Rock Cakes Rock cakes got their name honestly: they are rough, lumpy and irregular, and that is exactly how they are meant to look. They were the bake of ...

Tattie Scones The tattie scone is the quiet hero of the Scottish breakfast, the soft potato flatcake that sits beside the eggs and soaks up the brown sauce. ...

Irish Soda Bread Soda bread is the loaf for people who think they cannot bake bread. There is no yeast, no proving and no kneading, just flour and soured milk ...

Egg Custard Tart Every proper British bakery has one, sitting quietly in the window between the cream horns and the bakewells: a pale yellow egg custard tart ...

Golden Syrup Flapjacks Flapjacks are quite possibly the cheapest bake in Britain. Oats are one of the least expensive foods per kilo on the shelf, and the ...

Corned Beef Pie For generations, a tin of corned beef in the cupboard meant one thing for Sunday tea: a proper corned beef pie. It was the dish that carried ...

Scottish Stovies Stovies are the great Scottish comfort dish, the meal that traditionally stretched Sunday's roast into a second supper on Monday night. The ...

Treacle Tart Treacle tart is the quintessential British school-dinner pudding, and it remains one of the cheapest desserts it is possible to make. The filling ...

Egg Kedgeree Kedgeree is one of the great stretch dishes of the British kitchen, invented during the days of the Raj to turn a little fish and rice into a ...

Homemade Sausage Rolls A sausage roll from a bakery counter now costs well over a pound, and even the fridge-cabinet versions eat into a shopping budget fast. ...