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indijana's gin
One part gin, three parts ginger beer. Add lots of ice, grated or chopped ginger and mint. Also lime.
Read more…Vegan Oatcakes
These are said to be authentic Scottish, except that I've replaced the bacon fat with coconut oil (gives them a delicious faint taste of coconut). This recipe replaces the previous one that I posted here (much lighter and crunchier).
INGREDIENTS
- 4oz/
Fruit and Nut Oaties (sugar and salt-free)
INGREDIENTS
2oz/50g each chopped walnuts and halved dried cranberries 6oz/175g medium oatmeal 1tbs coconut oil 3tbs boiling water 1egg, beaten
METHOD
Mix dry ingredients; put oil in well in middle of dry ingredients, pour water onto it and st
Read more…Very Rich Walnut Cake
This uses ground walnuts instead of flour. It was my mother's from the 1950s (reaction against wartime rationing, maybe!).
INGREDIENTS
| Filling | |
| 8oz/225g walnuts (or other nut) | 3oz/75g cooking chocolate |
| 5 egg whites | 5 egg yolks |
| 8oz/225g cast |
Emma's beer and chocolate cake
Try this recipe from young baker Will Torrent’s first book, Pâtisserie At Home
INGREDIENTS (serves 6-8)
125g salted butter
125ml lager such as Stella Artois
125g self-raising flour
40g cocoa powder
½tsp bicarbonate of soda
125g caster sugar
75ml mil
