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.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Spices, tagged Aebleskiver, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I was a bit disappointed with last weeks challenge as it was another one that was hard to replicate at home without the special equipment. So I decided to make it anyway but made flat pancakes instead of the balls. The flavours sounded really good, so I was still keen to have a go. Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, Puddings on October 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I love pavlova so I was looking forward to making this recipe. Apart from the fact it’s vegan it looked like a normal pavlova! I have to admit to this one not being entirely vegan – I used normal white chocolate and a normal yoghurt (I figured they weren’t the “technical” part of the challenge, wouldn’t alter the overall taste/appearance and I didn’t have them!).
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Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry, Puits d'Amore on October 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Like all of the bakers, I hadn’t heard of Puits d’Amour either so I was intrigued to try them out this weekend. I also have to admit that I’m not sure I have ever made a creme pat and I think the last time I made choux pastry was when I was at school! So this week was definitely a new challenge! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Summer, tagged Blancmange, GBBO Technical Challenge, Langues de chat on September 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I think I must be one of the only people who actually liked blancmange when I was little! So this recipe definitely appealed and sounded very yummy. I had a bit of help from Emily with the biscuits, but it was a tricky one for a toddler to do! Click here to see how we got on.
Posted in Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Spring, Summer, tagged caramel, cream cheese icing, cupcakes, pistachio, rhubarb on May 7, 2018| 1 Comment »
It’s been a while since I made some cupcakes, especially ones that were an usual flavour and not just vanilla/chocolate with decorations on. So when I decided to go down to London for the afternoon to meet my best friend’s baby, I offered to make some cupcakes to take. I’ve already got a lot of rhubarb (I’ve made rhubarb and raspberry Frangipane tart, rhubarb crumble muffins, and I still have about 750g left!) so I decided to bake something with rhubarb. Click here to see how to make them.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged Christmas cake, fruit cake, Turkey Cake on December 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This year I decided to try something very different for my Christmas cake, rather than doing something traditional I thought I would do something silly! I’d seen a photo of a turkey cake and thought I would try something similar. I also wanted to try a different flavoured Christmas cake but still wanted it to be a fruit cake so it would keep. Click here to try out this yummy recipe.
Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, tagged Fortune Cookies, Great British Bake Off, technical challenges on September 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In a mad rush yesterday I thought I would try and squeeze in this weeks technical challenge before we went away on holiday and it meant that we had some baked goodies to eat while we’re away. Click here to see how I got on making the fortune cookies.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, gold, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged chocolate fruit cake, Painted cake, Red and Gold, Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake, Sugarpaste poppy on August 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
It was our parents 40th wedding anniversary on the 30th July so not surprisingly Em and I decided to make them a cake as a present! Celebrating 40 years of marriage is a wonderful occasion, so it had to be a very special cake for two very special people. Click here to see some more pics and the yummy chocolate fruit cake recipe we used.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, tagged birds, Bunny, christening cake, flowers, lemon and almond, spring on April 6, 2017| 1 Comment »
Last weekend I got to make a christening cake for my niece, Emily. Becky sent me a photo of a cake she’d seen on Pinterest and asked if I could make something similar. Click here to keep reading.
Gloverly Cupcakes 