When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment. Cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy and pale in colour. Slowly add in the eggs, if the ...

Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 3. Grease and line three loaf tins. Place the mixed fruit and nuts, sugar, margarine, bicarbonate of soda, water and brandy in a large pan and bring to a boil.

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For the cinnamon swirl Bundt cake, use a 10-cup bundt pan; for the layer cake, use two 9-inch rounds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl ...

Letter from the editor: Why we are showing the impact of bullets from an AR-15 on the human body Noah was found dead on the floor of Classroom 8 at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012.

This is the vision - in an indoor garden, a honeycomb structure lines the walls, and inside each cell, a human body composts. When it's done, loved ones take home a pot of soil, not an urn of ash.

This apricot cake has cropped up at many special events in our family over the years, including when my mother made it for my wedding and my sister’s 21st. It’s always lovely and moist because ...

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

“I think it’s going to play out to be useful in people who want to learn what is an optimal diet — not for the human species ... But taking part in the study won’t be a piece of cake. In the first ...

What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a handout, call it a freebie, call it whatever you like, but receiving a ...