Food & Drink: Classic chocolate birthday cake recipe

A classic chocolate birthday cake recipe you won’t be able to do without, writes Ella Walker. “It’s the law, birthday cake needs to include both chocolate and sprinkles, lots of sprinkles. When I was little, the birthday cake of choice was a simple cocoa affair topped with melted milk chocolate and decorations made from Smarties,... Read More

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June 21, 2020

Food & Drink: Recipe: Choca-mocha cake

This choca-mocha cake recipe is a crowd-pleaser, writes Ella Walker. “I’ve never been a hardened coffee drinker, so a mocha – that moreish combination of coffee and chocolate – is my go-to hot drink,” says food writer Sarah Rainey. “This recipe combines these two favourite flavours in a moist, fudgey cake, topped with a super-speedy... Read More

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October 19, 2018

Ashers bakery closes Belfast branch

The bakery at the centre of the so-called “gay cake” case is to close a branch in Belfast. Ashers was cleared of discrimination by the UK’s highest court after its owners refused to make a cake promoting same-sex marriage. Its store on Royal Avenue in the city centre is set to close because it is... Read More

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June 5, 2018

High court rules in favour of baker in same-sex wedding cake case

In a 7-2 decision on 4th June, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker in a case that put anti-discrimination laws up against freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had violated the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom in... Read More

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May 25, 2018

Cardinal: Communion cannot be shared with friends like beer or cake

Holy Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends like beer or cake, said a former senior adviser to two popes. Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze said any moves to give greater access to Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics and to non-Catholic spouses of Catholics... Read More

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February 3, 2016

Gay rights activist in U-turn on Ashers Bakery case

A prominent gay rights campaigner has performed a U-turn on the Ashers Bakery case, revealing that he now supports the bakery that refused to make a cake carrying a pro-gay marriage slogan. Admitting that he had initially condemned the Christian-run Belfast bakery over the refusal to make Gareth Lee’s cake, Peter Tatchell explained his change... Read More

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