Daresbury Cake Club

Shirley's cakes - most popular 9/6/2011:

What? A club for people who like baking and eating cakes.

Who? The people below.

Where? The Cake Club meets every Thursday morning at 10am in the Laboratory Coffee Lounge (previously fridays).

Why? Because we enjoy eating cakes.

Cake Baking Rota

Not as Daft as it Seems

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Favourite Recipes

Tarte_au_citron (Jonathan)- 10 eggs, 1lb sugar, half a pack of butter, 5 lemons, double cream

• Sweet_shortcrust_pastry (Jonathan)

Baked vanilla cheesecake (Dave) - I made this with blueberries, it was gorgeous!

Dark Chocolate Crakles (Laurent)

Cardamom-spiced gingerbread (Stephen) - this is based on a recipe in Sainsbury's The Magazine, November 1996. Apparently, it's a Finnish recipe, piimakakku, that has the 4 Finnish 'gingerbread spices': ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves.

Raspberry loaf cakes (Jonathan) - see picture below

Raspberry tart (Jonathan)

Caramel custard apple tart (Dave)

Bara Brith (Rob) - traditional Welsh tea cake. Contrary to some recipes, this does not have any fat or yeast in it - so you can eat as much as you like! Its also very easy to make.

Lemon Drizzle Cake (Dave)

American Apple Cake (Rob) - this is from a series of handy little books called "The Kitchen Library". The one I have was published by Octopus Books in 1988, but I've seen them in several versions over the years. Recipe also works with pears.

Welsh Cakes (Rob) - there are lots of recipes for the traditional Welsh cakes, here's one. I put 3oz mixed fruit and the recipe made 9 cakes. The trick is to cook them on a hot griddle without burning, or more romantically a thick piece of Welsh slate in an open fire...

Chocolate, Chilli and Orange Cake (Shirley)

Christmas Pudding (Jonathan)

Jamie Oliver's pancake cake (Dave)

Chocolate Cornflake Clusters (Stephen)

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What people have said about our Cakes

Fantastic!

I'm going to burst...

Pictures

• Jonathan's individual raspberry sponges, 14/6/12:

• Largest cake club ever...:
  

• Dave's pancake cake (to a Jamie Oliver recipe, see below) - 13/10/11:

Good local places to eat

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The Chetwode Arms - Terry enjoyed cooking his meat on a slab of stone, crocodile and kangaroo on the menu

The Dog over Peover - Jonathan and Omar went here after visiting Jodrell Bank

The Three Fishes at Mitton - excellent local food, reasonable (but not cheap) prices.

The Egerton Arms, Chelford - join hosts Jeremy and Anne for excellent food and beer in a historic venue, the former lodgings belonging to the Tatton Park estate. Moules Frites or Pie and Pint a current speciality, but you need to book in advance, see the Web site. Tatton Brewery ale recommended.

Malabar Junction, London - found by Rob after a JISC event. Half way down Great Russell Street, is probably the best Indian restaurant I've eaten in. Not cheap though.

Mother India's Cafe, Edinburgh - discovered by Dan Katz. Tapas style with huge selection, just keep ordering.

This 'n' That, Soap Street, Manchester - Jonathan took us to this authentic Pakistani restaurant, and yes it is good. Food changes on a daily basis. Apparently they now have a second restaurant in Butter Lane - both open lunchtimes only.

Sultan of Lancaster, Brock Street - as recommended by Rob Crouchley. Genuine Indian halal food, no alcohol but there are plenty of pubs nearby. The building itself is an inspiration as its a former church and there is usually some sort of art exhibition too.

Other recipe sources (not necessarily cakes!)

(and definitely not good for you)

This is why you're fat

Pimp That Snack

The Stonner

Super-sized meals