I couldn’t just invent a recipe out of thin air so turned to DeliaSmith. I adore the flavours of rich almonds, so it seemed fitting to include amaretto in the recipe instead of Delia’s suggestion of brandy
Cakes & Biscuits, Puddings, Vegetarian Tagged. Then, after looking around for a good and fairly easy recipe, good old Delia came up trumps – so thought we would share it
I just couldn't be without DeliaSmiths Complete Cookery Course book. This fruit cake has been taken from that book and although the cake is now commercially available in a pretty pre-weighted ingredients box in my local Dunnes, I still think it's a worthy post
Add the reminding ingredients - carrot, sultanas, coconut, pecans and orange zest. This recipe comes from the queen of cooking herself, DeliaSmith, and is taken from her recently republished book 'Delia'sCakes'
Recipe adapted from DeliaSmith. Let's talk about carrot cake first. This cake is W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L. It's luscious even though it's not too sweet and the cinnamon offsets the flavours in the cake wonderfully
This is an adapted recipe from DeliaSmith. I adore making Christmas cake. Icing recipe will come later in December - but the cake can be made now and all the way up to Christmas week
An idle flick through my mountains of cookbooks shows Mary Berry soaks her fruit for a mammoth three days, DeliaSmith overnight and Nigel Slater a paltry four hours
But if you’d like to make your own icing, I can recommend DeliaSmith’s recipe. Tomorrow is Stir Up Sunday and this is the Christmas cake recipe I will be baking
I can take or leave Christmas pudding or Christmas cake but come December I love these little pies. She based her version on the DeliaSmith recipe, which has a greater variety of ingredients within the filing but the overall mass of the recipes is the same
I use DeliaSmiths Christmas pudding recipe in her christmas cookery book, which as I mentioned when I made my Christmas cake, is my bible when it comes to christmas cookery
For years my mum and I have made the mincemeat, pudding and cake in plenty of time for Christmas and even though I haven't lived at home for years I still like to carry on the tradition