Nostalgic recipes
Bring the past to your plate with these nostalgic recipes. Take a trip back to your school days with sticky sponges, rice pudding, cheese pies and teatime treats like fondant fancies and iced party rings.
Retro recipes that were once all the rage make a comeback. We’re talking prawn cocktail, black forest gateau and arctic roll. Old-fashioned treats like pork pies, raspberry lemonade and scotch eggs also feature in this unashamedly nostalgic recipe collection.
Which old favourite will you make first?
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White chocolate recipes
Caramelised white chocolate
Fans of blond bars such as Caramac (sadly now discontinued) know there’s a fourth type of chocolate out there: caramelised...
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Baking recipes
Malt iced buns with raspberry icing
Who doesn’t love an iced bun? Even better, how about a homemade iced bun. These ones temper the sometimes over-sweet...
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Retro puddings
Rum and raisin spotted dick
You can’t get a more traditional British pud than spotted dick – something that’s fallen out of fashion in recent...
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Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky Yorkshire parkin is taken to chocolate town with this indulgent bake – but the sauce definitely shares star billing....
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Sweet tart recipes
Black forest bakewell tart
When black forest gateau meets bakewell tart, something magical happens. These two nostalgic desserts combine perfectly – especially when served...
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Pear recipes
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and a sprinkling of brandy-soaked sultanas – is a...
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Nostalgic recipes
Pain au mint chocolat ice cream sandwich
Unabashed nostalgia meets Parisian sophistication in this artful mash-up of mint choc chip ice cream and patisserie joie de vivre....
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Patisserie recipes
Vanilla slice
The hero of many a high street bakery, the vanilla slice is a glorious thing. Like a cross between a...
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Trifle recipes
Traditional English trifle
Raspberry jelly, thick vanilla custard, sherry-soaked sponge fingers and pillowy mounds of whipped cream: it’s the ultimate traditional trifle recipe....
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Afternoon tea recipes
Ginger toffee dodgers
The classic biscuit we all know and love gets a welcome update with the warming flavours of ginger and caramel...
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and custard mini cakes
Reminiscent of school traybakes with pink icing, these raspberry and custard mini cakes are given a suitably chic update –...
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Picnic recipes
Treacle-glazed ham with potato and egg salad
Traditional treacle-glazed ham works perfectly in summer as picnic treat with potato salad, or in winter as a Boxing Day...
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and white chocolate Rice Krispie bars
Children will love these gooey white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie bars – but if you end up snaffling them,...
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Sweet tart recipes
Ultimate treacle tart
Master the art of the treacle tart with our recipe for this gastropub favourite. Serve this rich and sticky pud...
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Cheddar cheese recipes
Cheddar cheese and potato pie
Karen Burns-Booth shares her mother’s recipe for cheddar cheese and potato pie: comfort food at its best. Bake cheddary mustard...
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Comfort food recipes
Marcus Wareing’s potato and tunworth cheesepot pie
Marcus Wareing has taken the classic English cheese and potato pie and adjusted it slightly using Tunworth. This recipe is...
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