Posted in Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged caramelised white chocolate cheesecake, cheesecake, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Having done every challenge last week and then this week we had Emily’s Birthday on Friday, lunch out on Saturday and a huge chocolate cake to eat, I decided that just doing half the recipe was enough! So one each for Rich and me and then one for the girls to share. I still have some blackcurrants in the freezer from Em’s garden which was lucky. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged Chocolate Fudge Cake, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 2, 2023| 2 Comments »
We were all very excited for the start of the new series of the Great British Bake Off last week. And even more excited when we found out the technical challenge was the iconic chocolate cake with the missing raspberry! We had no plans for Sunday afternoon so it was the perfect opportunity to give this a go with the girls. Click here to see how we got on.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Orange, Spices, Spring, tagged Carrot bunny cake, chocolate cherry simnel cake, Easter Baking, easter cake, Simnel Cake on March 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
As usual, I struggled to find time to sit down and upload pics of the cakes and baking I’ve been doing. Probably because I’m spending all my time in the kitchen cooking! So here is the super silly Easter cake I made last year, as well as the delicious recipe I used – chocolate, cherry and hazelnut Simnel cake. Click here to see some more pics and the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged Children's Birthday Cake, Flamingos, Rainbow Flamingo Cake, Rainbows on March 8, 2023| 1 Comment »
At the end of November is was Chloe’s 4th Birthday, she was very specific that she wanted a flamingo and rainbow Birthday cake and the rainbows needed to be around the sides of the cake. So we had a look on Pinterest for some ideas and I put together a rough design. Keep reading to find out more.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Orange, Tray Bakes, tagged chocolate, Chocolate Orange, chocolate orange crispy squares, Christmas, christmas baking on December 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I keep buying Terry’s Chocolate Oranges to make this recipe, but then we end up eating them and I have to buy more! Chocolate orange is one of my favourite flavours, so I was very excited to see this recipe in Decembers Sainsbury’s magazine, a great recipe to make with the girls too. Click here to try it out, it’s definitely worth it!
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, gingerbread, Gingerbread marshmallow slice on December 21, 2022| 1 Comment »
My Christmas baking this year is very gingerbread themed, so here’s another gingerbread recipe I found to try out. Rich and the girls love marshmallows, so this sounded like a winning combination! Click here to find out more.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged christmas baking, Gingerbread Man Rocky Road, rocky road on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I love the idea of popping some gingerbread men into some rocky road, such a fun idea! I made a big batch of gingerbread the other day, so have been using it to make various things including the gingerbread men for this rocky road, it’s so Christmassy and makes the house smell amazing when it’s baking. Click here to have a go at this festive rocky road.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Other, Tray Bakes, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Fudge, Peppermint Oreo Fudge on December 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe there are only 10 days till Christmas, I’m not sure where the time has gone! Finally getting round to doing some Christmas baking and really enjoying trying out some new recipes. Making fudge is a really simple easy thing to do for homemade Christmas presents and it keeps for ages, so it’s perfect for giving to friends and family over the next couple of weeks. Click here to keep reading and try the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged Chocolate hazelnut and Raspberry vertical tarts, desert, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry on November 14, 2022| 1 Comment »
I’d love to have more time to try some patisserie stuff, I love watching Bake Off the Professionals and seeing some of the amazing patisserie things they do. It’s all so precise and they have lots of clever equipment too! These deserts were perfectly timed with Rich’s Birthday, so they made a tasty treat for pudding on Saturday night. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Green, Iced Cakes, pink, purple, Spices, tagged Children n's Birthday Cake, christening cake, Magical Toadstool Cake, Toadstool Cake on November 8, 2022| 1 Comment »
On Sunday we finally got around to having Chloe’s Baptism, 2.5 years later than planned due to covid etc. But it was worth the wait, we had a wonderful weekend with family and Godparents. I wanted to make a really special cake and loved the cake I made for my niece Alice, so I decided to make something similar. Click here to see some more photos of this magical cake.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 