Shortcakey

Simple though this method is there is no danger of losing fruit by using it, and the tasty mixture will be found ripe and ready for a midwinter shortcake, which will be, I am assured, as appetizing and as short-cakey as if made in leafy June.

It is cakey or shortcakey, fried up with a nicely crispy exterior, and a moist, rich, buttery interior (very moist and rich if you select one of the options with a filling inside).

Co-owned by Ed Strojan and his step-father, Gary Coleman, who also has the English Gardener gift shop across the street, virtually everything here is made with an eye to authenticity, from the shortcakey scones with imported clotted cream to pastry-wrapped banger sausages, sides of mushy peas, Madras curry sauce, and, especially, those fish and chips.

Anne Reeves had asked Nell to make some shortcakey iced biscuits.

I emailed Jago when I got home and told him the verdict on the cakes: Eccles cake was definitely favourite, Chorley cake was all right, but Sad cake was a bit more shortcakey, so that fingers of it would go well for elevenses with a cup of coffee.

S also liked, to the point of insisting that I taste all the parts in various permutations, her coconut panna cotta with pineapple, cherry coulis and some shortcakey biscuits.

Ved became distracted by a shortcakey biscuit, and ate it.