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Hot cross buns with S500
Traditionally eaten at Easter, this soft-spiced bun dates back to the 12th century when an Anglican monk placed the sign of the cross on the buns to honour Good Friday. Supposedly, this bun was the only thing permitted to enter the mouths of the faithful on this... more »
Cream sponge
Treat your mum on Mother's day to this cream sponge. Using the fantastic Macphie products, its so easy to make and tastes delicious. Ingredients 1000g Macphie sponge cake mix 500g water Macphie mactop extra Macphie sweet snow Method Add the... more »
Easter snowmallo shortbread chicks
These easy to make shortbread Easter chicks are fun to decorate and look so cute, they taste good too! Shortbread Ingredients 453g CSM Craigmillar marvello cake margarine 275g sugar 15g water 545g bakers grade flour 180g BFP strong flour 45g rice flour... more »
Easter bunny butts
These adorable and delicious bunny butt cupcakes are the perfect treat for Easter and easier to make than you might think! Sponge Ingredients 1000g CSM Craigmillar extra moist plain cake mix 350g egg 300g oil 280g water Method Add egg, oil and water... more »
English rose cupcakes
Combine chocolate and flowers this Mother’s Day with these rich chocolate cupcakes with delicately flavoured rose icing. Cake batter Ingredients 1.000kg Puratos satin creme cake chocolate mix 0.350kg eggs 0.300kg oil 0.225kg water Method Using a... more »
Cupcake bouquet
These cupcakes are so easy to make using the Dawn Foods golden genoese cake mix. Decorate using different colour frosting or use the vanilla frosting as a base and add in the food colouring of your choice. Ingredients 1000g Dawn Foods golden genoese... more »
Rising to the occasion: A new era for BFP
We’ve been busy bees recently, working away in the background and undertaking a fundamental review of every aspect of our business. We’ve appointed a new management team, made several significant investments and today we’re delighted to be... more »
The lockdown on flour
Flour is a baker’s workhorse. It’s a staple of the bakery and fundamental to most baked goods. And with the UK bakery industry making 12 million loaves of bread and 10 million cakes and biscuits every day, we’d be lost without it... more »
Five mega trends impacting the bakery industry
Every bakery industry commentator has their own take on it, but most would agree that there are five inter-linked mega-trends driving changes in the bakery sector. Bakers need to adapt to and embrace these trends if they're to thrive. Functional foods.... more »
Dough. Our way of saying 'thank you'
We’ve recently turbo-charged our rewards programme so we thought it was also time to give it a lick of paint and a new name. So without further ado, we’re delighted to introduce ‘Dough’. It’s our way of saying thank you to people... more »
BFP opens new 73,000 sqft depot in Daventry
We're delighted to announce another big investment in our service commitment to customers today with the opening of BFP's new multi-million-pound, purpose-built depot in Daventry, Northamptonshire. This new 73,000 square foot facility adds significant... more »
BFP expands Lewes depot with chillers and freezers
BFP opened its fourth UK depot in Lewes, East Sussex, in July 2019 to serve bakers across the South of England. A year on and we’re growing again with the addition of two freezers and a chilled storage unit on the site. For you our... more »