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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 8 – Mokatines

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other, Other Cakes, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2015| 2 Comments »

I was really excited about patisserie week – I was hoping that the technical challenge would be something pretty and I wasn’t disappointed! Although these involved making various types of icings, which looked complicated and quite different to what I normally make, they turned out to be easier than I expected. Click here to keep reading.

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Rubber Duck Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, tagged , on September 24, 2015| 4 Comments »

After a lot of indecisiveness (usually the case if I haven’t already got a plan about what I’m making!) I decided to make some rubber duck cupcakes for the cake trolley the other week. I had plenty of sugar paste left from cakes I’ve made over the last few weeks so some simple decorations to use it up seemed like a good option. Click here to see the rubber ducks!

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 7 – Tennis Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Summer, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2015| 4 Comments »

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I had my parents coming to visit this weekend as well as a few other friends popping over to visit, so this weeks Bake Off technical challenge was perfect, it meant that I had a yummy cake to offer everyone! I make quite a lot of fruit cakes, so I was keen to try this recipe to see how it compares. I have made my own marzipan a few times, but I have never made my own sugar paste, so this would be another thing to tick off the list. Click here to see how I got on.

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Walnut Biscuits with Blackberry and White Chocolate Ganache Filling

Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Summer, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2015| 1 Comment »

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Last year was a bumper year for blackberries, I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by beautiful countryside in Kent and plenty of hedgerows filled with blackberries. I think I picked around 20kg last year and really enjoyed trying all sorts of recipes to use them up. I’ve been out a couple of times this year so it’s time to start making some goodies from all of my pickings. I found a recipe for walnut biscuits and adapted it to sandwich the biscuits together with a yummy blackberry and white chocolate ganache. Click here to try this lovely recipe.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 6 – Flaounas 

Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged , , , on September 14, 2015| 2 Comments »

I was intrigued about this weeks technical challenge. It didn’t seem to bear any resemblance to anything I’d made in the past. It certainly wasn’t like any pastry recipes I’d tried. I can see why the bakers got confused – it felt like it belonged in bread week rather than pastry week! What to know what a flaouna is?

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 5 – Gluten-free Pitta Bread

Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, tagged , , , on September 9, 2015| 1 Comment »

P1200517I bake quite a lot of gluten-free cakes for my running club as there are several people that follow a gluten-free diet, so I was interested to see what this week challenge would be. When I saw that it was bread, all I could think about were the horrible gluten-free flat breads I had tried to make a few years ago, which were like cardboard! I didn’t think I would ever be making gluten-free bread again… Click here to see how I got on this time round.

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Lilac Rose and Freesia (Raspberry and Amaretto) Wedding Cake

Posted in Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, purple, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged , , , , on September 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

IMG_0229Just before Christmas last year, a family friend, Emma, asked if I would be able to make her wedding cake. Despite not living near where the wedding was going to be I said yes since it was near my parents so I thought it would be a good chance to go back to my parents for a few days. However, that didn’t happen – instead mum, dad and Becky came up to stay with me for a few days and then took the cake back. Becky even assembled the cake for me! Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 4 – Spanische Windtorte

Posted in GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, Puddings, tagged , , on September 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

FullSizeRenderAt the weekend I decided to give last weeks technical challenge a go. It looked impressive but I couldn’t help thinking that it looked like a pavlova, just constructed in a slightly different way. However, I put my doubts to one side and bought a ridiculous number of eggs so that I could spend an afternoon making a mess in the kitchen. Click here to keep reading.

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