Recipes
Our recipe section has a range of home-style cooking and meal ideas to use those delicious organic vegetables you have worked so hard to grow. Now time to reap the benefits!
You can of course, use our recipes as a guide and tweak them to suit your own tastes. They are in the main, written by somebody who loves food and doesn't measure anything so we hope you enjoy our 'rustic' take on the selection of dishes here. We have recipes by vegetable, fruit, nuts or herbs and soups, which are extremely versatile as well as some fabulous and inspiring Canning & Preserving recipes and information from our lovely friend at LoveJars - Rosie.
You can also submit your recipes and we will share them on our Growers' Recipes section!
Victoria Sponge
A classic sweet treat for afternoon tea!
Ingredients
We all love a cuppa and a slice of cake, especially when they're so simple to bake!
- 5 ounces plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 4 ounces of sugar
- 4 ounces of butter
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
For the cake filling
- Jam
- 5 ounces butter
- 10 ounces of icing sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon of Vanilla Essence
- Couple of spoonfuls of water or milk
- Food colouring (optional)
Please note that our recipes are an approximate guideline - Quantities along with ingredients are totally adaptable to suit personal taste, consistency and density as well as portion sizes.
Method
- Grease two cake tins and pre-heat your oven to 190 degrees
- Mix together your sugar, butter and eggs into a smooth and airy mixture
- Gradually add your sieved flour and baking powder
- Pour your smooth cake mixture equally into the two tins and cook for approx 25 minutes until golden brown and bouncy!
- To make your buttercream filling, mix your butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence - gradually add your milk or water until you get a smooth but firm consistency (Food colouring is optional)
- Allow to cool and spread your favourite jam onto one half of your cake and your butter cream filling onto the other before placing it on top of the bottom half to form a sandwich
- Dust the top of your cake with some icing sugar
