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1 week ago | lavenderandlovage.com | Karen Burns-Booth

Wartime Syrup Tart (Treacle Tart) – A simple recipe for Treacle Tart from the 1940’s vintage war-time cookbook. Serve warm with custardVE Day 80 Ration Book and Vintage Recipes This recipe for Wartime Syrup Tart (Treacle Tart) comes from a lovely little book called War-Time Cookery, I bought from the Imperial War Museum. It’s a very simple recipe that makes use of stale bread, which are made into breadcrumbs – the golden syrup would have been a wartime luxury, but very little is used.

2 weeks ago | lavenderandlovage.com | Karen Burns-Booth

Modern baking method:1. Grease and line a 450g/1lb loaf tin or 2 x 225g/1/2lb loaf tins. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. 2. Place all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix well until everything is amalgamated. 3. Spoon or pour the cake batter into the prepared tin/s. 4. Bake for 1hr, reducing the temperature to 160C/325F/Gas 3 for the last 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Turn out onto wire rack to cool. 6. Serve sliced and buttered. 7. Freezes well. 1.

2 weeks ago | lavenderandlovage.com | Karen Burns-Booth

Classic British recipes that are said to be at risk of becoming extinct in a few years time. A surprising list of great British recipes at riskI was shocked to read a list recently, online, of what I would call traditional and classic British recipes that are at risk of becoming extinct over the next few years. Included in the list, shockingly, were Victoria sponge cake, rock cakes, scones and jam tarts.

3 weeks ago | lavenderandlovage.com | Karen Burns-Booth

Copycat Heinz Sandwich Spread – Today’s recipe was borne of necessity, as it’s so hard to find this sandwich spread now. Today’s recipe for Copycat Heinz Sandwich Spread was borne of necessity, as it’s so hard to find this sandwich spread now. I am a true child of the 60’s and 70’s, and I have always loved this tangy, crunchy and creamy vegetable sandwich spread.

1 month ago | lavenderandlovage.com | Karen Burns-Booth

Recipes for Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday) – A collection of easy recipes for Mothering Sunday, some which were my late mother’s recipes. Some of my Favourite Baking Recipes & my late Mother’s RecipesMothering Sunday (Mother’s Day) in the UK is on Sunday the 30th March, which is also the day the clock’s go forward too. So, no lay-in bed for most of us, but if you still have your mother, which I don’t sadly, why not treat them to breakfast in bed, or a seasonal afternoon tea?