Also known as domino cake or church window cake, this almond flavoured checkboard style confection was named in honor of the 1884 marriage of Queen Victoria's granddaughter Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenburg. Because of anti-German sentiment in Britain in World War 1, the … [Read more...] about Downton’s Battenburg Cake
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Downton’s English Cream Scones
Scones have been essential to the British teatime tradition since the mid-nineteenth century when, according to legend, Anna, the fashionable Duchess of Bedford ordered her servants to sneak the small cakes and hot tea into her room for an afternoon snack. In time, she began … [Read more...] about Downton’s English Cream Scones
Individual Spiced Carrot Cakes
Up your Easter entertaining by creating individual carrot cakes for dessert, soaked in syrup and topped with candied carrots. You can make the cakes and candied carrots a day or so ahead and do the final assembly the day of. Individual Spiced Carrot Cakes Up … [Read more...] about Individual Spiced Carrot Cakes
One Pan Pork Chop Dinner
Forget fussing with lots of pots and pans, this is a fantastice one skillet dinner which is ready in minutes. One Pan Pork Chop Dinner Delight Forget fussing with lots of pots and pans, this is a fantastice one skillet dinner which is ready … [Read more...] about One Pan Pork Chop Dinner
Delicious Ginger Carrot Soup
Carrot soup is one of those classics dishes which is simple in terms of its main ingredients. But adding ginger and then pureeing takes it from the servant’s hall to the upstairs dining room. Guilt-free, there is little fat in this recipe Ginger Carrot Soup Carrot soup … [Read more...] about Delicious Ginger Carrot Soup
