A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

This is my ultimate chocolate cake. A great universal cake for birthdays and parties. Decorate how you wish - smarties would be good for kids. Chocolate Cake Cake Baking Yield: 10 slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Ultimate Chocolate Cake A indulgent chocolate cake recipe prep time: 15 mins cook time: 40 mins total time: 55 mins ingredients: For the cake 50g  Cocoa Powder 175g  Self Raising Powder 225g  Caster Sugar 4  Eggs, beaten 225g  Butter For the icing:  100g  Dark Chocolate (70% cocoa) 200g  Butter, softenend 200g  Icing Sugar, sifted instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°c and line and grease a deep 20cm springform cake tin. Step 2: Sieve together the cocoa and flour into a bowl and set aside. Step 3: In a standing mixer (or by hand) cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy then gradually beat in the eggs. Finally fold in the flour and cocoa and combine gently. Pour into t...

I've been meaning to post these cookies for a few weeks now but the chaos that is the summer holidays has  got in the way of my blogging a bit. Thanks to my lovely Mother and Father though I have an afternoon of peace and quiet (I doubt they are having such a relaxed time) and am busily catching up with emails and blog commitments. Now...these Butterscotch Cookies are super sweet - the kind of sticky sweet that leaves you rushing to clean your teeth afterwards, but also dangerously moreish too (one or two aren't going to do much harm). I can also reveal, after a bit of experimentation, they make ideal cookies for ice cream cookie sandwich's - it has to be plain vanilla though. They keep for about 3 days in a sealed container, but they wont last that long. print recipe Butterscotch Cookies by Beth Sachs August-8-2012 A sweet treat and the perfect vehicle for ice cream! Ingredients 100g Butter 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 2 TBSP Golden Syrup...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Twitter really is a wonderful thing (most of the time!), especially when it means I discover fab new foodies like Kitchen Garden, an award winning producer of preserves and condiments. Barbara (the owner) and I got 'chatting' over Twitter and next thing I knew some fab product samples (including the Fig and Plum Chutney I have used in this recipe) landed on my doorstep. All of the Kitchen Garden products have handy recipe suggestions on the side of the jars and the Fig and Plum Chutney suggested pairing with salty feta or goats cheese....so that's what I did in this puff pastry tart. I used ready rolled all butter puff pastry as I had it to hand but some day soon I will have a go at making my own. The basil gives the tart some extra colour and visual appeal but I wouldn't go out of your way to buy some - I just had some to hand on my windowsill. I served the tarts with a green salad and crusty bread....best ea...

Wintry wet weather of biblical proportions definitely called for warming and hearty food at Dinnertime this week. This Sausage and Fennel Seed Ragu was one such meal and uses a slightly unusual method for cooking the sausages - they are boiled in their skins - sounds disgusting but trust me it works. The fennel seeds give the dish a wonderfully punchy flavour so if you are making this for very young children it might be best to half the amount of fennel seed. Have a great weekend. print recipe Sausage and Fennel Seed Ragu by Beth Sachs July-13-2012 A hearty pasta dish Ingredients 8 Good Quality Pork Sausages 300g Penne 2 Shallots, chopped 1 Garlic Clove, chopped 1 TSP (scant) Fennel Seeds 400g Tin of Chopped Tomatoes Handful Parmesan, grated Small handful Basil leaves Instructions Step 1: Boil the sausages in their skins for 8 minutes, drain and leave to cool. Once cool, slit the skins and chop up the sausage meat, set to one sid...

The end of term is nearly upon us (eeek) so Lowen and I decided to spend yesterday evening making some chocolate fudge to give to her teachers as an end of term present. Anyone and I mean absolutely anyone can make this - you really can't go wrong (I don't think!..). I bought some clear cellophane bags to pop the pieces of fudge into and then Lowen got creative with stickers! I'm sure her teachers will appreciate the effort (well, it doesn't exactly take much effort) and is much nicer and more personal than a box of shop bought chocolates or fudge. If you wanted to, you could add some chopped nuts into the mixture or even dried fruit - we kept it nice and simple though. On a different but school related note, I had an email from Voucher Codes regarding some Marks and Spencer voucher codes and I noticed one for 20% off school wear (which expires today)......time to start thinking about the new school year already and not leave it until the last week in August t...

