Scotch Pancakes

Having made fresh curds for Yorkshire Curd Tart there is always plenty of

Scotch Pancakes with bacon & maple syrup
Scotch Pancakes with bacon & maple syrup

buttermilk left over for making Scotch Pancakes, Buttermilk Scones and so many other lovely treats. I decided to make Scotch Pancakes, with smoked bacon and maple syrup the very next day. You may also come across Scotch Pancakes known as Drop or Dropped Scones, there is very little difference other than the name. Traditionally cooked on a griddle or skillet over an open fire you can quite happily cook them on a hob in a heavy bottomed sauce pan or pancake pan.

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Chocolate Chip Orange Cake

Chocolate and Orange are perfect flavours when baking cakes and never more so than in this recipe for Chocolate Chip Orange Cake. Chunks of good quality chocolate lace the moist orange sponge. This Chocolate Chip Orange Cake is reminiscent of when you bake with marmalade only this time you use a whole raw orange!

Chocolate Chip Orange Cake
Chocolate Chip Orange Cake

Read on for my recipe…

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