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English Scones
Tall, straight-sided scones that split cleanly by hand rather than needing a knife. Cold butter, a light hand and a…
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British baking recipes
105 British baking recipes, in a suggested order.
These are the 105 British recipes filed under baking: 105 of the 646 bakes on the site, and 105 of its 534 British recipes. Of these, 9 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Royal Icing (15 min), Oat Biscuits (25 min) and Potato Farls (25 min). For 48, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 53 easy, 46 medium and 6 hard.
As written, 100 are vegetarian, 2 vegan, 5 gluten-free and 8 dairy-free.
British bakes and breads
Baking
Lemon Drizzle Cake
A plain loaf cake pierced all over while still hot and drenched in lemon and sugar, which soaks in and then sets…
Baking
Victoria Sponge
Two golden sponge layers with jam and cream between, dusted with caster sugar. Named for a queen who took it with…
Baking
Scottish Shortbread
Three ingredients in the proportion one part sugar, two parts butter, three parts flour, baked pale and cut while…
Baking
Bakewell Tart
Shortcrust filled with raspberry jam and frangipane, baked until the almond filling is set and golden, and finished…
Bread
Crumpets
Yeasted batter cooked in rings on a griddle until the tops are riddled with holes. Toasted, buttered, and eaten…
Baking
Apple Turnovers
Squares of puff pastry folded over a cinnamon apple filling and baked until they puff, flake and turn golden…
Baking
Bakewell Slices
A shortcrust base spread with raspberry jam and topped with an almond sponge, baked and finished with white icing.
Baking
Banbury Cakes
Oval pastry cakes filled with spiced currants, candied peel and rum, with slashes across the top and a sugar crust.
Baking
Banoffee Cupcakes
Banana sponge cupcakes with a toffee centre, topped with whipped cream, a slice of banana and a crumbled biscuit.
Baking
Bath Buns
Soft, lightly sweet yeast buns full of sultanas and candied peel, glazed and topped with crushed sugar lumps that…
Baking
Battenberg Cake
Pink and plain almond sponge cut into strips, glued into a checkerboard with apricot jam and wrapped in marzipan…
Baking
Bourbon Biscuits
Dark, crisp chocolate biscuits, sandwiched with chocolate buttercream. A tin favourite, with a short chill.
Baking
Brandy Snaps
Thin, golden, lacy tubes of butter, sugar, golden syrup and ginger, rolled around a spoon handle while they are…
Bread
Bread Rolls
Soft white bread rolls made with strong flour, yeast and milk, shaped by hand and baked until golden. Makes 12 in 45…
Baking
Butterfly Cakes
Light little vanilla sponge cakes with a circle cut from the top, filled with buttercream and jam, and the cut piece…
Bread
Cheese Scones
Tall, golden savoury scones sharp with mature cheddar and a pinch of mustard, best eaten warm with butter. Thirty…
Baking
Chelsea Buns
A spiral of enriched dough rolled around currants and spice, baked touching so the sides stay soft, and glazed…
Baking
Cherry Bakewell
Small shortcrust tarts with cherry jam and almond sponge, topped with white icing and a glace cherry.
Baking
Cherry Cake
A buttery almond sponge studded with glace cherries, baked in a round tin and dusted with icing sugar.
Baking
Chocolate Beetroot Cake
A dark, fudgy chocolate cake made with cooked beetroot, which keeps the crumb soft and moist.
Baking
Chocolate Chip Scones
Tender British scones with a handful of chocolate chips, cut into rounds and baked at 220C for 20 minutes.
Baking
Chocolate Orange Cake
Two light chocolate sponges flavoured with orange zest, sandwiched with marmalade and covered in dark chocolate…
Baking
Chorley Cakes
Flat, round Lancashire pastries of buttery flaky pastry filled with currants and sugar, eaten plain or with…
Baking
Coconut Macaroons
Chewy, golden-tipped mounds of coconut bound with egg white and sugar and baked for 15 minutes, with the bases…
Baking
Coffee and Walnut Cake
Two coffee-flavoured sponges with chopped walnuts, sandwiched and topped with coffee buttercream and walnut halves…
Baking
Coffee and Walnut Cupcakes
Coffee-flavoured sponge cupcakes with chopped walnuts, topped with coffee buttercream and a walnut half.
Baking
Cornish Fairings
Crisp, cracked ginger biscuits made with golden syrup, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda, a traditional Cornish…
Baking
Cornish Saffron Buns
Golden yellow buns coloured and scented with saffron, full of currants and peel and glazed while hot. Three hours…
Baking
Courgette and Lemon Cake
A moist oil cake made with grated courgette and lemon zest, topped with a thin lemon icing.
