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Poinsettia Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, gold, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on December 3, 2016| 1 Comment »

P1240055.JPGIt’s time for our 1st batch of Christmas baking! As usual I am baking for Serpentine Running Club for the last cross country race before Christmas, so it seemed fitting to make something Christmas theme and in red and gold – the clubs colours. I love the Hummingbird Bakery Christmas cupcake recipe, it has got all the flavours of a Christmas cake, but its lovely and light and is topped with scrummy almond butter cream. Click here to try this recipe.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 9 – Savarin

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged , on October 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of this years bake off! One more technical challenge to go. I ended up buying the tin for this weeks challenge – you can never have too many cake tins and I am sure I will use it again as it’s a very pretty shape. It’s been a bit of a crazy week as it was Emily’s 1st Birthday last Thursdays, so I had a very important Birthday cake to make which took priority, so I am only getting round to doing this now. Click here to see the results.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 8 – Jumbles

Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Spices, tagged , , , on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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It’s not long till the bake off final, so only a few more weeks of technical challenges left. I’ve got a very busy few weeks, so it’s a good job that last weeks challenge was a quick and easy one! I thought they would be good for a post cross country race snack, so made a double batch to take to the first Met League cross country race of the season. Click  here to see how I got on.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 7 -Marjolaine

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged , , , , , on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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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.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No.5 – Bakewell Tart

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , on September 27, 2016| 1 Comment »

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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

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 2 – Viennese Whirls

Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Other on September 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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Time for GBBO technical challenge number 2! I love Viennese whirls, the biscuits just melt in your mouth, so I was really pleased with this weeks challenge. I have made them before, but probably about 10 years ago, so it’s nice to give them a go again. Click  here to find out how I got on.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 1 – Jaffa Cakes

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2016| 1 Comment »

In case you missed it, the Great British Bake Off started again last week! Becky and I both really enjoyed trying the technical challenges last year so we’ve decided we’ll be doing them again this year. Last year we took it in turns to make them each week but we both decided we wanted to try the technical challenge from cake week – Jaffa Cakes!

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Olympic Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, Summer, tagged , , , , , , on August 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

P1230149For the last two weeks I’ve been lacking sleep. Partly because of the Olympics (why do most of the finals have to be in the middle of the night?!) and partly due to being at a hen do last weekend for one of my friends, Sian. These Olympic themed cupcakes were for Sian’s hen do. We had a mini Olympics during the day on Saturday so I decided that some themed cupcakes would help re-fuel the athletes! Click here to keep reading.

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Pistachio Fondant Fancies

Posted in Green, Nuts, Other Cakes, Spring, Summer, tagged , , , on May 12, 2016| 2 Comments »

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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.

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Bug Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, Spring, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2016| 2 Comments »

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It’s been a gorgeous week, full of spring sunshine so I couldn’t resist making some spring cupcakes as a present for Matt and Beckie who looked after Emily on Saturday while Rich and I were at a wedding. Click here to find out how to make these little bugs.

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