Baking with Granny

Traditional Scottish and UK home baking recipes for the whole family.

Hot Cross Buns

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Hot Cross Buns recipe from Baking with Granny. Easy, simple, no-frills, traditional hot cross buns. Made with sultanas and can be vegan too.

Brighter days are coming! The weather is (somewhat) improving, the nights are lighter and the new leaf’s are starting to appear on the trees. All the signs that Spring is on the way. Another sign that Spring is near is the yearly influx of Hot Cross Buns.

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Custard Tarts

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Traditional Custard Tarts recipe from Baking with Granny. Rich pastry casing with fresh home made custard filling.

The humble Custard Tart. Who’d have thought a little pastry bowl, filled with some creamy custard could be so delicious? Something so simple but that works so unbelievably well.

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Upside-down Pineapple Cake

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Upside-down Pineapple Cake recipe. Traditional Scottish recipes from Baking with Granny.

You know me, I love a simple bake, especially one that looks deceivingly like a showstopper with very minimal effort. This upside-down Pineapple Cake is just that! A delicious sponge, topped (bottomed?) with glowing rings of pineapple and gems of glace cherries.

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Sticky Toffee Pudding

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Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe from Baking with Granny. Traditional British dessert made with dates and a creamy toffee sauce.

There’s one pudding that always makes an appearance in the Baking with Granny household at Christmas (or any special occasion to be honest) and that is Sticky Toffee Pudding.

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Rocky Road

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Rocky Road recipe from Baking with Granny. Traditional rocky road recipe, made with marshmallows, glace cherries, digestive biscuits and nuts.

As the end of 2020 approaches, I think we can all agree it’s been one heck of year. With that in mind, lets get a traybake that throws caution to the wind and ticks every possible box of sweetness you can imagine. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Rocky Road!

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Pumpkin Biscuits

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Hands up if you can’t quite believe we’re into October 2020? It has been a rather crazy year, that’s for sure. And it would seem that Halloween, much like the rest of 2020, will be somewhat different this year. It’s for that reason I decided to make this Pumpkin Biscuits recipe.

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