barney
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Post by barney on Oct 14, 2013 8:42:50 GMT
Traditional tea cake in a traditional oven. Ingredients220g / 8 oz self raising flour 1 tsp mixed spice 85g / 3 oz butter or margarine 85g / 3 oz sugar 85g / 3oz dried fruit 1 egg Milk MethodAdd the spice to the flour and mix well. Rub in the butter with fingers to create breadcrumb consistency (or use a food processor). Mix in the sugar and dried fruit and bind together with the egg. Add enough milk to make a soft dough. Spoon large teaspoons-full onto a baking tray covered with baking paper (makes 12) and transfer to a cooling oven (about 180-200C so after bread in stored heat cooking). Bake for 15mins then remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool.  |
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Post by muddy4x4 on Oct 14, 2013 10:23:37 GMT
They look so tasty! She who must be obeyed is on a dairy free diet, do you think using a water instead of milk would work? We have Almond and soya "milk" in the fridge, but would worry that they might impart flavors that don't work in cooking.
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barney
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Post by barney on Oct 14, 2013 11:14:38 GMT
I'm sure water would be fine, even soya milk would be OK I think as it is not strongly flavoured and nicely sweet. They taste best with butter in (doesn't everything?), but margarine will do if this is a problem too.
People have been bugging me for ages to include a section on my baking site for special dietary requirements, but I just don't know enough about them to feel I can do it justice.
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Post by Gaelceltic on Oct 14, 2013 13:58:39 GMT
Oh that takes me back to helping Mum bake on a Saturday afternoon when I was a child. Used to do the week's baking, rock cakes, fairy cakes, victoria sponges, apple tarts, eve's pudding and apple or rhubarb crumbles. We used to think it was a treat to get a cake from a shop!
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Post by bookemdanno on Oct 14, 2013 15:59:10 GMT
Wifeys only gone and decided to go Gluten free!
That poor excuse for flour is a nightmare to work with, but i just think that these little beauts will be fine! Thanks Barney!
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Post by Breadandwine on Oct 14, 2013 16:52:48 GMT
People have been bugging me for ages to include a section on my baking site for special dietary requirements, but I just don't know enough about them to feel I can do it justice. Barney, if it's any help, I have a post on my blog about gluten-free breads and baking - and most of my recipes are vegan, so no dairy or eggs: nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/gluten-free-breads-and-baking.htmlThere's quite a bit of info about GF in general, plus loads of links and recommended books, etc. And around the blog I've got quite a few GF recipes. Feel free to extract what you will. I've just had a look around your website - very interesting. I signed in just as you do on a blog, to get updates, etc, but I'm not sure that worked.  I'm very jealous of your 'Print PDF' facility! Have you any tips as to how I could get that on my blog? Cheers, Paul |
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