Apple Cake with apples from the apple tree

It's that time of year again...time to find any apples on the apple tree that haven't been too badly eaten by insects. I tend to cut off the good bits to use in recipes and the bad bits go into the compost bin.  I decided to make apple cake. I've made this Mary Berry apple...

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Persian cooking: Fesen joon recipe

One of my biggest regrets is never learning to cook from my mum before it was too late. In her friendship group, she openly admitted that she wasn't the best cook when it came to Persian food but having tried to cook Persian food myself, I've realised that it isn't as easy at she...

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Strawberry cookies?

We set out to make strawberry cookies, but ended up with something that was a cross between a cookie and a rock cake. Tasted biscuity-cookie-like enough but looked more like a rock cake. Either way, it tasted good.Ingredients:150g chopped fresh strawberries 100g caster sugar250g...

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