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Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
Posted in : Cupcakes, Local Produce, Lockdown Baking, Recipes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com
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This recipe is adapted from ‘The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook’. The sponge recipe is different from mine as it uses butter rather than margarine. Most of my plain sponge recipes use margarine as I find that it gives a light, fluffy sponge that stays fresh for up to a week. However, when I’m baking recipes that
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Strawberry & Cream Sandwich Sponge

Strawberry & Cream Sandwich Sponge
Posted in : Cakes, Layer Cakes, Local Produce, Lockdown Baking, Recipes, Summer on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com
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With strawberry season in full swing, this is the perfect recipe to make use of fresh strawberries (or raspberries).  I actually grew these strawberries myself! Ingredients for the sponge 225g unsalted butter, at room temperature 225g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 large eggs 225g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder splash of
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Mrs Olives

Mrs Olives
Posted in : Local Produce, Swansea on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

I love to champion local food businesses and I can’t recommend this one enough!  Mrs Olives is the delivery branch of ‘Olive Bar Wales’ (who can be found at many of the local produce markets).  They sell a range of authentic olives, as well as other bits and bobs. Two of my great passions are
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Spiced Apple Cake

Spiced Apple Cake
Posted in : Cakes, Local Produce on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

Continuing on my quest to use the garden apple windfall….. next up is Spiced Apple Cake (adapted from a recipe by ‘The Hairy Bikers’).  This is actually a cake that can be enjoyed on a diet!  As it uses brown sugar and oil, rather than white sugar and butter. Ingredients 500g prepared weight of Bramley
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Affogato

Affogato
Posted in : Coffee, Coffee Shops, Local Produce, Recipes, Speciality Coffee, Summer, Swansea, Trends on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

The Affogato is an Italian coffee based dessert, with the standard recipe being a scoop of cold vanilla gelato topped  with a shot of hot, dark roast espresso.  ‘Affogato’ is Italian for “drowned”, with is apt as you are drowning your ice cream with coffee!  This is an effortless recipe, which is simple yet fulfilling!
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