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Perfect fruit cake recipe
A recipe for fruitcake with more fruit than cake, from Thomasina Miers.
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Perfect raspberry shortcake recipe
Thomasina Miers chooses Jeremy Lee's raspberry shortcake at Quo Vadis as one of her greatest recipes ever.
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Make the perfect homemade cake
Baking at home is easier than one might think. Elisabeth Luard shares the joy of making cakes at home and a double chocolate cake recipe.
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How to make Christmas cake
Preparation is key to Christmas, with just five weeks to go it's time to make the Christmas cake.
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Greatest Recipes Ever: Hazelnut meringue cake
Thomasina Miers picks winter hazelnut meringue cake as one of her greatest recipes ever.
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Greatest Recipes Ever: Apple Dessert Cake
Thomasina Miers recommends Mary Berry’s apple dessert cake as one of her greatest recipes ever.
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Recipe: Chocolate and Vanilla Layer Cake
This cake sandwiches a vanilla sponge within two chocolate cakes to create a truly fun effect.
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Greatest Recipes Ever: Northumberland lardy cake
Thomasina Miers picks Elizabeth David’s Northumberland lardy cake as one of her greatest recipes ever.
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Greatest recipes ever: Mrs Asquith’s cup-of-tea cake
Charles Campion picks Mrs Asquith's cup-of-tea cake as one of his greatest recipes ever.
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The perfect Victoria sandwich cake
Tom Aitkens reveals his recipe for the perfect Victoria sandwich cake.
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Madeira cake
Surprisingly, this cake is a light concoction of flour and lemon and does not contain a single drop of Madeira. It is so called because it was traditionally enjoyed with a glass of fortified wine.
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Seed cake
Very popular with the Victorians, this cake fell out of favour in the Edwardian era - which is a pity because it is exquisite.
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Saffron cake
A Cornish speciality which brings welcome relief from the pasty.
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Light apple cake
An apple cost Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden, and caused the siege of Troy in Homer's Iliad. Find out what is so irresistible about this simple yet luscious fruit.
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