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Katie Davies

I am a passionate home cook with a flair for flavor.

I was lucky enough to take part in BBC One's Britain's Best Home Cook, with Mary Berry.

As a busy working mother with 4 young children, I strive to create recipes which are easy, tasty and nutritious but recipes which won't keep slaving away in the kitchen all day!
Keep cooking FUN!

If you do make any of my recipes I would absolutely love to see your results, and please get in touch if you have any questions or you would just like to say hi!

Find more on www.katiehomecook.com

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Christmas Cake Cheesecake

leftover Christmas cake • digestive biscuits • butter • cream cheese • mascarpone cheese • caster sugar • golden caster sugar • double cream • mixed spice • large eggs • Baileys • Zest of 1 orange
- 45 mins plus chilling overnight
- 12+
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Nutella Christmas Tree

puff pastry • Nutella • egg, beaten • Golden caster sugar for sprinkling
- 30 mins
- 6 servings
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Mini Christmas Pudding Truffles

butter • 70% dark chocolate • raisins, chopped • brandy • ginger cake (I use shop-bought) • Fondant icing to decorate
- 30 mins, plus chilling
- Makes 12-14 servings
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Brain Cake

cooking margarine • caster sugar • self-raising flour • cocoa • salt • buttermilk • vanilla bean paste • Sugarflair extra red food colouring (but any gel colouring should work) • eggs • white wine vinegar • bicarbonate of soda • butter •
- 2 hours including baking and cooling time
- 15-20 servings
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Edible Blood - Perfect for Halloween

golden syrup, heated until runny (approx 1 min) • cocoa powder • cornflour • sugar flair extra red food colouring (but any gel red food colouring should work)
- 5 minutes
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Halloween Chocolate Covered Oreos

oreos • Black candy melts • Bright White `Candy Melts • Orange Cnady melts • Dark Chocolate • White Chocolate • Halloween Sprinkles • Candy eyes
- 1 hour
- Makes 12 servings
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Haunted Pavlova

egg whites • caster sugar • blackcurrants • caster sugar • creme de cassis (optional) • Dark chocolate • double cream, whipped • Extra meringue ghosties
- 2 hours
- 10-12 servings
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Halloween TrayBake

eggs, weighed in their shells • Caster sugar, cooking margarine & Self raising flour (all wieghed to the same weight as the eggs) • salt • Vanilla extract • Butter • icing sugar
- 1 hour plus cooling time
- 10-12 servings
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Halloween Cherry 'Eye' Pies

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry • plain flour • butter, cubed & cold • caster sugar • egg • Or 1 packet of shopbought shortcrust pastry • Sour Cherry Jam • cherries, pitted and frozen, (I use tinned) • egg, beaten • Caster sugar, to sprinkle • Edible white paint
- 30 nmins
- Makes 12 approx
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Graveyard Trifle with Meringue Ghost Cookies

butter • golden caster sugar • tbsps. golden syrup • dark chocolate • milk chocolate • eggs • tsps vanilla extract • self-raising flour • tbsps. cocoa powder • milk • caster sugar • egg yolks •
- 1hr 30 mins
- 12+
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Pumpkin Pancakeswith Salted Butterscotch Sauce

pumpkin puree • medium eggs • light muscovado sugar • buttermilk • self-raising flour • nutmeg • pecans • butter • light muscovado sugar • sea salt flakes • double cream
- 30 mins
- 4 people
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Pumpkin Soup

pumpkin/squash, peeled & chopped • red onions, quartered • red pepper, deseeded & chopped • bulb of garlic cloves, unpeeled • Rosemary • Thyme • Olive oil • chicken stock • Cream to serve (optional)
- 1 hour
- 4 people
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Apple Crumble Cheesecake

digestive biscuits, crushed • butter, melted • cinnamon • bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped • cinnamon • light brown sugar • double cream • cream cheese • mascarpone cheese • caster sugar • eggs • vanilla bean paste •
- 90 minutes (plus cooling time)
- 12 servings
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Salted Caramel

caster sugar • water • double cream • vanilla bean paste • sea salt flakes
- 15 mins
- 12-15 servings
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Aubergine Parmigiana

aubergine, sliced thinly • salt • passata or chopped tomatoes • an onion • garlic cloves • fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped (reserve some for the top) • Flour • mozzarella • parmesan cheese
- 1 hour
- 2 people
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Bara Brith

strong hot black tea (made using 3 tea bags) • mixed fruit • brown sugar • self-raising flour • mixed spice • egg
- 1 hour
- 8-10 servings
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Coffee & Walnut Swiss Roll

walnuts • caster sugar, plus extra for rolling • eggs • self-raising flour • butter, melted • instant coffee • boiling water • coffee extract • double cream • icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 40 minutes
- 6 servings
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Rainbow Swiss Roll

large eggs • caster sugar • self-raising flour • butter, melted • salt • Sugarflair colours: Christmas red, ice blue & melon yellow • Caster sugar for dusting • double cream • icing sugar, plus extra for dusting • Vanilla extract
- 40 minutes
- 6 servings
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Carrot Cake

self-raising flour • baking powder • salt • cinnamon • light brown sugar • caster sugar • vegetable oil • eggs • vanilla extract • grated carrots • tin of pineapple chunks • walnuts, chopped •
- 90 minutes
- 12-15 servings
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Parsley Sauce

butter • flour • milk • fresh parsley, chopped, stalks discarded
- 10 minutes
- Serves 6 servings