1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar 3 cups dried currants 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated Zest of 1 orange 13 ounces puff pastry, thawed if frozen 1 free ...

For the pastry, roll out pastry on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Using a 3-1/2-inch cutter, cut pastry into rounds.

People have been baking and eating cake since the dawn of history. As you may imagine, the cakes people were eating thousands ...

An Eccles cake is particularly good served with cheese, as at the acclaimed London restaurant St John, where it’s paired with a sharp, mature Lancashire. makes. 14. prep. 15 minutes. cook.

Eccles cakes are a hot commodity, at least when they catch fire in microwaves. For as hellish as that sounds, it's not how the cake is tied to a religious ban.

Mr Futter spoke out after Sainsbury’s began charging £2.30 for Real Lancashire Eccles Cakes — 61p more than at B&M. Morrisons also raised the price to £2.29, Asda to £2.20 and Aldi to £2.19.