The pineapple upside down cake is nearly 100 years old. Upside down cakes were first invented in the 1800s when ovens would not have been common items in the kitchen. Instead, cooks would use a skillet pan to make a …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Chocolate, Beetroot and Banana Cake
Last week there were a couple of bananas that had been sitting in our fruit bowl for over a week. As the weather is getting warmer I notice the bananas seem to turn brown quicker. So I thought about different …
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Chocolate Sourdough Bread and Butter Pudding Cake
When I was a child I always remember my Nan would always make a bread and butter pudding. It was a favourite dessert of mine as a child. At the end of the week, if there was bread left over, …
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Ginger Cake
Jamaican Ginger Cake was one of me and my husband’s favourite cakes. I used to really enjoy a slice of this a few years ago at Uni. Well, maybe more than a few, nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Nowadays, due to …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Sourdough Bread and Butter Pudding Cake
Sourdough Bread and Butter Pudding Cake Before Ted was born, my husband Howard and I would visit a country church my mum likes to go to. On the first Sunday of every month during the summer they host an event …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Apple Crumble Cheesecake
Cheesecake has to be a favourite dessert in our house. My husband does love a good cheesecake. When I told my husband and son that I was making an apple crumble cheesecake they looked at me as if I was …
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Pirate Ship Birthday Cake
Ted, my son, will be turning 5 this year and he decided that he would like a pirate theme birthday party. Suddenly Ted loves pirates and boats. I then convinced him to have a mermaids and pirates party to which …
Ginger Parkin
My grandfather would make Ginger Parkin when my dad was a child. I remember dad telling me that my grandfather was a Yorkshire man. Parkin is traditionally a cake which originated in the north of England. It’s very often associated …
Pumpkin Spiced Cake
Pumpkin Spiced Cake is similar to my other recipes but this time it involves pumpkin. Plus it uses those lovely warming spices which I think are needed at this time of year. Our family is loving the sweetness that the …
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