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    Rhubarb Bundt Cake

    It's impossible for me to go near a greengrocer shop without coming out with bags of fruit and vegetables. Shoes used to be my weakness, and in fact still are, but to a lesser extent, because nowadays I am obsessed with food and ingredients. A beautiful bottle of truffled oil holds the same allure a[...]
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    Roasted Apricot, Vanilla & Quinoa Cakes

    When I was younger I hated apricots. I think it came from my hatred of sultanas, raisins and mixed peel and I had simply just associated apricots as yet another horrible leathery dried fruit, because in all honesty I can't remember ever eating a fresh apricot back then. While I can happily say today[...]
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    Yoghurt Cake with Sangria Poached Pears

    Sangria and cake, they are not two words that you would immediately think of belonging together, but let me tell you the combination is delicious. I'd first spotted the recipe for this Yoghurt Cake with Sangria Poached Fruits in Delicious Simply The Best some time ago. And the other day I finall[...]
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    Gluten Free Lemon Cake with Blueberry Frosting

    Lemons are kitchen essential I am never without. I use lemons in everything - from pastas, soups, cakes, tarts and drinks. The zing that they add always reminds me of summer, even when it's cold and wet outside. So with my love of lemons, and having made Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake again recentl[...]
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    Chocolate Beetroot Marmalade Cake

    I don't know about you, but a few years ago I would never have thought of combining chocolate and beetroot in a cake. It sounds strange, and the look on my fiances face when I told him I had made a Chocolate Beetroot Cake proved my point. He looked at me dubiously and said "Sounds interesting", whic[...]
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    Blood Plum Torte

    This Plum Torte recipe is the most requested and most published recipe in the New York Times, appearing a total of 12 times. It's so popular, and so loved, that when Amanda Hesser came to write The Essential New York Times Cookbook and she asked readers for suggestions on what recipes to include 247[...]