Nostalgic recipes
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Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky chocolate parkin shares top billing with chocolate and ginger custard rippled with spiced cream in this retro pudding recipe.
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Sweet tart recipes
Black forest bakewell tart
When black forest gateau meets bakewell tart, something magical happens. These two nostalgic desserts combine perfectly.
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Pear recipes
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd
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Nostalgic recipes
Pain au mint chocolat ice cream sandwich
Nostalgia meets Parisian sophistication in this mint choc chip recipe. Homemade mint ice cream is studded with dark choc and croissant crumbs.
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Patisserie recipes
Vanilla slice
The hero of many a high street bakery, the vanilla slice is a glorious thing. Like a cross between a custard tart and a mille feuille, it takes you through a whole range of textures and embraces the retro aesthetic better than any other bake.
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Trifle recipes
Traditional English trifle
Raspberry jelly, thick vanilla custard, sherry-soaked sponge fingers and pillowy mounds of whipped cream: it's the ultimate traditional trifle.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Ginger toffee dodgers
Classic dodger biscuits get a welcome update with the warming flavours of ginger and caramel in this easy toffee dodgers recipe.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and custard mini cakes
Reminiscent of school traybakes with pink icing, these raspberry and custard muffins are given a suitably chic update.
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Picnic recipes
Treacle-glazed ham with potato and egg salad
Traditional treacle-glazed ham works perfectly in summer as picnic treat with potato salad, or in winter as a Boxing Day or NYE showstopper.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and white chocolate Rice Krispie bars
Children will love these gooey white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie bars – but if you end up snaffling them, we won’t judge you.
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Sweet tart recipes
Ultimate treacle tart
Master the art of the treacle tart with our recipe for this gastropub favourite. Serve this rich and sticky pud with double cream & berries.
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Cheddar cheese recipes
Cheddar cheese and potato pie
Cheddar cheese and potato pie is comfort food at its finest - and simplest. Bake cheddary mustard mash until golden and serve with greens.
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Comfort food recipes
Marcus Wareing’s potato and tunworth cheesepot pie
Marcus Wareing has taken the classic English cheese and potato pie and adjusted it slightly using Tunworth. This recipe is pure comfort food.
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Giant mushroom vol-au-vent
The sharing dish just got a whole lot more fun with our giant mushroom vol-au-vent recipe. Dive in and help yourself to a generous portion.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Fondant fancies
Bake homemade fondant fancies with our easy recipe. Madeira cake cubes are filled with buttercream and jam and topped with pastel pink icing.
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Pie recipes
Cheese and onion pasties
Cheese and onion pasties are classics. We love them for dinner, with homemade chips and baked beans - a plate of orange food at its finest.
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