In a suitably sized sauce pan add the fruit, butter, sugar, spice, bicarb soda and water. Bring to the boil while stirring occasionally. Once boiled remove from the heat and allow to cool. Once cooled ...

Simmer all ingredients in a large saucepan, when cool add 2 eggs and 1 and a half cups of self raising flour. Bake in 2 log tins or 20 centimetre square tin. Line base of cake tin with paper (greased) ...

In this week’s shared cookery column, JULIAN COLE averts a scandal as he introduces a recipe for boiled whisky cake. THERE have been more than enough scandals in journalism lately. So let’s get this ...

A fruit cake was requested so Nan whipped this one up and managed to take a picture before Papa started eating it. “He took half to work. Hopefully he was going to share it.” ...