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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 5 – White Chocolate Tart

Posted in Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Summer, tagged , , , , , , on October 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago we had family to stay for the weekend and once again the bake off technical made a great pudding! Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 2 – Chocolate Caramel Hobnobs

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged , , , , , on September 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We were really looking forward to trying this weeks bake off technical challenge. I love having a go at recreating shop bought biscuits, I’ve made bourbons, custard creams, digestives, wagon wheels and jammy dodgers before but I’d never tried making hobnobs. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 1 – Raspberry and Almond Fondant Fancies

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, pink, Summer, tagged , , , on September 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

It’s that time of year again, the Great British Bake Off is back! We are all looking forward to seeing how this year’s contestants get on and trying some new recipes when we try all the technical challenges. So here’s the first one, click here to see how we got on making these fondant fancies.

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Easter Bunny Flowerpot Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Last year I had a minor operation on my left hand just before Easter so I wasn’t able to make and decorate an Easter cake, so this year I had to make up for it by creating something special. I took inspiration from a flower pot cake that I had seen and reused the two bunnies I had kept safe in a box from the Easter cake I made a few years ago. I also tried a new simnel cake recipe that had chocolate in and pistachio marzipan. Click here to see more pics of this colourful cake and try the recipe.

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Mermaid Birthday Cake

Posted in Blue, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Green, Iced Cakes, tagged , , , on May 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

I love being asked to do cakes for the girls friends, kid’s Birthday cakes are always so much fun and creative! A couple of weeks ago I made a mermaid cake for one of Chloe’s friends, click here to see some more pics.

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White Chocolate, Orange and Cranberry Log

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Puddings, Red, White, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I always make a Yule log at Christmas although at the moment I haven’t found a favourite recipe, so I am keen to keep trying some new ones. Last year I chose a white chocolate, orange and cranberry flavoured one and adapted a couple of recipes to make it, click here to see the full recipe.

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Clementine and Almond Cookies

Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Winter, tagged , , on December 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I saw this recipe in Olives Christmas magazine last year and thought it looked really good, a bit like a soft amaretti biscuit with clementine added. They sounded perfect to have with coffee or to add to a box of mixed baked goodies for Christmas presents. Click here to read more.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Banoffee Pie

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , on November 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m a bit behind with the challenges this year, October and November are always so busy with both the girls Birthdays and Rich’s Birthday too, so I have been busy making 3 Birthday cakes instead. But the other weekend I did manage to squeeze in making a smaller version of the banoffee pie. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 6 – Sticky Vegan Parkin

Posted in autumn, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, Spices, Tray Bakes, Winter on November 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

We all absolutely love any kind of gingery cake in our family, so I was very happy to see this as the technical challenge. I have made lots of different types of ginger cake, but I can’t remember ever making Parkin, so I was keen to try it out. Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 5 – Spanakopita

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged , , , on October 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

When they first made filo pastry on the bake off as a technical, I had a go and I remembered saying next time I would buy the pastry as it was so time consuming! But it wouldn’t be a proper technical challenge if I bought it and I had two very keen helpers this week, so we spent Sunday making a lot of mess attempting this one, click here to keep reading.

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