We seem to need little excuse for a party here in the UK, and HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year shift on the throne is set to be no exception. Whether you’ll be raising a lunchtime gin and Dubonnet to our sovereign’s stamina or simply making the most of the bonus day away from your desk, the Jubilee is the perfect pretext for baking.
While you’ve left it a little late to enter Fortnum & Mason’s rather fabulous sounding Platinum Pudding Competition, I urge you not to be deterred from donning your aprons and dusting off your cake tins. F&M’s FAQs reason that a pudding can be ‘steamed, baked, layered or rolled’ and is ‘open to interpretation’ -– so the following recipes are my understanding of the genre, perfect for a right royal knee’s up.
For any street party spread, scones are a non-negotiable and, before any low-fi bakers close their browser, let me remind you that these take just minutes to make and little longer to bake.
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