Sarah's Slice

I was asked a lot last Christmas if I had a Christmas loaf cake so I wanted to make sure I made one for this year! It's based on my usual...

Simnel cake is a fruit cake usually eaten at Easter here in the UK. It typically has a layer of marzipan in the middle of the cake and on the top. Traditionally it is decorated with 11 marzipan balls on the top to represent Jesus's 11 disciples. You can decorate the top of the cake as you like, it doesn't have to be traditional. You can add any decorations you like and add some ribbon around the middle if you want to. I have lots of nice Easter cutters for animals and flower

I have been wanting to add a light fruit cake to my blog for a while and haven’t found one I was happy with so I looked in my Grandma’s handwritten recipe book and found one she called Genoa cake. My Grandma’s recipes are always like doing a technical challenge on GBBO as they always contain the ingredients and nothing much else! I love trying her recipes as they really test my skills but I love the feeling of accomplishment once I have mastered them. Genoa cake is a British

As my Christmas cake slice was so popular I thought I would make an Easter slice. This is a delicious fruit cake topped with toasted...

I like Christmas cake but my Husband and boys don’t! So I wanted a recipe so I could enjoy a little piece but without making a whole cake and baking it for hours. I used to buy Mr Kipling Christmas cake slices so I could have a little bit of cake at Christmas but this year I decided to make my own. I have used a mixture of dried fruits, glacé cherries and crystallised pineapple but you can use whatever are your favourites. Jump to recipe Put the dried fruit, glacé cherries a

This is my go to recipe for a Christmas cake and one I have been making for years. It is a very deep cake and the ingredients will fill...

This is my go to recipe for a Christmas cake and one I have been making for years. In this blog I will cover how to make and bake your...

This is a family favourite that my Dad and his brothers remember their Mum (my Grandma) making regularly. It is made with a tin of...