Last week The Kernow Sausage Co, based in Tregony, Cornwall very kindly sent me their BBQ box to try. The box is filled with 2 types of sausage, their award winning burgers and some marinated pork fillet. It's priced at £37.95 and in my opinion is really good value for money considering how much you get - certainly enough to feed 10 people, if not more. Unfortunately the weather hasn't really been up to many BBQ's this summer (although we did take the burgers along to a rather soggy inside BBQ last Saturday), so I decided to start developing some of my own recipes with the contents of the box. First up is this really easy Sausage Carbonara which my kids gobbled down. Because the sausages are so well seasoned you really don't need many additional ingredients, which makes it a very speedy supper. You can find The Kernow Sausage Co on Twitter . print recipe Sausage Carbonara by Beth Sachs June-29-2012 Serve with extra grated parmesan Ingredi...

These chewy chocolate orange cookies are perfect for an after school snack for kids. Great with a glass of cold milk. A quick and easy Friday treat for the kids (and adults!) for when they get home from school. The recipe takes 10 minutes to make and 10 minutes to bake, then you just have to resist tucking in until the kids get home. They taste like a Terry's Chocolate Orange, which can only be a good thing in my book.  I hope everyone enjoys the weekend despite the weather - I think plenty of cooking and baking will be on the cards. print recipe Chewy Chocolate Orange Cookies by Beth Sachs June-15-2012 Perfect with a glass of cold milk Ingredients 125g Butter, melted 75g Dark Muscavado Sugar 100g Golden Caster Sugar 1 Egg, beaten Zest of Half an Orange 150g Plain Flour 1/2 TSP Baking Powder Pinch of Sea Salt 120g Dark Chocolate Chips Instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 190c and line two baking trays with baking ...

I thought I would create a Cornish Honey Cake and submit it as my entry for the Best of British Blogger Challenge Cornwall edition. The blogger challenge is sponsored by The Face of New World Appliances and the host of the Cornish round is fellow Cornish dweller Choclette. A slice of this, without question, would be best enjoyed warm out of the oven with a big dollop of Cornish Clotted Cream Ice Cream. print recipe Cornish Honey Cake by Beth Sachs June-13-2012 A lovely moist cake, serve with clotted cream icecream Ingredients 250g Clear Honey 225g Butter, cubed 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 3 Eggs, beaten 300g Self Raising Flour, sifted and put into large mixing bowl 1 TSP Ground Ginger Instructions Step 1: Grease and line a 20cm springform tin and preheat the oven to 160c. Step 2: In a large pan melt the honey, butter and sugar. Once liquid, increase the heat and boil for 1 minute stirring continuously. Take off the heat and cool f...

@EthelTheGoat of Capricorn Goats Cheese fame kindly invited me to take part in the #CapricornChallenge on Twitter. I obviously said yes and an amazing hamper filled to the brim with ingredients, including Capricorn Goats Cheese from Somerset, landed on my doorstep this morning. I was given strict instructions by @EthelTheGoat to devise a lip smacking recipe to post on my blog.....and this Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto is what I came up with - I hope Ethel approves.  print recipe Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto by Beth Sachs June-12-2012 Serve with extra Parmesan Ingredients 30g Butter 1 Onion, chopped 2 Smoked Bacon Rashers, chopped 1 TSP Fresh Thyme Leaves 300g Arborio Rice Splash of White Wine 1 Litre Hot Vegetable Stock Handful Frozen Peas 100g Capricorn Goats Cheese, rind removed and chopped Handful Parmesan, grated Seasoning Instructions Step 1: Melt the butter in a large pan, and fry the onion, bacon...