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Bear Paws by RoxanneMy mother in-law is originally from New Castle, and I was looking for some recipes
I can make her that she might enjoy.
I came upon a website that has English recipes.
Is this recipes for "cupcakes"? Thanks!
3oz) margarine
(3oz) white sugar
(4oz) self raising flour
2 medium eggs
Milk
salt
1. Place the margarine and sugar into a bowl, mix together well until margarine is soft and no sugar remains in bowl.
2. Place the eggs in a separate bowl, and beat well.
3. Add the beaten egg a little at a time to margarine and sugar, mix together well.
4. Sieve the flour into the mixture, add the salt and fold well.
5. Add enough milk to make mixture into a soft dropping consistency.
6. Spoon into greaseproof baking cases and bake in a pre-heated oven at (160°C), (325°F),(Gas Mark 3) for 20-25 minutes.
7. When golden remove from bake and place on wire tray to cool, do not remove from cases until cool.
Can be served plain, or topped with icing or chocolate. Often served plain with fresh cream and strawberry Jam.
Bear Paws by RoxanneOh, never mind... :redface: I googled it and they are cupcakes.... 
Thanks anyways.......... :hug:
Pearl Button BearsHI Roxanne,
I had to let you know how you need to decorate real fairy cakes... or so I was brought up to have! (Im from not too far from Newcastle) You need to make them smallish in size and then when cooked and cooled take a knife and cut a disk out of the top you put into the dip you have made some butter icing (frosting?) with the disk you have cut out you cut it in half and arrange the halves back on top to resemble fairy wings ( or butterflies)... I will try and draw this if it doesn't make sense or you cant find a pic. Im sure that will make her smile!
You could also look at scones ... you have them with clotted cream and jam. How about a Yorkshire pudding? That's savoury basically batter cooked in the oven... google it. There is also a stottie which is a soft bread make in a disk shape but you poke a hole in the middle... a big flat doughnut type of shape. I dont know if you will find a recipe for that... when I have been to the bakers on a visit there ( Newcastle) I always get one. Its a soft white bread.
If you need to know ant more give me a shout! Try googling BBC Food which is linked to the BBC for lots of recipes - I guess you will need to convert the measurements though. 
Good Luck and hope you make some lovely food!
xx Julie xx
Bear Paws by RoxanneThank Julie! That sounds like an beautiful idea!
Oh, I have had her yorkshire pudding..... Yummo! She makes it with her roast and we smother them with the gravy..Love it. She has also spoke of bubbles and squeak and toad in a hole. Is that right?
The stottie sounds great too. What is "clotted cream"? Is it like a whipped cream or a cream cheese?
Thank you!
Teenytinyteddybearscan I come and visit too? All sounds yummy. Not British but my Granddad was and remember making the little cakes like that. Scones of course. I make individual yorkies in muffin tins. Rule is. you make 12 for dinner with gravy etc. You quietly make another 12 that you stash till morning, breakfast (for you only of course) is 6 with syryp and cream and 6 with heated up gravy ( that you also stashed the night before). Roxanne you are so sweet to do things like that for her. She will be a very happy lady.
Mmmm, great British food 
I go to University at Durham, which is only 10 minutes from Newcastle on the train- nice to hear you have a Geordie link! Bubble and Squeak is cabbage and potato based fried stuff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_and_squeak) and Toad-in-the-hole is just sausages cooked in a giant Yorkshire pudding Clotted cream is Cornish, and is like extra extra thick cream- I had some on a scone with jam yesterday after fighting my mother for it- yummy!
Stotties are good 
I was introduced to a new Northern Recipe this summer- London Pizza. I'd never heard of it, but it's basically a margarita with chips and garlic sauce all over it 
Genius!
Since I'm from Yorkshire, and Yorkshire Puddings and pancakes are my favourite foods, I make them a lot.
I don't know the measurements though, I just guess.
The Yorkshire Pudding batter I use is:
Plain Flour
3 Eggs
A pinch of salt
Milk
Mix well (not too thick, but not too thin either)
Warm the pudding tray in the oven with a little lard or oil. (gas mark 6 or electric 180°c for about 10 mins)(add sausages now if making toad-in-the-hole)
Once the fat is hot, pour in the pudding batter
The puddings should take about 20 minutes.
(I use the same batter for pancakes, but I use 2 eggs for these instead of 3)
There are some nice recipes on the Be-Ro website too.
Here is the recipes page:
http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm
Hmmm...I'm hungry now...bangers and mash in a giant yorkshire pudding for dinner. Yum.
Hugs,
Kat
Bear Paws by RoxanneWow! Thanks for the great ideas!
Oh Miss Kat, What is bangers and mash? Sounds super interesting to me!
Thank you friends :hug:
Hi
Bangers are sausages ......and mash is mashed potatoes.
I'm from Lancashire and we would have a pile of mashed potatoes with sausages on top and gravy. Sometimes you will see photos of the sausages sticking on there ends out of the mash.
Simple but tasty ! http://static.flickr.com/1/125099787_c13a245328.jpg
Newcastle, OntarioI grew up with British parents and know all these food combos from when I was a kid. My mum would cook them for my dad, and I have to admit, I do some of them on occasion. The food I love is Treacle pudding - a steamed pudding with lovely warm treacle over it. I never learned how to make it as mum never left a receipe, BUT I did find a fabulous receipe for the microwave, on the internet, and it tastes pretty much like I remember it. So when my sister comes at Xmas time, I make one and we sit and eat the whole thing and talk about Xmas memories from when we were kids a nd everyone else thinks we're nuts! They won't even try it! :crackup:
hugs,
Brenda
Bear Paws by RoxanneThis is so much fun!
I love to bake and discover other recipes, especially the English culture.
Well, here is my Toad in the hole, and a fairy cake.
Did I do good?
Oh, Note to self...... Do NOT grab the frying pan handle after you take it out of the oven while hot :redface:
Teenytinyteddybearsthat is not fair... looks toooo good. well done you. Now I really NEED yorkshire pud
Teenytinyteddybearsoh, P.S. I used a Jamie Oliver recipe for toad in the hole once and the gravy was super yummy, more like onion marmalade/gravy, used red onions. very very tasty
Posts: 3,540NUTS WOMAN!!! I'm over to your house for dinner 
Save me some!!!! YUUUMMMMM!!!! 
Also, I've no idea how far away a Whole Foods is from you, but they sell clotted cream, fresh over from the Homeland. 
It all looks pretty perfect to me .....and very English ! :clap:
Matilda Huggington-beareOH YUMMM!!!!!!! Roxanne, my mum always dusted her fairy cakes with icing sugar just before serving.
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