Struggle Meals Sweet Lunchbox Picnic Treats - Lemon Drizzle Cake, Flapjacks and School Canteen Cake
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- I cook my favourite British treats to put in a lunchbox on a budget, Flapjacks, School Canteen Cake and the delicious Lemon Drizzle Cake.
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00:00 Introduction
2:22 Flapjacks
9:21 School Canteen Cake
20:06 Lemon Drizzle Cake
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School Canteen Cake
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Lemon Drizzle Cake
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Flapjacks
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Feeling very proud of myself this afternoon - all thanks to you! Had to take my daughter to the barbers today (her choice - she has a short hairstyle and prefers the way the barber cuts it! I prefer the price £9.50 instead of £30+ at the ladies hairdresser! She amazes me, at 16 there's no way I would have even set foot in the barbers, never mind get in the chair. I feel this new generation is very brave, open-minded and shows immense promise for the future of the planet) and afterwards walking through our little town found myself looking longingly in at all the cosy cafe windows with the people inside enjoying their coffee and cakes...But then I remembered this recent video and how quick and simple you made the baking. So instead we came straight home, made my own fancy coffee and a batch of flapjacks! I have now made a resolution to try all your different bakes, so that there is always something treaty in the cake tin at home, that will hopefully keep me out of the expensive (though very welcoming and lovely) cafes in future xxx
In that case, I better make some more frugal bakes to make
@@FrugalQueeninFrance oh yes please! That would be most welcome
I am one of the people who have to mix the sugar and butter first, although I will add vanilla to that if the recipe calls for it. I have been told that it makes a lighter cake because the more you work flour it can become tough. Having said that, all of these cakes looked light and moist, sooo maybe I’ll try this method. Thanks. Jane!
I learned that way from Delia Smith. The cake seems soft and fluffy to me. Thanks for watching.
This is why I love your channel. Simple, easy to make, no fuss food, none of that fancying around with ingredients I've never heard of or ones that cost an arm and a leg to buy and you only need a tiny pinch. Plus I like the fact that your cakes look like my cakes! (Not professional, just lovingly homemade.) The only problem is, what to bake first, as I ❤️ all of them. Xx
Thanks Gemma. That’s so kind.
What a difference a country makes. In America, flapjacks are just another name for pancakes or hotcakes. Although I have to admit, your version looks delicious!
Another small difference is that we call it self-rising flour, as opposed to self-raising.
We're in a small coastal town in Australia. Hubby works 20kms from home on a large dairy farm as their mechanic. Obviously there's no option to buy lunch. Every Sunday afternoon or night I will make his snacks for the week. Last night I made a maple sandwich cake recipe but baked them as cupcakes instead of large cakes. I cook gluten, dairy and peanut free due to allergies. I make something different each week and have to sample (or as we call it - quality control). So hubby gets fresh snacks at the end of the week I freeze them and hubby just takes 1 or 2 each day.
Sounds great, thanks for watching.
LOL - being in the U.S. when I saw flapjacks, I was looking for pancakes 🤣 - OH MY WORD these look yummy!!
Thanks for watching and commenting
The lemon drizzle cake looks so good. I love anything lemon 🥭🥭
It’s wonderful, I hope you make it
Lovely recipes! I’ll be trying these.
In Dutch we call sprinkles, discoballs or discodip.
That Lemon Drizzle Cake thrilled me! Thank you!
I love the recipes, Jayne. The flapjacks was really interesting to me, because in America we call those granola bars and flapjacks are kind of like a pancake. I love hearing the differences. 💕
We Brits love a bit of cake with tea, you know mid afternoon at work when your energy drops a bit. We say ‘naughty but nice’.
Yes, that is what I was thinking they were too. I like hearing the different words for things. I do believe your school cake is what we call snack cake.
Flapjacks and lemon cake are favourites in our house 😋
Thanks Nicola, here too.
Oh Jane, How could you? Flap jacks were bad enough but school canteen cake, and then to finish it off....Lemon Drizzle cake!!!!! ....well that's just cruel - all my favourite cakes, I thought you were my friend!!!!! thank you for your video, now I'm off to see what ingredients I've got in my pantry!
Those are all Mike’s favorites, mine is flapjacks
Those sound super delicious. I’m now craving that Lemon 🍋 drizzle cake 💛
It’s buttery and lemony
Never thought of freezing flapjacks!
Nor did until I saw the school cooks doing it,
All of these look delicious. A very good friend that lives in Derbyshire always makes a lemon drizzle cake for me when we get together because she knows it’s my favorite. We have Lyles golden syrup in the US but it is pricey! My grocery store just started selling self rising flour too. Thank you for these recipes. I’ll look them up.
