Category: Sweet Things
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Recipe for Kids: Bea's Biscuits
I call these Bea’s biscuits because they’re so easy my seven year old, Bea, can make them. It’s a good task to give kids after school or on the weekends. You can weigh out the ingredients with them and let them take over as if it’s playdough. Except you eat it instead of forcing it…
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Home-made Ice Pops – a sweet summer treat
Is there anything nicer than an ice pop in the summer time? Nope. There is not. I’ve always hankered after water ices more than ice-cream, delicious as it is – they’re so much more refreshing. Making them at home is the ultimate cheap eat, plus you can make them with quite healthy ingredients, and can…
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Recipe: Murphy's Sea Salt Ice Cream
Ice cream machines often appear in Aldi or Lidl at this time of year. They make the process easier, but, even without one, it’s a very rewarding thing to do and not that difficult as ice cream is basically frozen custard. I heard Kieran Murphy from Murphy’s Ice Cream on the radio a couple of times recently.…
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Natasha’s easy-peasy gingerbread house
Natasha White*, a long-time family friend, has gained a reputation as a sterling cook and baker. Lately she’s been sharing some of her easy-to-follow recipes on Facebook, and she’s kindly allowed me to pilfer this one. It’s perfect to get you in the Christmas mood. Natasha’s Easy-peasy Gingerbread House Recipe Turn the oven to 180c/350f/gas…
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Jam Making: A Guide
If you’ve never made jam you should give it a go. I’m not going to lie and say it’s stress-free as it involves boiling hot liquid, glass and uncertainty, but with the right preparation it’s fine. The results are always something to be proud of and even the ones that won’t set are delicious in…
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Chocolate Pots
I can’t remember where I first found this dessert recipe. It could have been Now or The Economist*. You can get the four cheap ingredients anywhere. It’s been a failsafe ever since I couldn’t drive, had a small baby and nothing but a petrol station within a mile of my house and my husband’s boss…
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German Poppy Seed Cake
I”m delighted to introduce a new contributor to CheapEats – Julie Melia. Julie is one of my dearest friends, an absolutely fantastic cook and so funny that she’s made me laugh beer out of my nose hundreds of times. She”ll be sharing some recipes, reviews and other interesting stuff with us – I hope you…
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Happy Pancake Tuesday!
Feck eating healthily today, for today is Pancake Tuesday! I made a vat of pancake batter last night (it’s best if it gets to sit overnight) to bring into work, where we’ll be cooking it up in our office kitchen with savoury fillings for lunch, followed by the highlight – a classically delicious plain pancake…
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Sweet Bank Holiday recipes: Flapjacks and buns
Some of the yummyness available at tomrrow’s Cake Sale for Barnardos include chocolate brownies, Catherine Leyden’s tea brack, apple tarts, raspberry shortcake bars, and – an update with thanks to Nanazolie – lemon cake, nut and chocolate slices, and gingerbread, plus so much more. As it’s Halloween, it’s a weekend where you can exist entirely on…
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2001st post! Recipe: Halloween tea brack
Halloween is about death, fun and cake. This weekend, Cheapeats – also known as Jean and I – are holding a cake sale in The Grand Social to raise money for children’s charity Barnardos. We’d love, love, love you to bake something for the sale and bring it along. Resident ireland am cook Catherine Leyden…