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Mrs Simkins Love Hearts

Chocolate and a cup of tea is a perfect combination. With Valentine’s Day coming up, you might like to make one of these gorgeous chocolate treats for your own loved one – don’t forget to make them a pot of their favourite Clipper tea to go with it! If you have more than one heart shaped cutter, you can make more than one heart at a time. Try to avoid very small cutters as realistically they are fiddly to work with. Make sure the cutter is in good condition – if it is slightly twisted, melted chocolate can ooze out. You can use dark, milk or white chocolate and choose the toppings your Valentine loves.

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Mrs Simkins Marmalade Muffins

These easy to make little cakes are just the thing to cheer up dark January days. Not too sweet, light and tangy, they are the perfect accompaniment to a pot of your favourite Clipper tea. A food processor makes short work of both the sponge and the icing.

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Mrs Simkins Mince Pies

Make delicious rich, short pastry in moments: even if your hands are a little on the warm side, with this easy food processor recipe. Use your own homemade mincemeat or a top quality bought one for really more-ish mince pies. Serve with a pot of your favourite Clipper tea: Clipper’s warmly spiced Organic Indian Chai tea has a particularly Christmassy taste.

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Sticky Gingerbread Cake

This cake is a lovely moist and sticky gingerbread that is popular with both adults and children: perfect to accompany a steaming mug of your favourite Clipper tea whilst standing round the bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.

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Mrs Simkins Caramel Apple Granny Tarts

Here is a version of Caramel Apple Granny in the form of individual tarts: an all-butter pastry shell spread with caramel and topped with a light apple cake containing chunks of apple. These taste equally good warm from the oven as a pudding or cold at tea-time. You should even have enough cake mixture left over for a couple of bonus apple-y fairy cakes as well. A food processor makes mixing quick and easy. Serve with a pot of your favourite Clipper tea.

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Apple and Cinnamon Muffins

The Tooth Fairy loves apple cakes at any time of year but really goes to town in the autumn and bakes something apple-y every week. These muffins are particular favourites of hers for late weekend breakfasts.