The Booze Cruise

The theme for May’s Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club gathering called for a scout through the wine rack, a dig in the drinks cabinet or a trip to the local off licence.  The Booze Cruise was all about any cakes containing your favourite tipple.  Depending on how...

One Of Your Five A Day

Let’s face it, we all love eating cake or is that too much of a universal statement?  Be that as it may, what better way to beat the guilt trip than to ensure there’s ‘one of your five a day’ on the menu?  Such was the theme for Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club’s...

Lemon curd cream cake

I had to think of a cake to make for a recent Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club event.  The theme was ‘All Things Bright & Beautiful’ and, as I had some spare lemons in the fridge that needed using up, I thought something using lemon curd would do just fine.  Maybe I...

All Things Bright & Beautiful

March has all the signs of spring with the days getting longer and the colourfulness of bright yellow daffodils starting to make a welcome appearance.  The theme for this months’ Clandestine Cake Club in Saltaire was designed to conjure up such images of all things...

Apple & calvados cake

This recipe by Frances Atkins (of The Yorke Arms) caught my eye in a recent article in The Yorkshire Post and I decided to try it.  Her notes were that this was a versatile cake to be used as either sweet or savoury – the article was illustrated with the latter where,...