Baking with Granny

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

School Cake

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School Cake. Recipe of traditional school dinner cake, served as part of school lunches in the UK. Sponge cake, topped with icing and rainbow sprinkles.

When I first set out to make this recipe I wondered if School Cake was now a thing of the past. The boys however informed me that you do still indeed get School Cake at lunchtime, albeit not everyday, nor after a ‘nutritious’ serving of Turkey Twizzlers and chips!

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Carrot Cake

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Carrot Cake recipe from Baking with Granny. UK recipe for a easy but deliciously moist carrot cake, with raisins, sultanas, walnuts and buttercream.

There’s a few conversations from my High School years that stick in my mind. There is one in particular though, which I always recall when someone mentions Carrot Cake!

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Date and Walnut Loaf

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Date and Walnut loaf cake recipe from Baking with Granny.

There’s something quite comforting about a slice of cake that’s been bakes in loaf-form. I think it’s because it reminds me of being in a quaint little coffee shop. And Date and Walnut Loaf is the the perfect accompaniment to your favourite brew.

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