Baking with Granny

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

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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Viennese Fingers

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Easy Viennese fingers biscuit recipe from Baking with Granny.

There’s a few recipes that I’ve set myself a challenge to perfect over the years and Viennese Fingers is definitely one of those. And let me tell you, it’s been a long, bumpy road!

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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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Gingernuts

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I’m going through a serious biscuit obsession at the moment. I used to be all about chocolate but since switching to a more plant-based diet, biscuits are my new go-to for a sugar hit. And Gingernuts are up there as one of my most favourites.

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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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