dark Brown Sugar
• 55g Butter
• 235 ml Of Boiled Water
• 220g SR Flour
• 10 ml Vanilla Extract

Directions

Soak chopped date , sugar, and butter ,in the boiled water for 1/2 a hour.

Preheat oven to 180c/350f or gas mark 4.

Add vanilla extract to chopped dates mixture.

Sift flour and add all ingredients to the bowl, and give a good mix.

Grease and line a 7 inch cake tin.

Place mixture in to tin.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes till fluffy.

Leave in tin for 10mins to cool.

Then turn out and place on wire rack to cool down.

Ingredients

• 40z Butter
• 6oz Black Treacle
• 2oz Golden Syrup
• 1/4 Pint Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 8oz Plain Flour
• 2oz Brown Sugar
• 1 Tsp mix Spice
• 2 Tsp Ground Ginger

Directions

Grease and line a 7inch squate cake tin.

In a microwave warm up butter, treacle, syrup and sugar.

Let it cool down a little before you add the milk, and eggs.

In a big mixing bowl, sift flour, mix spice, the ginger and mix it well.

Next take the syrup mixture, and add it to the flour, give this a good mix up.

Pour into lined cake tin.

Cook on gas mark 2 to 3 or 160c/325f

Bake for 1 and1/4 hours until this is firm to the touch.

This go’s well with a cup of tea.

It keeps very well in airtight tin for two weeks.

Freeze up to 3 months.

Ingredients

• 2oz Walnuts Chopped
• 6oz Light Soft,Brown Sugar
• 10oz Plain Flour
• 1 Tsp Bicarbonte Of Soda
• 6 Floz or 175 ml Veg Oil
• 2 Ripe Banana Mashed
• 3 Eggs
• 1 Tsp salt
• 2 Tsp Baking Powder
• 6oz Grated Carrot

TOPPIN

• 3oz Butter
• 3oz Cream Cheese
• 6oz Sifted Icing Sugar
• 1/2 Tsp Vanilla essence

Directions

Grease and line a 9 inch, round cake tin.

Place walnuts , bananas , sugar , eggs in a big mixing bowl.

Add flour, salt, and baking powder, mix well.

Then add in the grated carrots , veg oil mix well.

Place the cake mixture into the prepard cake tin.

Cook on gas mark 4 /180c/350f.

Bake for 1 to 1 and  1/2 hours.

Until golden brown.

Let cool in tin for 10 minutes.

Then turn out, onto a wire rack , to cool all the way down, befor putting toppin on.

Toppin

Mix the butter , cream cheese , vanilla , then add sifted icing sugar to it a little at a time.

When cake has cooled down,  put toppin on top of the cake.

This wil keep for a week in airtight tin.

This a very moist cake.

Ingredients

• 125g/4oz Butter
• 125g/4oz Sofe Brown Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs Beaten
• 75g/3oz Plain Wholewheat Flour
• 75g/30z Plain White Flour
• 3 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1 Tsp Cinnamon Or Mixed Spice
• 125g/4oz
• Grated Rind And Juice Of 1/2 A Large Orange
• 1 Tbs Of Milk
• 6oz grated carrot

Directions

Grease a 6 to 7 inch round baking cake tin , and then line with paper.

Preheat oven to gas 3 /325f/160c.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and the sugar untill pale and fluffy.

Then take the beaten eggs, and add a little at a time, to the butter mix.

Then in a bowl, sift the flower, baking powder, cinnamon ,and then add to this the grated carrot and mix it all up well.

Then fold all of the flour, into the cream mixture , adding to it the orange juice , and enough milk, so the mixture will drop off the spoon.

Place mixture into perared tin and bake.

Bake for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours or until cake has risen , springy and light brown.

Let cool in tin for 10 minutes, befor turning it out on a wire rack to cool down.

Then store into a airtight tin , this will keep well for a week or so.

You may freeze for up to 3 months.

This cake is very moist, and has a lovely flavour to it.

Ingredients

• 10oz Mixed Fruit
• 5oz Brown Sugar
• 1/4 PT Orange Juice ( Or Orange rind & Juice)
• 1/2 PT Hot strong tea
• 10oz SR/Flour
• 1 Egg