Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, Summer, tagged custard, GBBO Technical Challenge, pistachio ice cream on October 31, 2022| 1 Comment »
Another week down, another technical challenge done! Phew! I really liked the idea of custard week, and we were very excited to see that the technical was ice cream – I make a lot of ice cream, so I was looking forward to this one. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Cupcakes, Grey, Other, pink, tagged Baby cupcakes, elephant cupcakes on October 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I nearly always end up giving people cupcakes or homemade goodies as presents. I quite often make a big batch of cupcakes and freeze them if I know I have things coming up where I might need to take a gift. Then I will make 6 or 12 decorations specifically for the event/friend. I love creating personal decorations. Click here to see some more pics of these cute little elephant cupcakes.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Green, Iced Cakes, Spices, Summer, tagged 70th Birthday Cake, garden cake, Lawn Mowing Cake on October 27, 2022| 1 Comment »
It was Dad’s 70th Birthday in the middle of August and he treated us all to a wonderful week away. Em and I discussed various ideas for his Birthday cake design and finally settled on a lawn mowing themed cake as Dad absolutely loves his lawn and mowing beautiful stripes into it! It was always something that we joked about as did his friends and neighbours too! Click here to find out more about this cake.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Summer, Tray Bakes, tagged Almonds, Autumn Baking, plum and almond tray bake, plums on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I love baking with plums, they are such an amazing colour and once cooked they are jammy, sharp and sweet all at the same time. Definitely one of my favourite fruits to eat and to bake with. So if you’re looking for a recipe to use up some plums, click here to keep reading and try this one out.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Orange, Yellow, tagged Children's Birthday Cake, Figure Modelling, gymnastics cake on October 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Emily turned 7 a week ago so as well as the bake off challenges I have been busy making her cake and decorations. She had a joint Birthday party with two of her best friends this year, it was a gymnastics and trampoline party. So Emily decided she wanted a cake to fit in with the theme of the party and her two friends love gymnastics too. Click here to see this special cake.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged bonfire night, GBBO Technical Challenge, Halloween baking, s’mores on October 23, 2022| 1 Comment »
Halloween week might have been a week early on the GBBO, but we definitely didn’t mind and couldn’t wait to make the s’mores! Rich and the girls love marshmallows and I haven’t made any for ages, so perfect excuse! Keep reading to see how amazing these are.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Summer, Tray Bakes, tagged Autumn Baking, cheesecake ripple, Plum tray bake, tray bake on October 22, 2022| 1 Comment »
Time for another plum recipe! I made this some time ago and was thinking about the recipe the other day, it was really delicious and I am not sure why I haven’t made it again since – probably because there is always something new to try out! Keep reading to see the recipe and how easy it is to make.
The recipe was from a Waitrose recipe card and could easily be adapted for different fruits like peaches, apricots or even blackberries. It’s delicious on its own as a cake or warm with ice cream as a pudding, enjoy!
200g full fat cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
3 tbsp caster sugar
4 medium eggs
175g butter softened
175g dark muscovado sugar
200g self raising flour
400g ripe plums stoned and roughly chopped
1. Pre heat the oven to 180 C, gas mark 4. Grease and line a 28 x 18cm baking tin with baking parchment making sure that the paper come up high enough around the sides.
2. In a bowl beat the cream cheese till soft. Add the vanilla bean paste, caster sugar and one of the eggs, beat using a hand held electric whisk till smooth.
3. Place the remaining eggs, butter, muscovado sugar and flour in a separate bowl. Beat for 2 mins till pale and creamy.
4. Spread half the creamed flour mixture onto the base of the tin, then dollop over half of the cream cheese mixture, spreading an uneven swirl through the base mixture. Scatter with half the plums. Spoon the remaining creamed flour mixture on top and dot with the rest of the cream cheese.
5. Scatter with the remaining plums then bake for about 45 mins until risen and just firm to touch. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into pieces. Serve warm or cold with ice cream.
Posted in Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Grey, Iced Cakes, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged mountain cake, Painted cake, sugar paste figures, sugar paste peonies, sugarpaste roses, wedding cake on October 19, 2022| 1 Comment »
Em and Mark finally got married in June this year after several postponements due to Covid, but it was worth the wait! It was such an amazing day and we all have some very special memories of it. As Em made my wedding cake, it was my turn to return the favour and make her cake. Keep reading to find out more about her cake and one of the recipes.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, lemon meringue pie, pastry on October 17, 2022| 1 Comment »
We were really looking forward to dessert week on the Bake Off, especially having seen the clip the week before showing the very limited instructions for making a lemon meringue pie. I honestly don’t think I have ever made a lemon meringue pie before, but I’ve made plenty of pastry, curd and meringue, so I was hoping it was going to be fairly straightforward. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Spicy Beef Tacos, Tacos on October 10, 2022| 1 Comment »
I was very excited to hear that they were doing a Mexican Week this year in GBBO, I love Mexican food! I have made tacos before and actually still had some of the yellow corn flour left. So I planned to make these for our dinner on Saturday night, perfect weekend food. Click here to see how we got on.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 