We are looking for 10 lucky winners in our Spring Competition.

If you love a traditional Afternoon Tea, our bake at home cream tea set is the ideal way to enjoy freshly baked scones with jam and cream whenever you get that craving.

We need to know that you love to bake, so send us your favourite pictures of your home baking skills and the finished results, and we will choose 10 lucky winners to receive our irresistible Cream Tea Selection.

Simply email us at info@cottagedelight.co.uk and include your your contact details including your name, address, email and a daytime telephone number so that we can get in touch if you are a winner.

Remember to attach your photos and write a short description of what you have made.

Closing date for entries is Sunday, 20th May.

We can’t wait to hear from you – good luck with the competition!

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Try our Luxury Cake Mixes this Easter – great fun for the kids and delicious results every time!

Why not try our Hot Sauces pack which includes Mexican Hot and Sweet Jalapeño as well as our best selling Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce, great for family barbecues.

Our lovely Cream Tea Selection contains everything you need to make your own delicious afternoon tea. The set includes home bake scone mix and our Strawberry Extra Jam and Clotted Cream.

For an exclusive gift, why not select a variety of products from Our Shop and create your own personalised hamper from our extensive collection, all made with that home made taste that we are renowned for.

Don’t forget, FREE standard delivery for all orders over £30.

Make the most of the spring time sunshine and fire up the BBQ. Our delicious chutneys, pickles and table sauces are great with premium quality sausages and burgers.

Try our new Rubs for instant flavour on chicken, pork and beef, and our new Baste &  Grill marinades are a fun and easy way of infusing some serious flavours too!

If you fancy something a little different,  our Stir-Fry and Noodle sauces are sure to inspire with authentic oriental flavours.

If you are feeding a family, our gourmet Pasta Sauces are perfect when you are stuck for time. Try with simple meatballs or use to create a delicious pasta bake with chunks of Turkey to keep the cost down.

RECIPES

Our recipe for Chicken Kievs is easy to follow and a sure family favourite that everyone will enjoy, and if you are having friends to dinner try our recipe for Glazed Breast of Duck served with our delicious Apricot Chutney. It’s sure to impress your guests!

The Mini Chocolate Bunnies make the cutest gift for kids of all ages, and our mini selection of Chutneys and Preserves are perfect for visiting family and friends.

If you have people popping over for afternoon tea, make sure you keep one of our Spring Cake Slices at the ready. Deliciously moist, this iced topped fruit cake has an extra layer of marzipan in the centre.

All children love sweet treats at Easter, and our fun animal treats from Maisy, Elliot and Dappy make ideal gifts. For those who prefer non-chocolate gifts, Dappy’s Treats (Jelly Beans) and Elliot’s Treats (Jelly Beans) are perfect – and they contain no artificial colours.

We hope you can find just the right gift (or treat for yourself) from our Easter collection this year, and wish you all a very happy Easter.

Our Great British Afternoon Tea  bag makes a lovely gift, full of traditional treats. Containing delicious English Toffee Biscuits, Strawberry Extra Jam, our hand made, traditional tablet fudge and a special blend of loose tea. The pretty jute bag can also be used again and again after all the contents have been enjoyed!

For the more adventurous cooks, why not try our Thai Creative Cooks set. An exotic collection of authentic Thai ingredients including delicate Kaffir Lime leaves, Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce, Thai Mussamum curry paste and our Lemon, Coriander & Pink Peppercorn Gourmet Squeeze. Complete with a handy basting brush, this exotic kit is sure to inspire mums who enjoy experimenting with new dishes for friends and family to try.

If you are looking for a pocket money present then Ginger Indulgence could be just the thing.  At just £4.95 it makes a lovely gift that mums will cherish, with  melt in the mouth stem ginger biscuits and unforgettable ginger jam.

Whatever you choose for Mother’s Day, you can be sure to make it an extra special day with a fine food gift from Cottage Delight.

We are delighted with our Bronze Award for our Fresh Pink Grapefruit Marmalade - a winner out of over 1,700 entries from all over the world including the British Virgin Islands, Singapore and Australia.

Here at Cottage Delight, we are always developing new recipe ideas and this year, we have introduced Lime & Tequila Marmalade to our collection. A tangy marmalade with a boozy kick which is also delicious as a topping for cheesecakes or Key Lime Pie. Why not try serving a spoonful ontop of a rich, white chocolate mousse and serve in shot glasses for a fun dessert?

All our marmalades are hand made in open copper pans using traditional, small batch methods and only the finest ingredients for you to enjoy every day on your hot buttered toast, crumpets or croissants.

Of course, marmalades are not just for breakfast time. Why not try using our Orange Marmalade with Stem Ginger  to glaze a roast ham?

There’s also our savoury Onion Marmalade too – delicious served with savoury tarts or hot panninis.

We hope we have given you some new ideas and inspired you to try our selection of delicious marmalades for yourself.

Follow us on twitter and Facebook for more suggestions and enjoy National Marmalade Week.

Delicious spread onto hot ciabatta bread, try as a dip or stirred through your favourite pasta.

The Sun-Dried Tomato & Chilli is lovely as a pizza topping and the Sweet Shallot & Red Wine is perfect stirred into casseroles for extra depth of flavour.

Our Chunky Yellow Pepper Bruschetta Spread is delicious on grilled chicken paninis.

So our little pots can really go a long way!

How will you use them?

You can’t beat a Full English with spiced sausages, crispy bacon and perfect, golden eggs topped with your favourite sauce – red or brown?

Maybe you prefer the delicious pastries, jams and marmalades that make up the perfect continental breakfast, or American style waffles and pancakes smothered in maple syrup?

We all know, however, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Cottage Delight can help you to create all your favourite breakfast dishes. So come on, set your alarm clocks a little earlier this week and indulge in a luxury breakfast to fuel body and spirit for the rest of the day!

TOP TIPS:

For a really indulgent breakfast try Eggs Benedict with Cottage Delight Hollandaise Sauce., or you could  indulge in a little smoked salmon and scambled egg topped bagels for a really luxurious breakfast treat.

Our Morello Cherry Jam is delicious on hot buttered muffins, or warmed and served drizzled over pancakes or crèpes. Why not try something completely different – our Orange & Chocolate Breakfast Preserve on croissants is perfect for chocaholics!

Well done Dale, it was a close call since we had a lot of great entries for this competition.

We love your easy to follow recipe and can’t wait to try it out.

Here it is for everyone else to try:

Dulce de Leche Frangipane Tart

Mix 100g butter, 90g golden sugar and 100g almonds in a bowl with 2 eggs.

Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence/vanilla paste and the rind of half an orange.

Roll out homemade/shop bought sweet crust pastry into an inch deep pastry dish. Blind bake.

When cool, it’s now for the best bit – for this you could use any flavour jam, but Strawberry Extra Jam (by Cottage Delight) works the best.
Spread a thick layer of jam on the pastry base, and fill to just underneath the brim with the frangipane mixture.

Bake on the top shelf of the oven, gas mark 6 (200 deg) for approx 24 minutes or until golden brown.

When fully cooled, heat 1/2 jar of Cottage Delight Dulce de Leche sauce in a bain marie (bowl over boiling water).

Spread this warm, runny sauce over the top of the baked frangipane and put in the fridge to cool for 2 hours.

Remove from fridge, cut into indulgent slices and enjoy.