That reminds me of golden syrup cake
What a wonderful, mouth-watering video! Yum!
I'm American so 'flapjacks' are pancakes here but those look very delicious. You could add extra vanilla or maybe nuts and dried fruits too I suppose if you wanted to vary things. Something like dried lemon or orange peel would be interesting. I love your channel!
You could but then they wouldn’t be traditional British flapjacks. They’re affordable and simple.
Good suggestions. I think I'll try it with raisins or cranberries and chopped nuts.
Thank you, now I've got lemon drizzle cake envy. Much prefer lemon flavour to chocolate.
I hope you enjoy it
Hello from Australia 🙂
Golden syrup a pantry staple here. Flapjack very similar recipe to ANZAC biscuits, just less liquid. Love your channel.
Lovely Anzac biscuits
Yes and add coconut . I often make Anzac slice, it’s quicker than biscuits and packs easier
Another great video Jane.
I never thought of putting all of the cake ingredients in the bowl at once, but this is about to become my go to method.
Thanks for the idea.
Delia Smith method
The lemon drizzle cake looks delicious. Thank you for the simple, clear directions. It seems like a lovely cake to bring when visiting friends or family. While I enjoy cooking, baking comes less easily. Your recipes are very accessible and encouraging, so I'll be trying this one. Your blog and you tube videos are a treat.
Thanks Wendy. It’s so quick and easy to make. Thanks for watching.
I used to love school dinners! Sponge and custard was my favourite dessert!
Mine too!
All your recipes are fantastic!! I love lemon drizzle cake. Thank you so much.
Jane, all your treats look delicious! I will be giving the lemon drizzle cake a try as I love a lemon treat! Here in the US lemon treats are very popular at church bake sales and sell out quickly! Thanks so much for bringing us these tasty ideas!! Have a great day! Francine in NY
Thanks Francine. Don’t miss our home tour tomorrow.
I never have mastered art of icing and now know what I’ve done wrong. Thanks Jane great vid
Less water and just 1/4 spoon at a time.
3 lovely but simple treats.I am trying to avoid sweet treats to keep my weight down but I could be tempted by any of those. I totally agree cakes and pastries in the shops cost a fortune some of them work out more expensive pound for pound than steak. When I had a family at home and money was tight I would make these type of things every time I had the oven on to cook other things. I also use to use sponge cake as a hot pudding with custard. My family thought we were posh because we had pudding and custard which in fact only cost pennies.
I used to make mixed fruit sponge with custard
@@FrugalQueeninFrance me too my family didn’t care what was under the custard as long as it tasted good.Many a disaster has been renamed as a pudding with the help of a pint of custard.😁😁😁
Yum yum 😋. Before adding the sprinkles, I put the cake on some parchment/baking paper so it’s easier to gather up the runaway sprinkles and put back in the jar 😊
That’s a great idea!
Dip your knife into a mug of boiling water then spread your icing on cake. Will spread much easier and smother. It looks tasty. Hi from Scotland
These all look very yummy.
They are!
New to your site and catching up on the recipes which I love. When my kids were young I sometimes added grated apple and raisins to the flapjack mince as a change. Suggested by a Blue Peter show.
Thank you for the recipes ! I'm DEFINITELY making the Lemon Drizzle cake first !!
I hope you enjoy it
Great vlog, brought back so many memories. I love baking but my sons don't really eat cake now. Many thanks, kind regards Angeline ❤️
Thanks for recipes, just watched the link for golden syrup, brilliant 👍
Thanks Marion
Thanks, golden syrup is so useful
Sugar sprinkles are also called Jimmies sprinkles. Also, flap jacks are pan cakes in the us. Always interesting to see the differences. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome and thanks for watching
I always took breakfast, lunch, Snacks & tea bags to work
It’s a massive money saver
When my 3 children were un elementary school, id make extra buttered popcorn, let it cool, then bag it and send in the next days lunch, they became the envy if the lunch room, every ine wanted popcorn! Cheap, good sorce if fiber yummy! Full happy kidos budget wasnt to strained.
Great tip.
Another great saving is to take your own coffee or tea with you. A medium or large coffee runs from $2 to $3 dollars (not fancy coffee -- just regular coffee with cream) in the US. Yikes. Always smart to plan ahead and bring your own.
True. Thanks for watching
Hi Jane, you had me at "Lemon Drizzle Cake"....I absolutely love that cake and yours looked absolutely delicious. I really like how you just put it all in a big and mixed the cake Jane, I will be doing mine like that in the future. Have a great week.
Thanks so much! 😊 Enjoy.
