Rhubarb and Orange Crumble

This is one of the recipes that Sheila indicated how much the ingredients would cost (roughly). At the time this recipe was written, the ingredients would cost you a total of £1.82.

Rhubarb and Ginger Delight

Editors note: Nana handily scrawled the words "Lemon Pots" in parenthesis on this recipe to help out the Franconially challenged.

Pots au Citron

Freezer note: Open freeze then cover with foil. Use within two months. Thaw overnight or at room temperature for about 1 hour.

Pineapple Creams

Pear and Cranberry Jalousie

Serve slightly warm with whipped cream. Nice cold the next day.

Danish apple pudding

Editors Note: We are pretty sure this says "Bistorten" however we can find absolutely no evidence of this being a real word! Perhaps it's some kind of compound noun that Sheila cooked up herself.

Raspberry Wine Bistorten

Cranberry and Pear Trifle

Strawberries Marquis

Editors note: the title as written for this one was actually "Danish 

 Raspberry Apple Pudding" but we think that must have been a typo.

Danish Raspberry Apple Pudding

Pat's tips: I used chocolate and hazelnut cookies for the base and didn't add the dark brown sugar. Leave the base to cool before making the cheesecake, and serve with double cream and fruit (or if preferred, creme fraiche).

Belgian Chocolate and Baileys Cheesecake

The raspberries can be made with 2x15oz cans of raspberries instead of frozen.

This dish can be frozen in suitable containers and defrosts in around 3-4 hours.

Brandied Raspberries with Chantilly Cream

Midsummer Fruit Salad

A very 'adult pud'. Very rich so this quantity would serve about 8 people.

Chocolate Dream

Editors Note: You will probably notice that this recipe has some oddities within the text (e.g. giving you the choice of 1-2oz sugar, no real instructions about how to make the base...) - we can only assume that this is a recipe that Sheila was pretty familiar with and that the handwritten page she filed here was more for her own records than for public consumption.

Citrus Cheesecake

Yuletide Pudding

Pear and Blackcurrant Trifle

Santa's Iceland Christmas pudding

Mocha Rum Cups

Rhubarb and Orange Cream

Carob is said to be healthier to eat than cocoa or chocolate. It has less caffiene.

Carob Crunch

Raspberry Meringue Pudding

Editors note: This recipe was much more a 'scrawl' than many of the recipes from the collection. We're assuming this is something that Sheila cooked regularly and had made only the briefest notes and prompts to remember quantities. We've taken a few liberties with the wording here to try and make it read more coherently as a set of instructions but you're probably going to need to use a bit of intuition if you decide to make this yourself.

Frangipane Fruit Boats

Decorate with piped cream and raspberries.

Raspberry Cheese Charlotte

Cool and fridge, reheat at Gas4, 350E, 180C for 15 minutes.

Festive Jalousie

Editors note: This is not a typo - there is no "cooking time" specified on this recipe! If anyone bakes this and could let us know how long roughly it takes, that'd be fab!

Viennese Apple Pie

Chocolate Cups

Serve cut into fingers as cake, or small pieces and serve with coffee.

Keeps in air-tight tin for many weeks and improves with keeping.

Belgian Xmas Chocolate Cake

Mincemeat, Apple and Almond Pudding

A lovely pudding for the winter, although served cold with whipped cream is equally delightful.

Pear and Almond Tart

Rhubarb and Strawberry Crumble

Strawberry Tiramisu

Blackcurrant Royale

This is an old-time favourite and always the first sweet to dissapear.

St Clements Trifle

The document this one comes from makes it a bit confusing as to what the name should be, it might actually be called ye olde 

Ye olde Cumberland Rum Nicky

This is a speciality pudding from the Boodles Club in London, which was founded in 1763 - an easily made pudding but very refreshing.

This will not freeze - make this dish the day before needed so the flavours can come out and the cream thicken.


Boodles Orange Fool

Would not recommend freezing, but bases can be made two or three days beforehand and then filled.


Toffee, Pear & Walnut Flan

Bon Noel Pudding

An alternate end to your christmas meal, perhaps not as traditional as a pudding but boozy and filling none the less.

This recipe is equally succesful using 1lb raspberries instead of the apricots, and raspberry jam instead of apricot. The brandy is made up to 5floz with orange juice.


Apricot Brandied Trifle

There are lots of recipes for cheesecakes and I have tried most. This simple one is a great favourite with my friends and especially the girls in my husband's office who sample it each Christmas.

Mandarin and Kiwi Cheesecake

These make a nice refreshing end to a nice Christmas dinner.

This may be made in advance and frozen in suitable containers.


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