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Afternoon Tea and the Victoria Sponge

May 2, 2020 by Christian Gott Leave a Comment

Afternoon tea, the cream tea or high tea has an incredibly grand history and an impeccable pedigree. Indeed the Duchess of Bedford is believed to have created with what we now think of as high tea

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Filed Under: Allergens, Baking, Cakes, Classic Dishes, Culinary History, Jersey Produce, Vegetarian Recipes Tagged With: Allergens, Baking, Cakes, Victoria Sponge

Chocolate Easter Cakes

April 7, 2020 by Christian Gott Leave a Comment

As we are spending quite so much time at home, we are doing lots of family baking together. Butterfly cakes are basically small Victoria sponges. Today’s recipe is for our Easter Bird’s Nest chocolate cakes ready for next weekend.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Baking, Cakes, Cooking with Chocolate, Culinary History, Dairy, Eggs, Ingredients, Jersey Produce, Make with your Children, Seasonal Eating Tagged With: Allergens, Cakes, Cooking with chocolate, Easter Chocolate cakes, Make with your children

My Classic Fruit Cake Recipe – Crumbs it’s that time of year again!

September 27, 2018 by Christian Gott 3 Comments

Classic Christmas Cake

This is my go-to recipe for fruitcake, rich and flavoursome enough for a christening or wedding cake or our family Christmas Cake.

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Filed Under: Allergens, Baking, Cakes, Christmas Baking, Christmas Cooking, Classic Dishes, Seasonal Eating Tagged With: #countdowntochristmas, Baking, Cakes, Christmas Cake, Christmas Recipes, Classic Fruit Cake

Strawberry Milkshake and White Chocolate Cupcakes

October 18, 2017 by Christian Gott 3 Comments

The secret of this recipe to use Nesquik milkshake powder which gives a real milkshake flavour to both the cake and the topping and I added another childhood favourite some white chocolate buttons to give it my own little twist.

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