
Because sometimes you want a simple, quick, delicious cake and this recipe fits the bill. Not too large with umpteen layers to negotiate, not small and fiddly; just the right size.
With grated carrot, crushed pineapple and warm spices, this cake is moist, flavoursome and topped with the most moreish of all icings – cream cheese.
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Good old fashioned Beef stew. What is there to say about it? Nourishing, thick, warming, tasty and packed with good stuff. Just the thing for the colder months. Economical too as it uses a cheaper cut of meat and root vegetables which as always gratifyingly reasonable. Increase the meat a little and you can feed an army.
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Autumn comfort food, beef, butter, carrot, casserole steak, celery, fluffy dumplings, Oxo, parsnip, stewing steak, swede

Warming, tasty lamb stew; beloved by man, woman and child alike. The cats always hang around when we eat it as well, but that comes firmly into ‘you’re fresh out of luck’ category.
Easy-peasy, keeps in the fridge for about 3 days or freezes brilliantly. I love this recipe and Alex practically leaps with joy when I tell him I’m making it, so one for the kids, too.
This recipe will be the quantity that I tend to use because it feeds us, with plenty leftover for frozen portions, but you know, it’s a stew! Fiddle with the quantities as much as you like. No harm will come.
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