Teenager, 19, is shot and another man is stabbed after gunman opened fire in cake shop in east London Shooting happened on Kingsland Road in Hackney at 10.53pm yesterday Both men, 19, taken to hospital but their injuries are not life threatening Police are looking for the gunman after being given additional search powers By … Read more
From Aldi’s Cuthbert to Tesco’s Curly, most British supermarkets have their own version of a caterpillar cake. The original, Marks & Spencer’s Colin Cake – who turned 30 last year – has been a staple at British birthday parties for years, with similar cakes gaining in popularity in recent years. M&S lodged an intellectual property … Read more
From Aldi’s Cuthbert to Tesco’s Curly, most British supermarkets have their own version of a caterpillar cake. The original, Marks & Spencer’s Colin Cake – who turned 30 last year – has been a staple at British birthday parties for years, with similar cakes gaining in popularity in recent years. M&S lodged an intellectual property … Read more
Twitter users have gone wild over the news that Marks & Spencer is suing Aldi over a copycat version of their £7 Colin the Caterpillar cake – and shared hilarious memes to poke fun at the decision. The grocery giant claimed Aldi was ‘riding on the coat-tails’ of its reputation and launched an intellectual property claim … Read more
Marks & Spencer has taken Aldi to court over a copycat version of its £7 Colin the Caterpillar cake. The grocery giant claimied Aldi was ‘riding on the coat-tails’ of its reputation and launched an intellectual property claim with the High Court this week. M&S has argued the similarity of Aldi’s £4.99 Cuthbert the Caterpillar … Read more
A physicist has used the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the age-old debate about whether Jaffa Cakes are biscuits or cakes. Dr. Héloïse Stevance, an astrophysicist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, trained algorithms with nearly 100 recipes of traditional cakes and biscuits. She then ran two Jaffa Cakes recipes through the algorithms, which … Read more
A physicist has used the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the age-old debate about whether Jaffa Cakes are biscuits or cakes. Dr. Héloïse Stevance, an astrophysicist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, trained algorithms with nearly 100 recipes of traditional cakes and biscuits. She then ran two Jaffa Cakes recipes through the algorithms, which … Read more
Let’s celebrate: Carrot and coconut layer cake By Eleanor Maidment Published: 00:01 BST, 4 April 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 4 April 2021 This makes a fabulous centrepiece and the flavours of carrot and coconut go fantastically well together. SERVES 12 PREPARE 40 minutes, plus cooling COOK 30 minutes 150ml sunflower oil, plus extra for … Read more
Let’s celebrate: Cappuccino cake By Eleanor Maidment Published: 00:01 BST, 4 April 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 4 April 2021 A very simple loaf cake with a heady hit of coffee and a light-as-anything whipped mascarpone topping. SERVES 10-12 PREPARE 25 minutes COOK 1 hour 175g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing 5 tbsp … Read more
Let’s celebrate: Easter chocolate fridge cake By Eleanor Maidment Published: 00:02 BST, 4 April 2021 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 4 April 2021 The beauty of a fridge cake is that it is easily adaptable: add whatever nuts and dried fruit that you please. MAKES 16 pieces PREPARE 30 minutes, plus chilling COOK 10 minutes 50g … Read more