Those flapjacks look lovely! I’ll definitely be making some of those and the school canteen cake - good times!
Thanks for watching and commenting
I love all these recipes!!! I especially enjoyed the flapjacks and cake recipes. I've baked many many cakes in my lifetime and want something easy now. These are perfect for retirees as well. I just don't have the patience for recipes with a lot of ingredients anymore, the easier, the better. These certainly fit the bill. I would love to see more! Always enjoy your videos. When I go off my budget, or start to spend, I just click on one of your vides and am back on track. You are very inspiring!
Thanks very much
All of those treats look delicious! 😋
What you call flapjacks, we call granola bars in the USA. We add things like chopped dried fruit, chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips to the mixture before baking.
I’m particularly fond of one with chopped dried cherries, chopped pecans and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips. 😋
Another favorite has chopped dried apricots and chopped almonds. When it is completely cool, it’s drizzled with some melted white chocolate.
We have granola bars too, they are crunchy and crispy, flapjacks are chewy
@@FrugalQueeninFrance we have both crunchy and chewy as well but they are both called granola bars. I prefer the chewy kind especially with the addition of the dried fruits and nuts.
The fruit, chocolate and nuts would make that expensive. Oats and golden syrup are pennies here. Lots of children have flapjack as a very very cheap treat,
@@FrugalQueeninFrance I agree it adds to the cost. I’m thinking of it more as an adult afternoon snack or even an on the go breakfast option with a cup of coffee or tea.
Great simple recipes, used to make these all the time when my children were small, along with regular batches of fairy cakes, it must have saved us a fortune. Do you have a problem getting porridge oats in France? I did a few years ago when we were travelling.
Porridge is quite popular here, all the shops have it.
Looking forward to trying flashbacks and lemon drizzle cake. Your school cake sounds a lot like the 4-H butter cake I learned to make as a 10 year old.
Flapjacks, I hate autocorrect!
Hope you like it!
I make a lemon poppyseed cake with this lemon topping. It is a hit! Thanks for sharing!
Sounds great!
I was surprised by your flapjacks; here they are pancakes eaten for breakfast! They look really good but I think would be called granola or oat bars here. I have never eaten lemon drizzle cake but it looks wonderful as well. Thank you for new things to try!
Thanks for watching
Hello Jane. You know the way to my heart, chewy Flapjacks.. mmmm. Love to you and Michael from Oz.. Our children grew up in the Vendee, where we had our little farm for many years..
Thank you for the mention. have a superb week. Hope things are still lovely in France by the way XO
Hi Steve. Thank you, really clear instructions on how to make golden syrup. France is lovely.
Yummy yummy 😋
My mum makes a wonderful lemon drizzle, we always get one as a gift to take on holiday. My girls immediately take an end each, it’s the best part 😊
Oh the lemony ends!
The lemon drizzle cake sounds so yummy. I even have lemon extract at home
Hi Dawn, you really need fresh lemons, the zest to flavor the cake and the juice plus sugar to make the drizzle and lemon crust. However, it’s always down to the taste of each individual. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you for you wise advice so helpful tips
The cakes looked delicious. I want to try the lemon one first. I love lemon ❤️❤️
Thanks Toni
Beautiful bowl you’ve used for mixing the icing. Thanks for the yummy recipes.
Thanks Olga.
Hi Jane. I dip my knife into a cup of hot water while icing, the hot knife makes spreading easy. love these recipes x
Great tip.
Oh thank you they all look good
You are so welcome
Oh my i havent made these in years ... simply as i put on weight too easily :), im off to make them all so yummy :)), thanks for the reminder
Enjoy, I’ve reached that delicious stage of my life that I’ve realized that life is too short to worry about my weight.
Homemade treats are always the best! Thanks for sharing your recipes!
Thanks Amy
All of the cakes looks delicious. You make it seem so easy. I usually buy box cake to fix. I think I’ll try your fresh cakes. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings 🥀🙏🥀
Once you’ve eaten cake like this, as easy as this, you’ll love it.
Hi Jane ! Your treats all look so good. I like that you show how and leave them recipe separately. Have a nice week !!
Thank you! You too!
Looks yummy!
They were.
Lovely cakes!
Thank you
Loved this video. Thank you.
So glad!
Catching up on your videos this morning 💜
Hi Becca, I hope all is well with your lovely family
Some great recipes ideas here, thanks for the inspiration x
Thanks for watching
I'm going to try these recipes! This looks yummy and simple to make. ❤
Thanks for watching and commenting
Thank youuuu 🇦🇺🐊🌴
Looks so delicious i like it
It is, thank you
Will be making the canteen cake for the littles for school:)
It’s great for lunch boxes
I’m trying all of these ideas Jane! Thanks for posting them, I’ll find these really helpful.
