'typically English' snack for 25 children? Help!

Maitane

Oh oh, and Welsh cakes. Sorry, I forgot about them until I looked up from the laptop and saw my (Welsh) ex sat watching TV!

daydreambeliever_3

I find scones very difficult to make, they always come out hard and flat.
If it was me I would do jam tarts.

Norman_Bean

Merci maitane - I agree, at the end of the day I guess it's la matrisse who I'm trying to impress!!
<aside> I'm just doing a TEFL course and planning on doing English lessons

Daydreambeliver - I think I might do a practice run of scones and have JT's as a back up? :cool:

Cheers all - nearly the big day!

Norman x

normandynat

What about banana cake?
[can you guess who it is yet?!]

lisa26_2

how about manchester tart? Line a tin with pastry, blind bake then once cool spread with Jam, then sliced bananas the top with you made-up birds custard. Delish!!!

Norman_Bean

normandynat wrote: »

What about banana cake?
[can you guess who it is yet?!]

:eek::rotfl:I'm actually making 'a' banana cake tomorrow x

E x

Norman_Bean

lisa26 wrote: »

how about manchester tart? Line a tin with pastry, blind bake then once cool spread with Jam, then sliced bananas the top with you made-up birds custard. Delish!!!

ye gods I've never heard of that but it sounds yum! Cheers Lisa!

Norman x

tandraig

daydreambeliever wrote: »

I find scones very difficult to make, they always come out hard and flat.
If it was me I would do jam tarts.

my scones were hard and flat too - then I found where i was going wrong:

using self raising instead of plain flour and baking powder
not adding enough milk ( I thought it should be like pastry - but when i experimented with plain flour as i was out of SR - I accidentally added too much milk! but not wanting to waste all that butter etc I patted it out cut out the rounds and cooked them - and viola! success at last!!! they were really gorgeous - and I always do them this way now!

Norman_Bean

tandraig wrote: »

my scones were hard and flat too - then I found where i was going wrong:

using self raising instead of plain flour and baking powder
not adding enough milk ( I thought it should be like pastry - but when i experimented with plain flour as i was out of SR - I accidentally added too much milk! but not wanting to waste all that butter etc I patted it out cut out the rounds and cooked them - and viola! success at last!!! they were really gorgeous - and I always do them this way now!

so are you saying use plain flour instead of SR? <thicko icon> I hope so because I'm never really sure about what is SR and what's not in France x

Any chance of quantities me dear?! <cheeky so an so icon>

Cheers
Norman x

SallyForth_2

Norman_Bean wrote: »

Thank you - I would have done jelly with cake in, custard and cream on top .... but I'm no trifle expert!

Do you just have cake/sponge then custard?

Norman x

I don't now how the notion of Jelly came about - probably a certain trifle manufacturer! -

Anyway, all you need to do is soak something into the cake, or sponges - like sherry or brandy for adults, or the juice from the fruit - works well when using tinned fruit. The possibilites are endless, then as you say, just pile the custard and cream on top.