School Dinners Cornflake Tart – remember?
May06

School Dinners Cornflake Tart – remember?

The real, actual, proper, straight-from-the-school-cooks-mouth recipe for 1970’s School Dinners Cornflake Tart. For some strange reason I have had a longing to make this for ages. On chatting to various friends-of-a-certain-age about school dinners, one dish was universally clamoured after, no matter where we went to school. The School Dinners Cornflake Tart. You remember it? Thin Pastry base, layer of jam, then crunchy golden...

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School Dinners Fudge Tart Recipe
Feb06

School Dinners Fudge Tart Recipe

Here we have it, by popular request, the next in the School Dinners Puddings recipe collection. D’you know, I didn’t actually remember this one. Not at all. Thick Fudge Tart? No clue. But then, I obtained the recipe (stolen from the back of an envelope which ‘fell’ out of MIL’s recipe book when she wasn’t looking) for School Dinners Fudge Tart, brought it home and gave it a go. And as I was standing...

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Sunday Recipe – School Dinners Jam and Coconut Sponge Squares.
Mar20

Sunday Recipe – School Dinners Jam and Coconut Sponge Squares.

One of my own personal favourites, and as usual so easy you can whip it up yourself or easily cope with small helpers too. My bigger helpers can manage this one on their own. Of course, tray bakes are ideal for school/cubs/scouts/brownies/guides cake requests, but just as good when feeding a hungry horde. If you’re doing this one the proper school dinner way, it MUST be served with a lashing amount of thick custard of choice...

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Sunday recipe – School Dinners Chocolate Concrete
Feb27

Sunday recipe – School Dinners Chocolate Concrete

This is the recipe the Husband has been asking and asking for. Remember it? A hunk of hard chocolate deliciousness, smothered in the custard of choice. Happily, it’s so flippin EASY to make, it’s not really any wonder we all had it so often. I make it with a certain Pink 4yr old, and am only allowed to do the heavy mixing bit. It still takes less than ten minutes to get it into the oven.   So – here it is, the...

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Pink Custard Recipe – 80s School Dinners Recipes
Jan30

Pink Custard Recipe – 80s School Dinners Recipes

Hands up who’s here for the real genuine 80s school dinners pink custard recipe! What was it with pink custard? Lusciously gorgeous in colour and texture and comfort factor – and universally adored. Pink custard just made any school dinners pudding a real treat, no? Remember the sponge squares with a thin layer of jam and coconut on top? Or fudge tart squares (produced further to mucho requests from cornflake tart eaters)?...

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Chocolate Rice Krispie Cakes Recipe – remember these?
Jan23

Chocolate Rice Krispie Cakes Recipe – remember these?

Another school dinners favourite, these chocolate rice krispie cakes were always made in huge trays and served in square chunks with the obligatory oodles of custard. Best of all, they are also a classic cook-with-children recipe; easy and fun to make and always a favourite to eat! This is the original 70’s recipe I used myself as a child, that’s been carefully tucked away in one of my Mums recipe books – looks like...

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