baking
Carrot Cake
An oil-based traybake with coarsely grated carrot, spiced heavily enough to stand up to the cream cheese frosting.
- Time
- 2h 45m
- Serves
- 12
- Effort
- Easy
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Lemon Drizzle Cake
The drizzle goes on hot, so it soaks in rather than sitting on top. Zest in the sugar, not the batter.
- Time
- 1h 40m
- Serves
- one 900 g loaf
- Effort
- Easy
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baking
Madeleines
A brown-butter batter rested cold for two hours, then piped into a buttered tin and baked hot so each shell rises with a hump.
- Time
- 2h 45m
- Serves
- 18 madeleines
- Effort
- Moderate
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baking
Scones
Cold butter, a barely-mixed dough, and a straight cut down. Twelve minutes from bowl to oven.
- Time
- 29m
- Serves
- 8 scones
- Effort
- Easy
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baking
Shortbread
Three ingredients in a fixed ratio, worked as little as possible and baked pale.
- Time
- 1h 40m
- Serves
- 16 fingers
- Effort
- Easy
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baking
Victoria Sponge
Equal weights of butter, sugar, egg and flour, creamed properly and baked in two tins so neither layer needs levelling.
- Time
- 2h
- Serves
- 8
- Effort
- Moderate