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Traditionals with a twist sand cake by Fiona Burrel
Sand Cake is one of the recipes in Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. The cake is made using a mixture of cornflour and rice flour or ground rice, and the tin is dusted with crushed ratafia biscuits. The cake is flavoured with lemon zest and the resulting texture is ...
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Gram rounds off cabinets
Energy-efficient commercial refrigeration supplier Gram UK, has announced the launch of two new cabinets, to complete its Compact range. The new Compact 210 and 410 models join the existing 610 cabinet, to offer a full range of options that combine low-energy consumption with high quality.The new cabinets boast a unique ...
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Cake treats
Raymond Blanc has created two new summer cakes for his patisserie chain Maison Blanc: Raspberry Brittany Shortbread and Apricot Almondine. The shortbread treat is based on a traditional recipe from Brittany, and is made using a shortbread case topped with raspberry pâte de fruits and fresh raspberries, as well as ...
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Carr’s continues its upward momentum
Carr’s Milling has continued to trade ahead of expectations since its interim results, largely driven by its agricultural and engineering operations.The group said it had seen a strong financial performance for the 19 weeks since its half-year end in February. This was ahead of market expectations and should result in ...
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Italian challenge
We have 74 associations throughout Italy in different towns. Our members represent 16-18,000 different firms. It is a challenging market, with changing demands the latest of which is salt reduction. But there is also the challenge of frozen breads, which the French have tackled well. Now we are fighting ...
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Colourings to be labelled
Battenberg cake may have won a reprieve, after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) lost its fight to ban six demonised food colourings, but bakers will now have to label products that contain them.An EU-wide health warning means that Tartrazine (E102), Quinoline Yellow (E104), Sunset Yellow (E110), Carmoisine (E122), Ponceau 4R ...
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Can we object to a disciplinary companion?
Q An employee has made a request to bring a workplace companion along to a disciplinary hearing, but we think they are an unreasonable choice. Could we face any financial penalty if we don’t allow them in?AA workplace companion can be either: 1) a colleague; 2) a trade union representative; ...
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Confusion over time off with pay
During the course of employment, there are times when employees seek leave other than for holiday. In some instances it may be reasonable to insist that annual leave entitlement should be used to cover the situations. In others, there is a statutory right to time off and, in some cases, ...
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Williams upgrades Doughmaster controls
Williams Refrigeration has launched an upgrade to its Doughmaster controller, which will be fitted to its Modular Dough Retarder Prover range.The new controller introduces touchscreen technology for the baker, in place of its existing push button controls, as well as an energy saving Economy Mode.The new touchscreen features PC quality ...
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Reporting in Inside the corridors of power
Julian HuntDirector of communications, Food & Drink FederationThe Coalition Government has hit the ground running, achieving more than most of us would have expected in its first few months in power. And the coalition partners have stood surprisingly firm as a number of tough decisions have been made from ...
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Tartlets join Délifrance line-up
Délifrance UK is offering several new products for summer, as it continues to launch 80 new lines into the wholesale market. A ’presidential’ collection of four light patisserie products are now available: raspberry, lemon zest, blueberry and lemon meringue tartlets. The range has been inspired by traditional French recipes and ...
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Transfer debt fees set to soar
Credit card borrowers looking to transfer debt to take advantage of lower interest charges elsewhere should brace themselves for rising transfer fees.Those with big debts are being advised to move fast to secure a good deal.Experts forecast that average transfer fees could rise from 3% to 5% next year. The ...
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Mixes enter UK market
Ingredients supplier Eurostar Commodities has introduced the Molino Alimonti Gran Fibra cereal mixes to the UK market for the first time.Aimed at bakers, pastry chefs and pizza makers, the mixes are claimed to be high in fibre, low in carbohydrate and rich in nutrients. They contain a mix of whole ...
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Muntons moves up environmental ranking
Stowmarket-based malt business Muntons has been named as the UK’s 20th greenest company in a recent survey.The malt and malted ingredients supplier moved up 21 places on last year’s ranking, of the country’s most environmentally friendly businesses, published by the Sunday Times.Beating the likes of Coca-Cola and HSBC, the firm ...
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Italy gets ready for next international event
A B Tech Expo, the next bakery exhibition this calendar year, will take place at Fieramilano in Milan, Italy from October 23-27.The organisers say there will be a heavy bias towards machinery, with Rondo, Rademaker, Tagliavini, Fortuna, Sigma, Piet-roberto, VMI, Bertuetti, Sottoriva, Turri and Werner & Pfleiderer among those taking ...
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Fit for purpose
Richard Hamilton of HamiltonBIG, a creative retail and brand consultancy, talks through the three Ps of a shopfitWe all make mistakes, but some are far more costly than others. In shopfitting there are some obvious ones that are worth avoiding, but these three Ps are the most critical: planning, programme ...
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Fruit to the fore
Mention bakery to an Italian and they soon start talking twice as fast. They love their breads each region is fiercely proud of its own as well as its national breads.Meanwhile, cakes include a chocolate sponge Piave, sprinkled with icing sugar and made to a centuries-old recipe, representing the ...
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Fox’s Moo-ve
Fox’s Biscuits is to extend its Mini Moos range with the launch of new Mini Moos Choc Chip. Developed for the kids sector, the mini malted biscuits, are designed to be the perfect lunchbox accompaniment. The Choc Chip variety joins Mini Moos Malted Milk and will be available in individual ...
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Gore galore
Sugar glass is used on movie sets whenever glass is smashed in a film. It sets hard and is transparent, just like real glass, but is much more brittle and breaks more easily... plus it’s edible and sweet!The Halloween Red Velvet cupcakes (pictured) have been slashed and severed by shards ...
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Grants to plug a gap
Small firms have been turning to business grants as a secondary source of "free" money while bank funding remains hard to find. Specialist grants database GRANTfinder says enquiries from small businesses about how to secure grant funding have risen by a third in the past year.The first challenge is working ...