EIGHT-year-old Ilkley schoolgirl Eleanor Kitchen cooked up a recipe for success when she entered her own recipe in a television competition.

Her Ilkley Moor rock cakes were chosen as one of the winners of the Blue Peter competition which asked viewers to send in a recipe commemorating a famous person or place.

Eleanor, a pupil at All Saints First School, combined the two when she christened her cakes 'Tum Tums,' the nickname of food lover King Edward VII, who was a big fan of a famous reclining couch made in Ilkley.

The invalid couch, manufactured by the firm of Robinson and Sons, was advertised as in daily use by His Majesty the King who reigned from 1901-1910.

Eleanor said: "Ilkley Moor is covered in bilberries in June, that's why I chose to put them in my recipe - I chose rock cakes because of the Cow and Calf Rocks."

When the prizewinners were announced on a recent programme, Eleanor was delighted to hear her name and recipe mentioned.

Her prize is an invitation to the Blue Peter 40th anniversary party to be held in Aylesbury in September, plus an apron, a rucksack, a pen and, of course, the Blue Peter Badge.

Proud mum Diane Kitchen, of Lister Street, said: "I think she has done well to win a prize out of 2,000 entries."

l Eleanor's recipe is eight ounces of self-raising flour, four ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, one egg, four ounces of Ilkley Moor bilberries and milk to mix.

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