Frankie & Ella’s kitchen: Classic

The little Style of Wight bakers have been busy in the kitchen again and would like to present to you their tasty scone recipe – a great treat for afternoon tea. They’re deliciously light and soft, just like any good scone should be.

Scones are really easy to make so they’re a great bake for young children and beginner bakers. What makes this recipe even better is that you just need to mix everything together in a mixing bowl. Children can help measure the ingredients out and mix them all together with their hands, or wooden spoons. Once you’ve made the scone dough, your children can help cut the scones out, which is a task even the youngest bakers can help with. Brushing the tops of the scones with a beaten egg not only helps to turn them a nice golden brown, but also is a fun job for little chefs to do.

Ingredients 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 85g butter, cut into cubes 3 tbsp caster sugar 175ml milk 1 tsp vanilla extract Squeeze lemon juice Beaten egg to glaze Method

Don’t forget to wash your hands first!

Ask an adult to heat the oven to 220˚C/fan 200˚C/gas 7. Tip 350g selfraising flour into a large bowl with ¼ tsp salt and 1tsp baking powder, then mix. Add 85g butter cubes, then rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs, stir in 3tbsp caster sugar. Put 175ml milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 seconds until warm, but not hot. Add 1tsp vanilla extract and a squeeze of lemon juice, then set aside for a moment. Ask an adult to put a baking sheet in the oven. Make a well in the dry mix, then add the liquid and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife – it will seem pretty wet at first. Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it’s a

Kitchen products featured from Hursts, Newport; Homemade Stoneware mixing bowl 1.5ltr £8.95, FSC beech child’s wooden spoon 90p, Mary Berry signature milk jug 220ml and side plate 20cm £7.49 each, Mary Berry signature serving bowl 16cm £16.50, Mary Berry signature 16 piece cutlery set grey £45, Chatsworth floral tea towel 3 piece £7.50, Chefaid pastry cutters £1.80. Local food products featured; Fresh IOW strawberries and The Island Jam Company Raspberry Jam, Farmer Jacks Farm Shop, Arreton. Clotted Cream – Briddlesford Farm Shop, Wootton.

little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep. Take a 5cm cutter (smooth-edged cutters tend to cut more cleanly, giving a better rise) and dip it into some flour. Plunge into the dough, then repeat until you have four scones. You may need to press what’s left of the dough back into a round to cut out another four. Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully place onto the hot baking tray. Bake for 10mins until risen and golden on the top. Eat warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with jam and clotted cream. If freezing, freeze once cool. Defrost, then put in a low oven (about 160˚C/ fan 140˚C/gas 3) for a few minutes to refresh.

Spend time with your own little cooks, creating those happy memories in the kitchen that will stay with them for life. Frankie & Ella would love to see pictures of your scones – send your snaps to office@styleofwight.co.uk.

How does crushed strawberries and cream or honey and stem ginger sound? These are just two of our favourites from a huge selection of mouth-watering local flavours you’ll find at Bliss Ice Cream Parlour, Cowes

Enjoying an ice cream at the seaside is just as British as the traditional ‘fish & chips’ and Bliss, close to the seafront in Cowes, is one of those places you simply must try out for yourself. This ice cream parlour is showcasing not one, but three award-winning Isle of Wight Ice cream brands – Minghella, Calbourne

Classics and The Isle of Wight Ice

Cream Co.

Whether you’re visiting to indulge in one of the original luxury Italian recipes Minghella Ice Cream offers, a Calbourne Classics clotted cream treat, or a delicious gelato style Ice Cream Co flavour – this parlour has it all when it comes to ice cream. That’s without mentioning the fresh ground coffee, ice cream sundaes, fresh fruit smoothies, warm Belgium waffles and much more!

New owners Jenny Simmons and Louise Hart, experts in the ice cream industry, are looking forward to welcoming everyone to Bliss. Take the children, grandchildren, or just yourselves for a stroll from Gurnard seafront to Cowes for an ice cream and we promise you won’t be disappointed.

For more information please visit www.blissicecreamparlour.com, email blissicecreamparlour@gmail.com or even better take a look for yourself Bliss Ice Cream Parlour, 12 Bath Road, Cowes.

French Franks reopened its doors on 27th May and has since come back even stronger with its fresh off the web click ‘n’ collect service.

The click ‘n’ collect app offers all your usual favourites and is already proving to be popular with its customers. The app is available for orders in both the St Cross Business Park and Ryde Town Centre shops, with there being hopes to introduce the service to its Newport Town Centre and Cowes shops once it is deemed safe to do so. Not only has the app launched for click ‘n’ collect but now offers a delivery service to recognised businesses within the Newport and Cowes area, all of which can be ordered within the app. Owner Mark Horton told us how he sees the app working to benefit his customers “As we are all hopefully seeing the end of these uncertain times, the launch of the app is aiming to make customers feel as though they can get their French Franks fix faster as well as remain careful during the coronavirus crisis.”

All French Franks shops are now open and are welcoming its customers with (socially distanced) open arms.

The app is available to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, just type in French Franks and download.

Visit www.frenchfranks.co.uk or the French Franks Facebook page for further information. St Cross Business Park | Ryde Town Centre | Newport Town Centre | Cowes Red Jet Terminal