Baking
Cream Horns
Crisp, flaky puff pastry cones wound around metal moulds, baked until golden and piped full of jam and softly…
Baking
Custard Creams
Vanilla-and-custard-powder biscuits sandwiched with buttercream. The teatime favourite, with a short chill for the…
Baking
Custard Slice
Two layers of crisp puff pastry around a thick vanilla custard, topped with white icing and chocolate feathering…
Baking
Custard Tart
A pastry case filled with set egg custard and grated nutmeg. Nothing to hide behind, which is why it is the tart…
Bread
Dairy-Free Scones
Light, tall scones made with dairy-free baking block and oat milk, baked at 220C for 18 minutes.
Baking
Devon Splits
Soft, slightly sweet white rolls split and filled with clotted cream and strawberry jam. The old Devon and Cornwall…
Baking
Digestive Biscuits
Crumbly, slightly sweet wholemeal and oat biscuits, rolled thin and pricked, for dunking. Forty minutes.
Baking
Dorset Apple Cake
A rustic, rubbed-in cake studded with chunks of Bramley apple and topped with crunchy demerara sugar. Eighty minutes.
Baking
Eccles Cakes
Currants in butter and spice inside flaky pastry, slashed three times and baked until the sugar on top caramelises…
Baking
Fairy Cakes
Small, light vanilla sponge cakes baked in paper cases and topped with a thin glacé icing.
Baking
Fat Rascals
Yorkshire fruit scone-cakes with a glacé cherry and almond smile, baked until golden and crumbly. The teashop…
Baking
Flapjacks
Oats bound with butter, golden syrup and sugar, baked in a tray and cut while warm. Thirty-five minutes and…
Baking
Fondant Fancies
Small squares of vanilla sponge filled with jam and buttercream and coated in pink, yellow and lilac fondant icing…
Baking
Fruit Scones
Tall, tender scones studded with sultanas, split and eaten warm with butter or jam.
Baking
Garibaldi Biscuits
Thin, crisp biscuit dough sandwiched around a layer of currants, cut into rectangles and baked until golden. The…
Baking
Ginger Nut Biscuits
Very crisp, deeply gingery biscuits made with golden syrup and bicarbonate, with a cracked, crackled top…
Baking
Gingerbread Cake
A sticky, dark loaf-style cake of ginger, cinnamon, golden syrup and treacle, sliced and eaten with butter.
Baking
Gingerbread Men
A spiced ginger and treacle dough cut into little men and cooked for 12 minutes until crisp at the edge. Sixteen…
52 more british bakes and breads, A–Z
- Gluten-Free Bread
- Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
- Gluten-Free Scones
- Grasmere Gingerbread
- Hobnobs
- Hot Cross Buns
- Iced Buns
- Jaffa Cakes
- Jam Doughnuts
- Jam Tarts
- Jamaican Ginger Cake
- Jammie Dodgers
- Jammy Dodgers
- Lardy Cake
- Lemon Drizzle Loaf
- Lemon Drizzle Traybake
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
- Lemon Scones
- Lemon Shortbread
- Madeira Cake
- Maids of Honour
- Malt Loaf
- Oat Biscuits
- Oat Scones
- Orange Drizzle Cake
- Pistachio Shortbread
- Potato Bread
- Potato Farls
- Pound Cake
- Raspberry Cake
- Raspberry Scones
- Rhubarb Custard Cake
- Rock Cakes
- Sally Lunn
- Scones with Jam and Cream
- Seed Cake
- Seeded Crackers
- Seeded Loaf
- Shrewsbury Biscuits
- Sponge Roll
- Sticky Toffee Cupcakes
- Stottie Cake
- Swiss Roll
- Tea Loaf
- Traybake Brownies
- Treacle Scones
- Treacle Tart
- Vanilla Sponge Cake
- Victoria Sandwich Cupcakes
- Viennese Whirls
- White Bread
- Yorkshire Parkin
Light meals: soups, salads and sandwiches 1
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- Cheese and Onion Pasty 60 min
Starters and snacks 2
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- Melton Mowbray Pork Pie 10 hr
- Sausage Rolls 75 min
Condiments, dressings, rubs and preserves 1
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- Royal Icing 15 min
Kitchen basics: stocks, doughs, marinades and pastes 1
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- Rough Puff Pastry 90 min