Baking recipes - scones etc

VickyA_2 · 30 June 2004 at 6:46PM

Does anyone know of a website/good books that have recipes for cakes, scones etc? I've recently started baking my own cakes, and my boyfriend is getting a bit fed up of the banana bread and tea bread that are in my repertoire. I'm quite a novice at this lark, but would like to try to bake scones and try to wean my dear boyfriend off the Tracker bars that he insists on buying at great expense! Any ideas? Or is there another thread I should be posting it on?

Thanks for the help in advance.

VickyA

cathy_3 · 30 June 2004 at 9:13PM

http://www.lostparadise.com/katie/scones.html

http://www.victoriana.com/library/cake.html

heldaz · 30 June 2004 at 11:07PM

Hi

this is a recipe i use for scones, its easy to make and very tasty ;D

8oz (200g) Self Raising Flour
2oz (50g) Sugar
2oz (50g) Margarine
pinch of salt
1 flat teaspoon of ground mixed spice
2oz (50g) dried fruit
1/4 pint (125ml) milk
a little milk and a sprinkle of sugar to glaze

Equipment 7 Sandwich Tin
1 Mixing Bowl

Method 1. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220C (425F) and grease the sandwich tin.
2. Place the sifted flour, spice and salt into a bowl.
3. Rub in the fat until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
4. Stir in the sugar.
5. Using a round-bladed knife stir in the milk and dried fruit, and form the mixture into a dough.
6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead well.
7. Form the dough into a round, and place it into a greased sandwich tin, press it down evenly.
8. Score the scone into 8 slices
9. Brush with milk, and sprinkle with sugar.
10. Place in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes.
11. Cool on a wire tray.

Caterina · 1 July 2004 at 12:03AM

Thank you for the scone recipe, I really needed one to make use of all our homemade strawberry jam!

Is it possible to use oil instead of margarine to avoid the trans fats?

thanks for help

Caterina

heldaz · 1 July 2004 at 12:18AM

Hi Caterina

Im sorry, im not a very experienced cook and i dont know :-[

Im sure someone will know though

Heldaz

VickyA_2 · 1 July 2004 at 12:45AM

Thanks for those cathy and heldaz. My boyfriend still thinks that I spend far too much time on this site, but at least it's worthwhile for his stomach now!

raeble · 1 July 2004 at 12:51AM

There's some information here on substituting Fats.

rach · 1 July 2004 at 1:34AM

the good old be-ro book has some good recipies for cakes, scones etc in... takes me back to those days of baking with my gran!

apparantely they're still available, and only cost £1.25 click here for more info.

Rach.

VickyA_2 · 1 July 2004 at 11:43AM

I remember the Be-Ro books! I didn't realise that they were still available, my gran used to have one. Thanks for that rach.

chucklingbunny · 1 July 2004 at 12:47PM

This site has recipes for pretty much everything including home remedies.

http://www.recipegoldmine.com/

I've used a lot of their baking recipes with great success.

Hope it's useful,
Francesca

Sarahsaver · 2 July 2004 at 12:03AM

Is it possible to use oil instead of margarine to avoid the trans fats?

thanks for help

Caterina

I use sunflower oil instead of marg in baking and it works fine. If the recipe asks for 4oz marg I use 4 fl.oz oil. Its much easier to mix too. So far I have made sponge cakes, steamed pudding, pineapple upside down cake, banana cake, fruit cake, buns... Best you can do is experiment!
Also try https://www.recipemonster.com for LOADS of recipes as the name suggests!

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