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Rhubarb, Caramel and Pistachio Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Spring, Summer, tagged , , , , 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.

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Chocolate Brownie Mince Pies

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Nuts, Pastry, Spices, tagged , , on December 24, 2017| 1 Comment »

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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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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 5 – Molten Puddings

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, tagged , , on October 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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I was really looking forward to making this weeks technical challenge – I love peanut butter! We invited our friends Matt and Beckie over for dinner on Saturday night and I planned to do the technical challenge for pudding,  no pressure then…

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 2 – Fortune Cookies

Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, tagged , , on September 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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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.

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Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, gold, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIt 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.

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Lemon and Almond Christening Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, tagged , , , , , 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.

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Peanut Butter Drip Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, tagged , , , on March 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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It was my Birthday last week and I can’t think of a better way to spend the day than baking myself a cake! I don’t often get to bake exactly what I want, the cakes I usually do are for customers, so it’s really enjoyable to find a new recipe and experiment with some new designs. I am a peanut butter addict, so when I saw this recipe in Olive magazine, I had to make it! Click here for the scrummy recipe.

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Fig, Apricot and Pistachio Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged , , , on December 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I never got round to writing about my Christmas cake last year and as I tried a new recipe I thought it was worth adding to our Christmas blogs this year. The recipe was from the Sainsbury’s magazine and was a really lovely moist squishy Christmas cake. Click

here to see the recipe for this yummy cake.

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Sour Cherry Stollen Bars

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Nuts, Spices, Tray Bakes, Winter, tagged , , , on December 16, 2016| 1 Comment »

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It’s always fun to try new recipes of traditional things that people have reinvented. So when I was looking through my Christmas Olive magazine and came across a gluten free baking section I was very excited to see a recipe for Stollen bars. My husband’s family love Stollen – they spent several years living in Germany where Stollen originated. This recipe is amazing and well worth baking this Christmas. Click  here to try this recipe.

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Frangipane Mince Pies

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Pastry, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I’ve been making the same mince pies for years so decided to try something different this year. I had a look through my recipe books and found Nigella’s frangipane mince pies which sounded really good. I also made my own mincemeat too and used a different recipe which wasn’t as good as Delia’s so I’ll be going back to her recipe next year! Click  here to try these mince pies.

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