The original recipe uses currants and mixed spice and twist used cranberries and ground ginger. - Stir in the sugar, pinch of salt, dried fruit and spice and mix in
I need to thank HRH MaryBerry for this recipe – It is one of my favourites of her, a Lemon Drizzle Cake but obviously amended to turn into an Orange Drizzle Cake
Prue Leith will be replacing MaryBerry as a judge, whilst Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding will be taking over the hosting duties from Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc
Kate and I are looking for any type of cake, BUT, a Celebration Cake would be WONDERFUL, and there will be a PRIZE for the BEST cake recipe and post submitted, the prize is a copy of MaryBerry’s Ultimate Cake Book
And the winner of the LOVELY book, MaryBerry’s Ultimate Cake Book, goes to………. Vanessa from Cakes and Teacups for her LOVELY Black Forest Gateau, as this was the FIRST time she has ever attempted anything like this, and she will really benefit from the Mary Bery book as a novice cake maker, plus, her Black Forest Gateau was GORGEOUS
How on earth has this stalwart of baking escaped from being included on Rhubarb & Ginger. This recipe has never failed me and always turns out a lovely deep, moist sponge cake that is man enough to cope with the weight of the jam, cream and extra fruit as well as its other half, without collapsing at all
This recipe is from MaryBerry, a well-known baker here in the UK. For my cake I use the essential seasonal spices for me which are cinnamon, ginger, allspice, freshly grated nutmeg, cloves and the obligatory mixed spice
to hear MaryBerry saying it was “to die for” is still one of the best moments in my life. Published recipe writer with a love of growing fruit & veg, cooking & eating
Jen made MaryBerry’s lemon yoghurt cake last year and enjoyed the taste and texture that the yoghurt gave to the cake, so that was the inspiration for this recipe, and I think her cakes look SO pretty as well as sounding wonderful with all those great ingredients
They were following a MaryBerry recipe. Mary warned against being over ambitious, she wanted absolutely perfect biscuits with the same thickness and texture
Then I saw MaryBerry make a suet-free version and I was hooked. Extra ginger got thrown in for a touch more warmth and although Mary's choice of rum was tempting I went with whisky because it just seemed right
The cookies come in three different flavours, Double Chocolate Chunk, Stem Ginger and Chewy Fruit & Oat and are the first cookies on the market to contain fair trade palm oil
