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New Stour & Avon, October 8, 2021
Food & Drink
Queen of the cakes...
Sadie Smith
Sadie Smith is an award winning cake designer and baker from Cake by Sadie Smith, Wimborne ‘Old School’ Cake Take a trip down memory lane with my old school cake served on its own or with warm custard. School dinners conjure up all sorts of lovely memories from turkey dinosaurs and chips, fishfingers, turkey twizzlers, meat pie with lumpy mash potato. There were smiley faces, rice pudding and jam, semolina pudding, pink custard, tinned fruit with dream topping and– every – child’s favourite Old School Cake with sprinkles. Thankfully, school dinners have improved so much since I was at school and offer more than the array of beige food which I had at school, but ‘old school’ cake will remain a favourite with children and adults alike. Ingredients: 285g margarine 285g caster Sugar
5 free range eggs 285g self-raising flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 285g icing sugar Water Sprinkles Method: Preheat the oven to 170C Line a rectangular tin with baking paper Beat the margarine and caster sugar together until
pale and fluffy Gradually add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each one Gently fold in the flour until fully incorporated Stir in the vanilla extract Bake for approximately 30 minutes but ovens vary. To test, press your fingertip very gently into the top of the sponge, if it bounces back it is cooked,
if it leaves an indent leave to bake for a few more minutes Allow to cool. To make the icing add water a little at a time to the icing sugar, until it is spreadable but not too runny Spread over the top of the cake and finish with sprinkles Once set, cut into squares.
Scary yummy-mummy chocolate lollies By Lorraine Gibson Frightfully busy this half-term? Here’s a simple and fun Hallowe’en recipe for yummymummy chocolate lollies that require no trick and are a cute treat for kids! Makes 12, but you can do as many as your little monsters can eat! Ingredients: 12 Vienna biscuits (shop bought, or make your own in minutes using plain flour, butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence and a 15 min bake in a medium oven) 2 bars of plain or milk cooking chocolate and 1 bar of white
