Xmas Afternoon Tea – 11 December 2016
Christmas is certainly one of my favourite times of the year and putting on a festive themed afternoon tea is always great fun. Items on the menu this year featured interpretations of some of the more traditional items one might find on offer. Look for them in the…
Afternoon Tea 9 October 2016
2016 was an extremely busy year and as you can tell by the date of when this afternoon tea took place, I’m very behind posting this blog. Nevertheless, I remember it well! Autumn was a significant influence in what to include on the menu along with wanting to continue…
As You Like It – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
With 2016 being the 400 year anniversary of Will Shakespeare’s passing and with all manner of commemorations taking place around the country, we thought we’d pay our own little tribute to the Bard with a ‘cake knees up’ of our own. It wasn’t necessary to find a link,…
Rhubarb fruit mousse
This recipe uses rhubarb (Yorkshire rhubarb to be exact) as the base fruit flavour but you can replace this in equal quantity with any other soft fruit you prefer, e.g. raspberries, strawberries, etc, and follow the same method of preparation. There are two parts to…
Going Local – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
For our theme this time we’re ‘Going Local’. This could encompass anything from local ingredients (whether home grown or sourced from a local supplier) or a recipe reflecting traditions or cuisine local to your area. Our hosts for the evening were the lovely people…
Cooking The Books – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
The baking theme for this month was an encouragement to shake off the dust of those cookery books seldom used or to put to use what might have appeared under our Christmas trees. There weren’t many of us for our gathering but it was none the less great fun with lots…
Free Range – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
This was the grand finale to another year of cake as we’ll be taking a rest during December. There are always too many other things going on in December what with Christmas festivities and venues busy with party goers, that a break from the proceedings seems…
Pudding cakes – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
I could just begin with what’s not like to about cake and leave it at that? Well indeed. But if you like your cake [and by inference pudding] and to eat it too, then there’s more “what’s not to like” in having Pudding Cakes, don’t you think? Think of your favourite…
Afternoon Tea – Sunday 6 September 2015
I guess I should know by the now that after 4 years of doing this (yes 4 years!) that the deadline of 2pm for afternoon tea to commence seems to arrive quicker than I can throw a wet teabag at it (erm … no teabags here actually, something tea shaped anyway …). It can…
Tutti frutti – Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club
What comes into your mind when you hear the words ‘tutti frutti’? The song by Little Richard? The multi coloured sweets by Rowntrees (‘tooty frooties’)? Or even the 1980s TV drama? Well for us at Saltaire Clandestine Cake club it was all about fruit. The brief…