Ruby bakes
Ruby Tandoh's weekly baking masterclass
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Ruby Bakes: Recreate the childhood joy of the sweetshop in the kitchen with a marvellously moreish Malteser layer cake and a millionaire’s shortbread that uses the humble but toothsome Snickers bar as its inspiration
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If you’re going to the trouble of decorating a cake, go for it or go home, says Ruby. Witness these fun, tongue-in-cheek recipes for kitsch cake truffles and rainbow-coloured chocolate sandwich cookies
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Ruby bakes: This week it’s the turn of crisp, decadent choux pastry, with these recipes for chocolate eclairs spiked with bright, sharp berries, and bonfire-night ready, dairy-free choux doughnuts, stuffed with caramelised apples and ice-cream
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Ruby bakes: A duo of much-loved burnt-crust desserts. As the spoon cracks the sugary windowpane of these sweet, creamy brulees, you know you’re in for a special (if short-lived) treat
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Ruby bakes: Disregard all notions of a healthy breakfast of chia and acai: start your day with a marmalade-glazed fruit loaf or a banana pecan muffin
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Ruby bakes: Put an autumn coat on your baking with these easy crumble recipes.
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Ruby bakes: Crumble doesn’t have to be sweet. Here’s a cheesy, herby version for any stew or casserole.
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Ruby bakes: It’s the turn of savoury bakes this week, with recipes for a buttery hot water pastry packed with veg and shortcrust pies stuffed with spicy beans
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Ruby bakes: Forget about your worries by turning an autumnal glut of pears into an oozy ale and syrup cake, or poach them in sugar and saffron and use in a rich brownie tart
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Ruby bakes: Everyone likes a dunk, and these simple recipes for chilli cornbread scones and pretzel rolls will spice up your soup, add substance to your chilli, or mop up the juices of your stew
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Ruby bakes: Baking with seasonal fruit requires a level of poise that the Americans have mastered; while we have fallen flat
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Ruby Bakes: Do your worktops regularly become a battlefield littered with the carnage of baking? Well, not this time
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Ruby Bakes: Bake light, chewy cookies and tender cakes with a melting crumb by replacing butter with nut oils
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Conference pears work well in this recipe, though any variety is fine as long it’s perfectly ripe and tender. You can find nibbed (or pearl) sugar online, but crunchy demerara sugar will do the job just fine.
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Bake tender, sweet, flavourful rock cakes by balancing the texture – firm enough to hold its shape while it bakes freeform, yet rich and moist inside
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Ruby bakes: No-bake desserts are a winner, whatever the weather. These creamy refrigerator cakes will help keep kitchen temperatures down
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Ruby bakes: A fleeting midsummer delight to be cherished, zingy blackcurrants find their natural home in creamy traditional cakes
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Ruby bakes: Summer’s the time for slurping ices and lollies straight off the stick, but sometimes homemade ice-cream is called for
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Ruby Bakes: Patisserie is practicaly a religion in Portugal, from where these two heavenly confections originate, the Jesuit pastry and the bread of God
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Ruby Bakes: Unlike fancy gateaux, swiss rolls and roulades keep their velvety richness hidden within
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Ruby Bakes: The unlovely old-fashioned gooseberry can give a fresh, sharply summery flavour to cakes, crumbles and sorbets
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Buttermilk provides a quick, sweet-and-sour dough perfect for honey‑glazed doughnuts and blueberry soda bread buns
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Ruby bakes: Ruby pairs peach with pepper for a sweet, spicy bake, then strawberries are piled high atop vanilla custard and sprinkled with pine nuts
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Add a floral touch to your bakes with this summery sponge sandwich with its floral hint of camomile and bright pineapple curd, and this delicate orange blossom and strawberry panna cotta
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Ruby Bakes: Scones ... is it jam first or cream? How do you pronounce ‘scone’ anyway? Who cares? Try baking either of these experimental scone-based recipes, or invent your own new variations, and you’ll get irresistible results.
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The classic quiche – no longer a vestige of 1970s naffness – here is revamped into a couple of picnic-perfect summer treats: a herby, crumbly affair laced with salmon and ricotta, and a heartier pie, bursting with roasted cauliflower
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Rosie bakes: Old-school biscuits are hard to beat. These twists on the jammie dodger and the bourbon cream make teatime treats so good you’ll have a hard time not scoffing the lot
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Ruby bakes: Delicious nutritious milk is transformed into a duo of dreamy desserts: a creamy ‘three milk’ cake by way of Mexico, plus a twist on gulab jamun – the toothsome, syrupy dough balls popular in southern Asia
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Ruby bakes: 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 treacle brownie recipes.
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Ruby bakes: The best pies are the ones you can eat with your hands, which is where hot-water pastry comes in handy
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Ruby bakes: Aromatic cinnamon can add warmth and mellowness to your baking – especially when used alongside other spices
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Ruby bakes: Sweet and savoury recipes for sticky maple and bacon buns, and a cheesy toffee apple pie
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Ruby bakes: Ricotta leaves cakes and cheesecakes light and creamy without the usual heaviness of a butter-based mix
Final curtain: Ruby Tandoh's treacle pancake and chocolate cookie recipes inspired by Tinseltown