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08:17, Tue, Jan 13, 2026 Updated: 08:30, Tue, Jan 13, 2026 Victorian sponge cakes are one of the easiest desserts to make, and are perfect for a lazy evening when you want to bake something delicious ...

My Christmas baking is done, once again with a nod to a woman wearing a hand-tatted lace collar and cameo brooch. No, not jolly Mrs. Claus, but someone who gave us words as gifts, the poet Emily ...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Boil syrup, sugar and shortening over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in flour and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 3 inches apart on ...

Next week, the University of Chicago Press will publish a facsimile of Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets, first published in 1889. Included among the illustrations of such unnatural ...

Custard creams are one of those biscuits almost every British household has bought at some point. They seem simple — a creamy filling sandwiched between two patterned biscuits — but that unmistakable ...