Rusks for Rascals

For my Birthday I was lucky enough to receive Miranda Gore Browne's book, 'Biscuit' overall the book is lovely and I was definitely craving biscuits after reading it. It's a shame there wasn't space for photos of more of the biscuits though.

I loved the sound of the Rusks for Rascals, but without a photo I couldn't imagine what they'd look like and Google was no help! So here are my photos In case you're interested in making them but not sure what to expect.

Before cooking begins

After the first spell in the oven, before slicing

Cut up ready for the final bake

The final biscuits, a lovely big tin full of tasty nibbles!

Christmas Cake 2012 - Part 2

After a few weeks soaking in the brandy syrup, it's time to bake the fruit into the cake. The cake is always cooked at half term, giving a good few weeks of feeding before Christmas.

I baked the cake according to the secret family recipe, but left out an ounce of sugar to make up for the syrup, then baked for hours and hours until cooked through.

This is my little girl's third year of making the cake with me and properly joined in this year, although I had to stop her doing her usual trick of eating handfuls of the cake mixture: far too much brandy!