I just love making and decorating Christmas cakes, so as a Christmas pressie this year for our friends Matt and Beckie and their 2 kids I decided to make them a cake again! While we were away with them in the Peak District I was looking at pictures of Christmas cakes on Pinterest and Freddie and Ellie loved all the penguin ones, so I thought that’s what I would do. I found a few designs and picked my favourite bits to design this cake. Click here to see some more photos and info on decorating it.
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Penguin Christmas Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake, Penguin Christmas Cake on December 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Bailey’s and Cherry Chocolate Tiffin
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Tray Bakes, tagged Bailey's Cherry Tiffin, christmas baking, Tiffin on December 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »
One of Rich’s favourite treats is rocky road, we even had the bottom tier of our wedding cake made from rocky road! So making a Christmas version would definitely be popular in our house. I cut this recipe out of Olive Magazine last Christmas but never got round to making it, so this year when I was looking through my recipes I added this one to the list. Click here to give this a go.
Father Christmas Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, Father Christmas Cake, fruit cake on December 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I wanted to do something different for our Christmas cake this year, so decided on a big Father Christmas! I found a lovely design on Pinterest and thought I would give it a go, Emily is very excited about Father Christmas this year so I thought it was perfect. This year I am breaking from some of the traditional recipes I usually make, so the Christmas cake is a new one from October’s Sainsbury’s Magazine – clementine and chocolate, can’t wait to try it! Click here to see the recipe and more pics of the cake.
Hedgehog Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged GBBO, Ginger Cake, Hedgehog Cake on December 5, 2019| 1 Comment »
Before we start all our Christmas baking I thought I would quickly upload some photos of the cake that Emily made for Rich for his Birthday this year. We all love watching the Great British Bake Off and also enjoy watching An Extra Slice. Rich’s absolute favourite bit is when they show photos of things that other people have had a go at baking, in particular the famous hedgehog cakes. So for his Birthday this year I thought we could make him a hedgehog cake and I would let Emily decorate it all by herself! I was secretly hoping it would be very funny leaving a 4 year old to do it! Click here to see how Emily got on.
GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Chocolate and Ricotta Cassatelle
Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged Cassatelle, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe we are nearly at week 8 on the GBBO already! We had a very dark and rainy Friday afternoon here, so Emily and I decided it was perfect timing to make this weeks technical challenge. And luckily Chloe decided she was exhausted and had a 2.5 hour nap giving us plenty of time to get these done and in the fridge ready to deep fry for pudding as a Friday treat. Click here to see how me and my little helper got on.
Chocolate Orange Christmas Log
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gold, Orange, Puddings, Winter, tagged Chocolate Log, Chocolate Orange, christmas baking on December 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago we hosted Christmas with my sister-in-law, hubby and our nephew, I wanted to make a chocolate log but really wanted to make something slightly different. One of my favourite flavours is chocolate orange which feels like quite a Christmassy flavour, so I adapted a chocolate log recipe and this was the result! Click here to find out more.
Panda Birthday Cake
Posted in Black, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Green, Iced Cakes, White, tagged Caramel Ombre Cake, Children's Birthday Cake, Panda Cake on November 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Just over a month ago it was Emily’s 3rd Birthday. Being a typical 3 year old she was changing her mind every day about what kind of party and cake she wanted, slightly tricky when trying to plan things! Her favourite cuddly toy is her panda and so when I suggested that she had a panda themed party and cake, she seemed very excited and the idea stuck, phew! She takes after both her Aunties with her love of pandas. She asked for the cake to have a Mummy panda, a Daddy panda and and Emily panda on as well as some bamboo, so I did a bit of research and came up with a design. Click here to take a look at the panda cake.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 9 – Torta Setteveli
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other Cakes, Puddings, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, patisserie, Torta Setteveli on October 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I was really pleased when I saw what the technical challenge was last week – it’s been ages since I’ve made something like that and I couldn’t wait to try it! The only downside was that it’s pretty big (it’s huge!) and I was on my own for the weekend. Luckily I had a cross-country race and my team mates were more than happy to help me eat it up!
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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 1 – Wagon Wheels Biscuits
Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Wagon Wheels on August 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Finally this years GBBO is underway! It was a great start to the series and I can’t wait for next weeks episode already. This year I am getting a bit of help with my baking from Emily who really enjoyed watching it for the first time on Wednesday morning and couldn’t wait to try and make them. So click here to see how we got on.
Chocolate Brownie Mince Pies
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Nuts, Pastry, Spices, tagged chocolate brownies, christmas baking, Mince pies on December 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
We haven’t managed as much Christmas baking this year, but I did make a few Christmas goodies this week for Emily’s nursery. I had a lot of homemade mincemeat to use and decided to make a mince pie alternative. Click here to try this recipe.
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