As tasty cold as it is warm, perfect for the festive season. In a suitably sized sauce pan add the fruit, butter, sugar, spice, bicarb soda and water. Bring to the boil while stirring occasionally.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Lucky leftovers from crawfish boils inspire a myriad of clever dishes. This spicy Louisiana riff on crab cakes strikes the perfect balance between filler and crawfish.

Depression cake, war cake, poverty fruitcake, bachelor’s cake, milkless, butterless, eggless cake, boiled cake, poor man’s cake — call it what you will, raisin cake’s time has come. Edmonds reader ...

One of the most well-loved recipes on my blog, this fantastically moist, boiled orange chocolate cake is sweetened naturally with honey and has a delicate hint of citrus. I like to top it with a ...

Now is the perfect time to make your Christmas cake, so the flavours have a chance to mingle and mature. Be sure to douse it with a couple of tablespoons of warmed brandy every week and keep it well ...

June Borosky has a lot to be thankful for during this weekend of gratitude. The Simpson mother of six, grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of seven battled breast cancer twice and won. She ...

In this week’s shared cookery column, JULIAN COLE averts a scandal as he introduces a recipe for boiled whisky cake. THERE have been more than enough scandals in journalism lately. So let’s get this ...

Katy Salter meets the women giving the WI a thoroughly modern makeover, from meetings in pubs to burlesque evenings – although cake is never very far away... WI meetings have always involved food. For ...