Month: March 2022

The Bishops’ Kitchen – March ’22

Mother’s Day is on Sunday, 27th March and Richard Childs offers two children friendly recipes this month…

Chocolate Fairy Cakes

For the Cake:

  • 200g butter, softened
  • 200g sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 tbsp cocoa powder dissolved in 3-4 tbsp. boiling water

For the Butter Cream Icing:

  • 160g butter, softened
  • 320g icing butter
  • 55g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 1-2 tbsp milk white & chocolate buttons

Method:

Pre heat oven 180c/gas mark 4. Line the whole of 2×12  fairy cake tins with paper cases.

In a large bowl cream together the butter & sugar together until the mixture is light & fluffy.
Beat the eggs in one at a time, add a tablespoon of flour if the mixture curdles.
Add the vanilla extract & cocoa mix. Gently fold in the flour until no traces of flour are visible. If mixture is to thick add a little milk. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins 2/3 full & bake for 15-20 mins or until golden brown on top & springy to touch.
Set aside for 5 mins to cool on wire rack before removing from tin. To make butter cream beat the butter until soft add half the icing sugar & beat till smooth, add remaining icing sugar, cocoa powder & 1 tablespoon of milk & beat until creamy, add more milk if necessary to loosen icing Once the cakes are cool spread butter cream on top & decorate with the chocolate buttons.

Blueberry Muffins

  • 110g plain flour
  • 110g butter softened
  • 65g caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp baking flour
  • 125g blueberries
  • pinch grated nutmeg

Method:

Cream the butter & sugar together then slowly add the eggs mix for 3 mins.
Then add the flour, baking powder & nutmeg. Stir to combine then refrigerate for at least an hour, preferably overnight. Place a spoonful of mixture into each muffin case, filling to just over halfway.
Stud each muffin with about 8 blueberries. Bake in oven at 200c/gas mark 6 for 20 mins for or until golden on top.  Serve warm.

 

All recipes are from Hursey resident, Richard Childs.

Missed a recipe? Click HERE to view Richard’s earlier recipes and other seasonal ideas.

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It’s Pancake Day! Tuesday, 1st March

The exact date of Shrove Tuesday changes from year to year. But one thing stays the same — it’s always 47 days before Easter Sunday.
In the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada, Shrove Tuesday has another name –  Pancake Day!

A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a frying pan. A traditional English pancake is very thin and is served immediately. Lemon juice and caster sugar, syrup, bananas and other fruits are the usual toppings for pancakes.


Pancakes are being served at the Comrades Hall this morning from 10.30am – 12 noon.
£3 including your cup of tea/coffee 🙂
In aid of St. Andrew’s Church, Burstock.

The ingredients for pancakes are seen to symbolise four points of significance at this time of year:

  • Eggs ~ Creation
  • Flour ~ The staff of life
  • Milk ~ Purity
  • Salt ~ Wholesomeness

To make approximately 8 pancakes you will need:

  • 2 Large eggs
  • 8oz plain flour,
  • 1 pint milk,
  • Pinch of salt.

Mix all the ingredients together and whisk well. (Children can help but it can get messy!) Leave to stand for at least 30 minutes.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan, pour in enough batter to cover the base of the pan and let it cook until the base of the pancake has browned. Then shake the pan to loosen the pancake and flip the pancake over to brown the other side. Serve immediately.

Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival celebrated in many countries across the globe. It is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. This was to remember when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days to fast and pray. Lent is a period of around six weeks leading up to Easter. During Lent, Christians give up rich, tasty foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat (some Christians continue to do so). Shrove Tuesday was the last chance to eat them. Shrove is the past tense of the word shrive, which means to present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution. Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). A bell would be rung to call people to confession. This came to be called the “Pancake Bell” and is still rung today.

Lent Lunches: 12.30 – 2pm at the Comrades Hall

Each Thursday from 3rd March – Thursday 7th April
£5 includes soup, bread, cheese pickle, tea and coffee and a warm welcome 🙂

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