20 July Sunny Sunny

Sunny day is always good for people walk around in the Tabacco Factory.

Chinese Wine bottles covers

New coming... Chinese Wine bottles covers showing in the same table. Limited Sale

Chocolate Fudge Slice

Carrot, Cakes(Recipe), Cinnamon and Apple Cakes

- Put 300g of light brown sugar and 2 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon into a large mixing bowl.
- In a large measuring jug mix 240g of sunflower oil with 5 eggs and beat well.
- Mix these together in the mixing bowl and add 300g of self-raising flour, 300g of grated carrot and 80g of broken walnuts.
- Beat well and pour the mixture into a 22cm*33cm tin, lined with one piece of greaseproof paper which goes up the sides as well.
- Bake for about 45 minutes on the middle shelf of the oven at 160 degrees c.
- When it is cool, turn it out on to a cooling rack.
- The icing is made with half a small tub of Philadelphia full fat soft cheese, 50g of softened butter and about 400g -500g of icing sugar.
- Spread the icing on top of the carrot cake and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Tobacco factory - 27 Apr 2008

The Tobacco factory was hold on 27 April - last Sunday in Bristol. You can find many different home made things ( cakes, cheese, chocolates, vegetable, clothes, handiworks......)

Baby fairies cakes

You can make these little fairy cakes for parties or special occasions with the basic Victoria sponge cake recipe - and then just decorate them as you like.

Mince Pies

Usually mince pies are eaten at Christmas, but with homemade mincemeat, you can eat them whenever you like. They are especially nice served warm with custard or cream, or both!

Tea Breads

Tea bread is like a fruit cake but without the fat so you can slice it thinly and butter it. It's very tasty but not sweet. There are all sorts of regional recipes for this. Many years ago in England, before food was cheap and before pre-packed convenience food was available, nothing was thrown away and even the left-over tea in the tea-pot was used - and so you have tea bread

Farmhouse

Various Fruit, Cherry and other Family Cakes

Back Row, from Left to Right you will see:

• Weavers fruit cakes, Ginger cakes with crystallied ginger, farmhouse fruit cakes and sticky prune and date cakes

Front Row, from Left to Right you will see:

• Date and walnut cakes, Cherry and almond cakes and cherry cakes
  

Brownies Recipe

• 200 ml vegetable oil
• 150g golden granulated sugar
• 100g dark brown soft sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 60g cocoa powder
• 100g self-raising flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
• 100g chopped walnuts (optional)

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C, (165 degrees C fan assisted), 350 degrees F, gas mark 4. Prepare a 20 x 25cm baking tin by greasing and lining with greaseproof paper

• Put all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat well together

• Put mixture into prepared tin and bake for 25 - 30 minutes, depending on how chewy you like your brownies

• Let the brownies cool in the tin (unless you want to eat them warm), then turn out.

• You can serve them as they are, or with a little sprinkle of sieved icing sugar, or you can sprinkle on chocolate chips while still hot and they melt on to the surface.

Easter cakes

Happy Easter! Most people like choosing presents as chocolates, Easter cakes also are welcome.You can make all of these with the basic Victoria sponge cake mix - just add decorations. Let's try!!!

Gatcombe Farm Shop

The Farm shop opens at

AM9:00 - PM5:30 Mon - Fri
AM9:00 - PM5:00 Sat
AM10:00 - PM13:00 Sun

Normally they will be sold out before lunch time. Let's find out!

Various home made cakes

Here you can find various flavours, Apple pies, Raspberry Jam Tarts, Bakewell Tarts, Weavers Fruit Cakes, Chocolate fudge Slices, Baby Easter Fairy Cakes, Sponges......

Cakes at Gatcombe Farm Shop

Normally you can buy the cakes in Gatcombe Farm Shop which is on the Weston Road leading into Long Ashton, Bristol. They sell their own beef, pork, lamb... etc and sell many local products.

Apple Pies and Treacle Tarts

Make different flavoured sponges

Continue......

• Add a half a teaspoon of strawberry essence and a few drops of cochineal(to make the sponge a pink colour) to make a strawberry flavoured sponge

• Add half a teaspoon of almond essence to make an almond-flavoured sponge

Next Step......
How to make icing...

Chocolate, Coffee, Lemon Sponge

The recipe is same for 3 flavours - Chocolate, Coffee&Lemon.

• Add the grated rind of a lemon or orange to make a citrus sponge.

• Or add 2 level tablespoons of cocoa powder to make chocolate.

Victoria Sponge Recipe

• 175g soft margarine
• 175 caster sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 175g self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon Madagascar Bourbon vanilla extract
• Grease and line 2 18cm sandwich tins
• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F

Put all ingredients into a large bowl and beat well until thoroughly blended.Divide the mixture between the two tins, and bake in the oven on the middle shelf for about 28 minutes, or until well risen and golden.
Cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes and then turn out. When cold, sandwich the cakes together with strawberry or raspberry jam.