This is my friend Julie’s recipe. Her family love it and as I watched Alex tuck into his second slice, it’s fair to say he loves it too. I’ll show my hand as well; it’s a winner!
Incredibly quick to do, with only 6 ingredients, it’s a marvel. Where has this recipe been all my life?
The filling; well, it’s somewhere in the region of a chiffon pie, a light airy unbaked cheesecake, a lemon sharp cream syllabub; delightful. The lemon cuts through the richness so successfully that it is easy to have a smaller second slice. Hooray, for that.
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This Sticky Date cake is effectively a boiled fruit cake, but as it’s egg-free and uses a tin of condensed milk, I was intrigued. It’s a recipe from ‘The Hairy Bikers: Mums know best’ and was given to them by someone they met. When Mum looked at the recipe, she recognised it as one of Delia Smith’s, so if ever you needed evidence that recipes do the rounds, then here you have it.
I have to say, I’m not sure that ‘sticky’ is the perfect word. It is sticky, but more than that, it’s moist and flavourful. The condensed milk gives it a hint of caramel and richness. As I say so frequently that I bore even myself, it is easy to do. It’s fun to do too – not least because the unappetising gunk in the saucepan transforms into quite possibly the nicest fruitcake ever.
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