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Great British Bake Off special: Triple-layer berry Victoria sponge cake By Candice Brown Published: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 CANDICE BROWN, winner 2016 SERVES 10-12 335g self-raising flour 335g unsalted butter, softened 335g golden caster sugar 3 tsp baking powder 6 large eggs grated zest of 2 lemons … Read more
Patients at risk of oesophageal cancer are being offered a new ‘sponge on a string’ test to help pick up the earliest signs of the disease – allowing doctors to take steps to prevent it. The one-minute procedure, which can be carried out by a GP or a nurse, involves swallowing a pill containing a … Read more
The murdered autistic son of a celebrity photographer died after being suffocated with a sponge – a court appearance of his accused killer mother heard this morning. Olga Freeman, 40, was brought before the Old Bailey today after being charged with the murder of Dylan Freeman, ten, at the weekend at their home in Acton, … Read more
A TikTok user stunned her followers by making a cake that looks exactly like a dirty dish sponge — and then taking a big bite of it. Abi, a 20-year-old amateur baker, shared footage of herself munching on the shockingly realistic-looking cake before giving a behind-the-scenes look at how it was made. Sitting on the … Read more
Even Domestic Goddesses love fish finger sandwiches! Nigella Lawson reveals her top comfort food including plain bread and butter and the school dinner classic of steamed syrup sponge and custard Nigella Lawson has revealed her seven favourite comfort foods on Twitter Food writer, 60, said steamed syrup cake was her favourite nostalgic recipe Others on … Read more
A creative grandmother-of-10 has wowed thousands of home bakers after creating optical-illusion ‘sponge’ cakes that look just like a household cleaning item. Alice Munro, from Tasmania, carefully constructed a vanilla cake to make it look identical to dishwashing sponges – all while ensuring her dessert tasted delicious despite what it may look like. The 52-year-old … Read more
A new porous metal material with a similar structure to bath sponge could be the key to storing more hydrogen gas in cars, scientists say. US researchers have created the aluminium-based sponge-like material for use in hydrogen fuel cells., Just one gram of the material has billions of holes, giving it a surface area of a … Read more
Gazoontite! Time-lapse video reveals a glass sponge sneezing more than 12,000 feet below the surface in order to expel sea particles from its inner canals Time-lapse was used to study sponges more than 12,000 feet below the surface It captured a glass sponge sneezing, which has never been witnessed The creature expands and contracts a … Read more
A Kentucky woman has been awarded $10.5 million after a sponge was left inside her following surgery, which led to complications and, ultimately, the amputation of ther left leg. Carolyn Boerste was 54 years old when she underwent bypass surgery to improve blood flow to her legs at the University of Louisville Hospital in 2011. … Read more
All-in-one Victoria sponge By Annie Bell Published: 00:02 GMT, 31 March 2019 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 31 March 2019 BASIC RECIPE All-in-one Victoria sponge All-in-one Victoria sponge MAKES 1 X 20CM CAKE 225g unsalted butter, softened and diced, plus extra for the tin 225g golden caster sugar 4 medium eggs 225g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking … Read more