l1berty was at my house from the 29th to the 30th, and I happened to have baked three dozen cinnamon and vanilla cookies (see previous post) and bought a lot of food colouring in red, yellow and blue, and I had promised myself that I would make a display out of them. But, what to do ( Read more... )

Cake

Ingredients:
3 large eggs
6oz of butter
6oz of caster sugar
6oz of self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 tsp instant coffee
1 tbsp boiling water

Method:
Preheat the oven to 190ºC (gas mark 5, 375°F). Grease two 8" cake tins and line with circles of baking parchment. Dissolve the coffee in the water. Sieve together the flour and ( Read more... )