Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged Almonds, Chocolate Ganache, GBBO Technical Challenge, hazelnut, Marjolaine, Praline on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Last weeks challenge had to wait till we got back from Devon earlier this week, so I made this on Wednesday and assembled it on Thursday morning in a bit of a rush while trying to get Emily breakfast and get ready to go out. None of the individual parts were too complicated, but it was very time consuming to make! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged Bakewell Tart, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry, raspberry on September 27, 2016| 1 Comment »
Em and I were both really looking forward to making this weeks technical challenge from the Great British Bake Off, we both love Bakewell tart! I actually don’t think I have ever made one, so couldn’t wait to give it a go. Click here to see how we got on
Posted in Green, Nuts, Other Cakes, Spring, Summer, tagged Fondant Fancies, Kids Birthday, pistachio, spring on May 12, 2016| 2 Comments »
I’ve always wanted to have a go at making fondant fancies and a few weeks ago it was my friend Karen’s 30th Birthday and all the food for the party was kids party themed, so this was the perfect opportunity to give them a go. I definitely need a lot more practise as they aren’t the easiest thing to make, but I had a bit of fun trying them out. The party food was great – I can’t remember the last time I had Skips or cheese and pineapple on sticks – amazing! Click here for the recipe.
Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged almond, loaf cakes, Plum on November 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Our parents have a bumper crop of plums this year, so I decidedout some new plum recipes. I think this one was from an old Waitrose magazine, it sounded really good and I had all the ingredients in the cupboard, so thought I would give it a go. Click here to try this delicious plum recipe.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other, Other Cakes, tagged GBBO, Mokatines, patisserie, technical challenge, the Great British Bake Off on September 30, 2015| 2 Comments »
I was really excited about patisserie week – I was hoping that the technical challenge would be something pretty and I wasn’t disappointed! Although these involved making various types of icings, which looked complicated and quite different to what I normally make, they turned out to be easier than I expected. Click here to keep reading.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Summer, tagged Bake off, fruit cake, Marzipan, sugar paste, Tennis Cake on September 21, 2015| 4 Comments »
I had my parents coming to visit this weekend as well as a few other friends popping over to visit, so this weeks Bake Off technical challenge was perfect, it meant that I had a yummy cake to offer everyone! I make quite a lot of fruit cakes, so I was keen to try this recipe to see how it compares. I have made my own marzipan a few times, but I have never made my own sugar paste, so this would be another thing to tick off the list. Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Summer, tagged Biscuits, Blackerry, ganache, walnut, White chocolate on September 17, 2015| 1 Comment »
Last year was a bumper year for blackberries, I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by beautiful countryside in Kent and plenty of hedgerows filled with blackberries. I think I picked around 20kg last year and really enjoyed trying all sorts of recipes to use them up. I’ve been out a couple of times this year so it’s time to start making some goodies from all of my pickings. I found a recipe for walnut biscuits and adapted it to sandwich the biscuits together with a yummy blackberry and white chocolate ganache. Click here to try this lovely recipe.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, tagged Great British Bake Off, Layer cake, walnut on August 10, 2015| 1 Comment »
It’s that time of year again – the Great British Bake Off has started and each Wednesday evening we can look forward to some baking entertainment on TV! Last year we tried to make a few of the technical challenges, but we ran out of time, so this year between the two of us, we are hoping to attempt most of them. This week it was Mary Berry’s frosted walnut layer cake. Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Green, Nuts, pink, Spring, Summer, tagged almond, chocolate, Fudge, pink and mint green, pink roses, pretty cupcakes, summer, Toblerone, toblerone cookies, toblerone cupcakes, toblerone fudge on July 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last time I got back from holiday, I bought some Toblerone at the airport, I decided to copy Emma’s idea and use it to make some treats for the office. I chose a summery design, perfect for the warm weather we’ve been having recently. Click here to find out more about these pretty cupcakes.
Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Nuts, royal icing, Summer, tagged apple, Biscuits, caterplillar, cookies, flooding icing, the very hungry caterpillar on June 27, 2015| 3 Comments »
When I was little, every night before bed I would ask to be read the same book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. For some reason it was my favourite book – maybe because it was all about food! What did the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat today?
Gloverly Cupcakes 