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Here we are making a homemade cake from scratch. It's not that hard as you will see. It's kind of like making bread. We call this cake a "Christmas Cake", but you can call it what you want. We c (..more)

Here we are making a homemade cake from scratch. It's not that hard as you will see. It's kind of like making bread. We call this cake a "Christmas Cake", but you can call it what you want. We call it this because the cake itself is flavored and colored. Icing on top of it is therefore optional. The cake is sweet enough as is, and you can find a bunch of icing recipes her on YouTube. This recipe is a small cake and makes 2 good sized servings. If you need more than that than simply double the recipe. Recipe: 1 cup flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup soft shortening such as butter 1 egg Into the wet ingredients you can place the flavors such as: anise flavor (1/8 teaspoon) almond flavor(1/8 teaspoon) lemon flavor (1/2 teaspoon) vanilla flavor (1 teaspoon real, or 1 tablespoon artificial) Opt: cinnamon (1/4 teaspoon) and ginger (1/4 teaspoon) A drop or two of food color can be used in the batter for a colored cake. For ex. 1 drop of red will give a pink cake, and 2 or 3 will give more of a red cake. [It is also possible to disolve the sugar and salt in the wet ingredients before mixing (..less)

An easy and really tasty curry made almost entirely from storecupboard ingredients. Make this when you have friends coming around - a little goes a long way and it's cheap as chips to make. Ed Baines (..more)

An easy and really tasty curry made almost entirely from storecupboard ingredients. Make this when you have friends coming around - a little goes a long way and it's cheap as chips to make. Ed Baines as seen on ITV1's Daily Cooks!. For more great vegetarian recipe ideas visit www.cooksforcooks.com (..less)