With 25 years of experience as a Telegraph columnist, chef and food writer, Xanthe Clay provides guidance on everything from roasting a Christmas turkey to baking the perfect loaf of bread. As the ...

In baking, humble cocoa powder is easier to work with and stronger than expensive chocolate, and can hold its own against the other ingredients. See for yourself in these easy birthday cake and ...

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Bitter treacle gives deep, rich flavour to these whisky-laden parkin and ‘thunder-and-lightning’ scone recipes – just the sort of comforting indulgence that will brighten up any fireside teatime ...

1.	Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C. Line a loaf tin with baking paper. 2.	Place 60g. butter in a small saucepan and when melted add 100g muscovado sugar and stir until dissolved. Pour into the ...

My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It seems redolent of ginger, cloves, ...

This rich and squidgy cake provides a big hit of iron Credit: Kirstie Young Many teens have low iron levels (especially if they are vegan) so adding iron-rich treacle, cocoa and prunes to a cake will ...

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