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Cardamom and Vanilla Scented Apple Cake - A wonderful recipe to use wonderful seasonal apples.
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185 grams unsalted butter, softened
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185 gms (3/4 cup) of caster sugar
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2 large eggs
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250 grams (2 cups ) of self raising flour
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150 mls of milk
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1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
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Seeds of 8 green cardamom pods, ground in a morter and pestle with a
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teaspoon of sugar
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2 large apples
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Juice of half a lemon
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icing sugar to sift
Preheat the oven to 180. Grease and line with parchment ( baking paper) a 20cm spring form cake tin. (the Silverwood one is probably best 
In a mixing bowl beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add in eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.
Mix through the ground cardamom and sugar, sift in the flour, and mix well. Add the milk and vanilla together and stir until smooth.
Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and level. Peel core and slice the apples, and sprinkle with the lemon juice. Arrange the slices in a circular pattern on top of the cake pressing each slice slightly into the cake batter.
Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Cool the cake in the tin for at least 10 minutes, then take out to cool on a rack. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
Delicious served warm with cream
Recipe from Helen Jacksons blog
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Sanitise their hands before entering the shop,Wear face masks and remember to...Keep to the social distance guidelines. We have extended our range of Cooking Fantastic Eatables!
For those who have missed our coffeeshop and cakes, we will once again be making a COW (Cake Of the Week) which will change every week and be available Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. You can also order our fresh Sultana or Cheese Scones, Carrot Cake and Chocolate Brownie (minimum of 4) anytime.
We have been working with Kendall's Farm Butchers who deliver to us on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and Acorn Organic who bring their delicious Milk and Cream on Mondays and Thursdays.
We are delighted to announce that we are now a drop-off point for KD Fruiterers who bring their Fruit and Veg Boxes to us every Thursday and we are stocking a small number of their basics, Thursday to Saturday.
Items such as Yorkshire Butter, Local Cheeses, delicious Ham and Turkey Slices, Jams and Chutneys, Oils and Balsamic Vinegars, Flour and NEW Yorkshire Pasta are usually in stock and our frozen items such as our popular pizza dough pucks,
white and granary part-baked bread, ice-creams, ready meals etc should always be available.
A huge positive in this recent situation is that we have been able to showcase our FANTASTIC local suppliers and would love you to try them too!
Our 3.500 different product lines are all still here (they may be a little dusty!) and you can now download or look at our food order form HERE and send your orders to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
PLEASE remember to leave your name and contact number - we always acknowledge ALL orders.
Orders placed by 2 pm on Tuesday will be ready for collection 2 pm Thursday.
Hint: You can fill in the form even without needing to use Ms Excel! Just download it and open it in Google Sheets then download and email it to us, or even just SHARE it with us on Google Sheets. 
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Chrissie's 80th Birthday Cake made by Sue
This beauty was for Chloe - guess how old she was?!
Kirsty Johnson's cake for Chloe
Amy Keen's cake for Noah!
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Mix a large tub of Natural Yogurt with grated Carrots, Apples (raw or cooked) and/or lightly cooked chopped up Liver.
Ladle into ice-cube trays and freeze.
Serve on hot-dog days
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Give the perfect gift - something to make cooking better, more fun, more professional, easier, stylish or just practical.
We are almost sure to have an item that fits the bill. We also sell a selection of birthday candles, kids novelties and fun gifts
Olive Wood items:
Pestle & Mortar £14.99 Rolling Pin Parmesan Grater £18.99
A classic and a great gift for the "Him" in your life.
Slate Cheeseboard & Utensils
A small selection of Cookery Books
And we are happy to do a bit of gift wrapping too....
What about a bouquet of cooking tools instead of flowers? Makes a great New Home or Wedding gift or what about a present for when your kids leave for University or their first home?
Chocolate Fondue Set £9.99
Find more LOVE gifts here!
Fridge Clocks
Character mugs
For the Kids
Emma Bridgewater Melamine Mug, Plate, Knife, Fork and Spoon
Tractor for the boys
Dancing Mice for the girls
Fridge Monkey - For storing bottled drinks in the fridge.
Fun bottle stops!
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You can also now order ANY meat or fish or pies from Kendall's to be delivered to us any Thursday, Friday or Saturday which we are REALLY excited about!! Mmmmm, a constant supply of pork pies.
Orders can be placed up to 5 pm the day before collection with us (01423 565855) or Kendall's (01423 711342)
We are open 10-6pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday for collection and a piece cake, of course, while you come to pick them up .....
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Thank you for contacting us at Cooking Fantastic.
We will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.
Best Dishes,
Tanya
