These biscuits will stay fresh in a sealed tub or biscuit tin for 2-3 days before they start to go soft.

Self Raising Flour – Self Raising Flour is a flour with added leavening agent which gives our cakes a bit of a rise. These days the popular cafe variety is plain biscuits joined with lemon frosting which is what I’m sharing today. I'd forgotten that but yes, you are right, the biscuits from the tins were always disappointing compared to the packets.

My recipes focus on reducing waste and stress and are perfect for families looking for easy and tasty meal ideas. Authentic looking Custard Creams are wonderful but if you don't have the biscuit cutters it doesn't mean you have to miss out! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

It’s much quicker and easier to cream with the sugar and will give a much better texture to the finished cupcake. The recipe I use today is based on the original Melting Moments recipe from this cookbook, though the ingredient quantities and mixing method has been slightly tweaked for what I think is a better “melt in your mouth” texture. They were pretty tasty and to the high standard I'd expect from a brand like McVitie's but I probably wouldn't pick them up in the future when cheaper (and nicer) alternatives are available.

There is something very satisfying about mastering a classic biscuit recipe like the beloved Custard Cream.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Exactly as described Excellent communication with seller about delay in despatch Excellent serviceIt was only one day late so I have NO complaints I had to say not delivered on time however absolutely first class communication No complaints from my side! Add 1/3 of the icing sugar, then beat in starting on low and increasing to high (to avoid snow-storm!To make it, first mix 80g of vegan margarine and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract together in a medium-sized bowl. Icing sugar (soft) / powdered sugar – This is the sweetener for melting moments which gives the cookies the signature shortbread cookie texture (ordinary sugar makes them harder). Get packet labelled SOFT icing sugar or “icing sugar mixture”, or check the ingredients and ensure there’s either cornflour/cornstarch, tapioca or similar as well as cane sugar/sugar. When they are made with custard powder they are known as “yo-yos” – this is more localised to Melbourne. Just to clarify, we do not sell any of the items that we list on this site and occasionally partners increase or decrease their pricing.