CORONATION Street has launched a hunt for its new star – and your DOG has a chance of walking the famous cobbles. The ITV ...

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

Like many of England’s other delicacies, the Eccles cake has a history as rich and as local as the pastry itself. The factory was smaller than I expected; you wouldn’t have any idea that the ...

Our British friend Julie arrived in Fayette in early June for an extended visit, bringing gifts of a historic and consumable nature — Eccles Cakes — along with a recipe and written history of ...

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 ...

The oh-so-English names of the cakes and bakes that need reviewing are: Victoria sponge cake, scones, Welsh cakes, shortbread, pasties, crumpets, sticky toffee pudding, Eccles cake, Bakewell tart ...

THE cost of Eccles cakes has soared 25 per cent as supermarkets impose above-inflation price rises to boost profits, an expert warns. Ged Futter said stores are charging more for certain items with… ...

The first one was easy: Eccles – everyone has heard of that cake. A few miles up the road is Chorley, which also has a cake. Now we were beginning to scrape the barrel, or the cake tin, but ...

Eccles were first to put points on the board as their early pressure on the Chorley defence resulted in a penalty converted for being off-side in front of the posts which made it 0-3.

Eccles cakes More pie than cake, this classic English treat is named after a town in the north-west. The flaky pastry that encases the currant filling is traditionally made with lard, but ready ...