Baking – You’re at your Aunties

Granny Wylie’s Gingerbread

When my dad came over to stay this summer we talked about his mother’s recipe book and the recipes he remembered her cooking when he was a child. He remembered the cheese pudding and scones. My dad told me that his mum was part of a sewing bee, she would meet with her friends inContinue reading “Granny Wylie’s Gingerbread”

Brunswick Cake

I’ve asked around but no one has heard of a Brunswick Cake before, the only suggestion was that there was a Brunswick Street, (Brunswick Street, opened 1790, named in honour of the House of Hanover. This street was formed on the garden attached to the house of a well-known sporting man, Mr. Baird of Craigton.Continue reading “Brunswick Cake”

Feather Cake, Page 3

So I’m thinking light sponge cake, so let’s see shall we! By the way no page 2 just a newspaper clipping. I’ll share later. Ingredients Method Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and milk well beaten. Missing is the instructions for the flour, I suggest sieve flour and baking powder and fold into mixture untilContinue reading “Feather Cake, Page 3”

Lemon Cheese

Reference to my lemon curd recipe, https://youreaturaunties.food.blog/2022/02/03/lemon-curd/ I have decided to work my way though my grandmother’s recipes this year. Starting at the beginning of the book. So recipe number one is Lemon Cheese. I like to make Lemon Curd and it always goes down well. But what is the difference between lemon curd andContinue reading “Lemon Cheese”

Shortbread

Quintessentially Scottish, is something I associate with Christmas and New Year. Around that time there was usually someone giving a tin of Walkers shortbread to us as a little reminder of our Scottish heritage. But homemade shortbread is so much better than anything shop bought. Plus it has taken someone’s time and care to create.Continue reading “Shortbread”

All consuming baking

I haven’t been writing, but I have been baking. Here is what I’ve been up to.

Granny Betty my Pavlova inspiration

I loved Betty dearly, and really miss her. Betty was my dad’s step mum, she was Gran to me and Great Granny Betty to my son, Euan. I used to affectionally call Betty my second hand granny and she called me Allioop. Betty wasn’t a fussy cook but what she made was always very delicious.Continue reading “Granny Betty my Pavlova inspiration”

Lemon Curd

Lemon curd is one of those sweet memories I have. Simply spread on freshly baked bread with my mum in her kitchen as a quick snack of an afternoon along with a cup of tea. It was not homemade lemon curd, but Robertsons make a good one. When I moved to Spain there a lotContinue reading “Lemon Curd”

Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Lemon Curd Topping

My friend Praline at school where I work, suggested starting up the Cake Club. It used to run before I started working at the school. Anyway it was my turn and I made my baked vanilla cheesecake with homemade lemon curd. This isn’t a recipe from my gran or my aunties this is my own.Continue reading “Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Lemon Curd Topping”

Lemon Meringue Pie

I have fond memories of going with my parents to visit my great aunt Jean and Nellie’s in their flat, Morley street, Langside near Battlefield south of Glasgow when I was quite small, maybe 8 or 9 years old. It must be my first foodie memory. It had that quintessential smell of a time goneContinue reading “Lemon Meringue Pie”