I have several Christmas Pudding recipes, but today’s recipe for 1930’s Special Christmas Pudding is, as the title says, very special Pressure Cooker Recipe for Stir-up-Sunday I have several Christmas Pudding recipes on Lavender & Lovage, but today’s recipe for 1930’s Special Christmas Pudding is, as the title says, very special. It’s taken from a Sainsbury’s leaflet from the 1930’s, which was published for Stir up Sunday at the time ..read more

A fabulous recipe, which is nearly 100 years old – the 1920’s BeRo Christmas Cake was first shared in the 3rd edition A Simple but Traditional Christmas Cake A fabulous recipe, which is nearly 100 years old – the 1920’s BeRo Christmas Cake was first shared in the 3rd edition of these little cookery books. The Be Ro 3rd edition was published in 1925, along with instructions how to make almond icing (marzipan) and classic Royal icing too ..read more

Cherry Bakewell Tea Loaf – Another Tea Loaf! As far as I am concerned you can never have enough recipes for tea loaves Another one for the Tea Loaf Files! Another Tea Loaf! As far as I am concerned you can never have enough recipes for tea loaves. Today’s recipe if for a Cherry Bakewell Tea Loaf. It’s a fabulous cake style loaf, which is very moist, with flecks and chunks of glace cherries in it, as well as flaked almonds on the top ..read more

Gingerbread Tea Loaf – This lovely recipe for Gingerbread Tea Loaf is over 70 years old, and has been featured in numerous Be-Ro cookbooks. Perfect for Bonfire Night or Winter Tea Tray Supper This lovely recipe for Gingerbread Tea Loaf is over 70 years old, and has been featured in numerous Be-Ro cookbooks. I made it from the 26th edition, which was my late mother’s book. She always had this little book out, and baked from it all of the time ..read more

Scottish Treacle Scones: This wonderful recipe for Old-Fashioned Treacle Scones is a family favourite, especially when served warm with butter Scottish Treacle Scones for Halloween, Bonfire Night or a Sunday Tea Tray Supper This wonderful recipe for Old-Fashioned Treacle Scones is a family favourite. Although I make them all year round, they are traditionally served in the Autumn, and Winter. They are served in Scotland, and the Scottish Isles, for All Hallow’s Eve, as well as in Northern England, especially Northumberland, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire ..read more

High Dumpsie Dearie Jam – a delightful Autumn recipe using orchard fruits, with a snap of ginger and a squeeze of lemon. With an alternative Ninja Foodi (Instant Pot) Cooking Method High Dumpsie Dearie Jam – a delightful autumn recipe using orchard fruits, with a snap of ginger and a squeeze of lemon. The recipe has been on my website for over 12yrs, but I’m taking few photos and sharing a new printable recipe card ..read more

Today’s recipe for Quick and Easy Spice Cake (Tea Loaf) is a fabulous recipe from an old BeRo book, and makes a lovely tea loaf style cake. Baking with BeRo – A Vintage Recipe I’m back in the kitchen today, for weekend baking, and today’s recipe for Quick and Easy Spice Cake (Tea Loaf) is a fabulous recipe from an old BeRo book. I made this recipe EXACTLY as shown in my late mother’s BeRo book, and just as the title of the recipe says, it is indeed very easy ..read more

Major Grimshaw’s Indian Chutney – A fabulous recipe to use up overripe, brown bananas, this chutney is fruity and mildly curried. With Instructions for Traditional Stove Top and Ninja Foodi Multi-Cooker My recipe for Major Grimshaw’s Indian Chutney is one of my family’s favourite chutney recipes, a wonderfully aromatic, mellow spiced and fruity chutney. I named this after an old school friend’s father. He had been in the Army in India and always had a staggering array of Indian style home-made chutneys and pickles on offer when I ate curry at their house ..read more

I know this Farmhouse Beef and Sausage Shape doesn’t look very attractive, but I cannot emphasise how delicious this is. An Old English Farmhouse Recipe from East Anglia and Lincolnshire I know this Farmhouse Beef and Sausage Shape doesn’t look very attractive, but I cannot emphasise how delicious this is. It’s a very old farmhouse recipe, believed to originate from East Anglia and Lincolnshire. The orignal recipe was in an old Farmhouse cookbook I have by Mary Norwak ..read more

Honey Ginger Tea Loaf – Autumn blew in with a vengeance today, but this BeRo recipe for Honey Ginger Tea Loaf soon cheered us up. A Vintage Be-Ro Recipe for the Tea Time Table Autumn blew in with a vengeance today – it was a wet, windy and drizzly day. But, today’s recipe for Honey Ginger Tea Loaf soon cheered us up. This is a recipe from one of my much-loved BeRo recipe books.  ..read more