Hampshire-grown strawberries are appearing in farm shops throughout the county. The Chronicle's cookery expert, Venika Kingsland, can't resist their appeal. For her, it is a trip down memory lane

Ingredients

1 cup wholemeal flour

1 cup plain white flour

2 tspn baking powder

2 eggs, whisked

Two tbspn oil or melted butter

Half or quarter cup of honey (depending on taste)

1 and a half cup chopped strawberries

Preparation

1 Sieve and combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

2 Mix the egg, honey and strawberries together, and fold gently into the dry ingredients.

3 Spoon into an oiled muffin tin, and bake at 220C/450F/Gas 7 for 20 minutes.

4 Leave to stand for a few minutes before serving with clotted cream or butter. Makes 12.

This is a simple, quick and easy 'no weigh' recipe, and quintessentially English. Now, when's Wimbledon?

Venika Kingsland