A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

A moist and dense chocolate courgette cake made with grated courgette and cocoa powder.

Easy Blackberry cakes made with foraged blackberries. A yummy, frugal bake for the cake tin!

An easy apple loaf cake with a glossy caramel glaze. A great way to use up those Bramley apples.

A quick and easy almond frangipane cake using seasonal fruit. Serve with custard for a yummy pudding.

An easy vanilla bundt cake recipe with fresh raspberries, and a dreamy vanilla drizzle icing. This is one special cake! I love how pretty bundt cakes are, and this simple vanilla bundt cake with fresh raspberries, is no exception. What makes a bundt cake, a bundt cake? A bundt cake, is a cake that is baked in a bundt tin, shaping it into a distinctive doughnut shape. The shape is inspired by a traditional Gugelhupf (popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland). The cake batter needs to be a lot more moist that other cake batters, because so much of the cake's surface is exposed to high temperatures. I made this bundt cake in a 27cm bundt tin, but if you have a smaller tin, just fill it to two thirds full and use any remaining mixture to make some muffins. This really is the perfect cake to brighten up your day! Top tips for making bundt cakes Grease, grease and grease that bundt tin, and then add some flour and tap it around before getting rid of a...

There's nothing better than a soft squidgy slice of gingerbread cake at this time of year. Dark, fragrant and warming it's perfect with a cup of tea or for serving as part of a festive buffet at Christmas. You could even reheat slices and serve it with clotted cream or custard for a quick and easy pudding. It's definitely up there as one of my all time favourite cakes and it's so simple to make too. The gingerbread cake needs to be made a few days in advance of when you want to eat it to ensure a lovely sticky moist loaf. I also stash one away in the freezer which I can pull out at a moments notice for unexpected guests. You really can't go wrong with this recipe! TIPS FOR MAKING THE GINGERBREAD CAKE Gingerbread cake tastes better if left for a few days before eating. So once its cool, wrap it up in some baking paper and foil and store away in a dark place for up to 3 days. Make an easy orange icing for the cake by mixing sifted icing sugar with som...

A Bramley Apple Crumble Loaf Cake with a sweet Custard Buttercream Icing. A classic British pudding in cake form! Oh my, this was one amazing cake! The apple crumble loaf cake is made using the rubbing in method, the same method that you would use to make your usual crumble topping, and it keeps the cake lovely and moist.

I love the zesty sugary crust on this Double Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake. Pouring the drizzle mixture onto the cake when it's just out of the oven ramps up it's zingy lemon flavour and ensures the cake stays lovely and moist. It's a forgiving cake in many ways and will happily sit in a cake tin for up to 5 days and it also freezes well too (just wrap it in clingfilm and then foil). I think it has to be one of my all time favourites, especially when I serve it sliced and spread with homemade lemon curd and a dollop of clotted cream. I've even made french toast with the stale ends before for a little weekend breakfast treat. Make it today - I promise you wont be disappointed. DOUBLE LEMON DRIZZLE LOAF Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake Baking, Cake Yield: 8 slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Double Lemon Drizzle Loaf A zesty and zingy Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake. The cake keeps for up to 5 days in a tin but also freezes well t...

An easy banana loaf cake made with creamy crème fraiche. Great for a mid morning snack for hungry kids (and adults)!

I make this Madeira cake most weeks for a lunchbox treat. Madeira cake keeps really well in an airtight tin but if by the end of the week the slices are getting a bit dry I just spread some raspberry jam on (and if they’re lucky some whipped cream) and sandwich two slices of the cake together. MADEIRA CAKE Madeira Cake Cake Baking Yield: 10 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Madeira Cake A simple Madeira cake recipe prep time: 15 mins cook time: 1 hour total time: 1 hours and 15 mins ingredients: 240g  Butter, softened 150g  Caster Sugar 50g  Light Brown Sugar 1  Lemon, Zested 2 TBSP  Milk 3  Eggs, beaten 210g  Self Raising Flour 90g  Plain Flour Caster Sugar for sprinkling instructions Step 1: Preheat the oven to 170°c and line a 2lb loaf tin. Step 2: Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs, lemon zest and milk. Step 3: Fold in the flours un...

An easy Banana and Maple Syrup Loaf Cake recipe. Perfect for using up those black bananas in the fruit bowl.

Sometimes the simple things are the best and this cake is so easy to make. Its lovely and moist and if you use really good quality cocoa and vanilla bean paste it tastes fab. There is no faffing with icing or glazes and because of this it makes an ideal lunchbox cake as there is no sticky mess to deal with afterwards! Chocolate Marble Cake Cake, Baking Baking Yield: 10 Slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cake An easy chocolate and vanilla marble cake prep time: 10 mins cook time: 45 mins total time: 55 mins ingredients: 225g  Butter, softened 225g  Caster Sugar 4  Eggs 225g  Plain Flour 2 TSP  Baking Powder 50ml  Milk 1 TSP  Vanilla Paste 50g  Cocoa Powder, sifted instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°c and grease a 20cm springform tin. Step 2: Cream butter in a bowl and add sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. Step 3: Whisk eggs and g...

A warm slice of this fresh cherry cake certainly perks you up on a grey and drizzly January morning.....who said New Year was meant for diets?! Cherry Cake Cake Baking Yield: 10 slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Fresh Cherry Crumble Cake A Fresh Cherry Crumble Cake prep time: 15 mins cook time: 35 mins total time: 50 mins ingredients: 140g  Self Raising Flour 1/2 TSP  Cinnamon 50g  Caster Sugar 1  Egg 4 TBSP  Milk 85g  Butter, melted 250g  Fresh Cherries, stoned For the Crumble topping 25g  Plain Flour 25g  Caster Sugar 25g  Butter, diced Glace Icing to finish (optional) instructions Step 1: Preheat the oven to fan 160°C/ conventional 180°C/gas 4. Grease and base line a 20cm round cake tin, about 5cm deep.  Step 2: Sift the flour, cinnamon and caster sugar into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the egg, milk and melted butter, then combin...