The men in your house might like these, good to take to school or work and cheaper than buying.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance that’s what I was thinking too. Especially the lemon drizzle cake!
Love that snazzy music💃💃💃💃💃yeeeuuuummmmmm looks delicious.
I like it too, it’s fun.
That lemon poke cake looks so delicious 😋 thanks for sharing
It's so good!
I think lemon drizzle cake sounds so much better than lemon poke cake, but expect they taste exactly the same !! I can see where the poke cake comes from.🤣🤣
We have golden syrup in Australia. I always have it in my pantry.
For those fantastic Anzac biscuits.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance totally agree. They are awesome.
Good morming🌻
Great recipes, thanks especially for the lemon drizzle cake which I love but have never made. Btw, my French mum-in-law is coming for Christmas and she will return home as always well-stocked up with Golden Syrup, which she cannot find in France.
Thanks for watching and commenting, you MIL knows a good thing
Coming from FrugalJo’s channel. Love these recipes!
And you are most welcome
At my school we had a version of this called Tottenham Cake it was the same sponge cake but with pink water icing and chocolate blancmange served like a custard hot.
That sounds fabulous
👍👍👍
Thanks Jane for the wonderful recipes. We in Australia call them hundreds and thousands too😀I’d be interested to know why you crinkle up your baking paper I haven’t heard of that before. Blessings from Canberra
Easier to put it in and it doesn’t pop out, I never cut it
@@FrugalQueeninFrance brilliant idea, I always end up spraying oil underneath to get paper to lie flat, thank you Jane for teaching me a thing
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I'm a bakes but never heard of this recipe. But will make soon have lots of oats.
Thanks very much for watching and commenting
Thanks for these recipes
Please can you show us how to make soup, especially vegetables and tomato. And trifle thanks
You’re welcome and yes I can
We can her Lyle’s golden syrup here in Atlanta….so delicious
Good treats to have with tea. How many minutes do you steep your tea and what do you like in it?
I leave my tea for 1 minute, I have a tiny dash of milk and thanks for watching
Loving this series, you’ve made me want a chest freezer to fill up though!
Thanks very much
I can't help it! When I see your beautiful smile, I immediately hit "Like" on every SINGLE video.
What a lovely comment
Mmmmm lemon drizzle. Thank you for sharing. Do you make a gluten free version?
Yes, just swap the wheat flour for gluten free
Good looking British cup of tea at begining.
The links for the recipes however did not work.
Disappointed as I wanted to make one today.
Love your channel.
My old good housekeeping recipe for flapjacks.
Makes 16-18
2oz butter
2oz Demerara sugar
3 tablespoons golden syrup
4oz rolled oats.
Grease a 7inch square tin.
Melt butter sugar and syrup in a saucepan.
Pour in rolled oats and mix well.
Turn mixture into prepared tin and press down well.
Bake in oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees centigrade)
For approximately 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Cool slightly in the tin.
Mark into finger shapes with a sharp knife and loosen round the edges,
When firm, cut right through and using a palette knife, remove the flapjacks from the tin.
Obviously adjust your oven times as you see fit as a lot of ovens are different. Main clue is the golden brown colour.
Happy baking.
Thanks, we will rectify that.
That’s kind of you
Jayne can I ask you why are you didn’t use a knife dipped in water to make it hot to spread your I think? I find it much better to do that you can get it right to the edges and a lovely finish on it. I enjoy your channel and the recipes are helpful I am Just catching up as I only found your channel a few weeks ago keep up the good work
They look good. I bet they taste good. Unfortunately as a pre-diabetic its not allowed. As a renal nurse I am terrified of Diabetes. 50% of all kidney failure is from Diabetes (carbohydrate intolerance). But I do have a few squares of Lindt 100% dark chocolate every few days.
Thanks for watching
I'm suffering from deprivation over here too!
But, at least I can feel my toes again.
A good trick with the water glaze is to use boiling hot water. The glaze will harden as it cools, and can be spread when warm.
It can also be kept liquid in a water bath or in a freezer bag in a cup of warm water.
Thanks for watching
I've been trying to find the recipe for flapjacks but the link has failed to upload.... I really like chewy flapjacks and mine are always hard and brittle 😏
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American: flapjack=pancake
I’d call this a granola bar. Lol.
Distinct difference but I don’t think Americans know how different a granola bar tastes in comparison to flapjacks unless you have tried them.
I've eaten granola bars and flapjacks, they might look similar but they are very different. Thanks for commenting.
Couldn't hear the intro over the loud music again.
Thanks for watching