Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other, Pastry, tagged caramel, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry, pear Tarte Tatin on October 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Caramel week is always one of our favourite weeks on the GBBO and this year was no exception. Rich was very pleased that the technical bake was Tarte Tatin, one of his favourites and something I have never made. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged Biscuits, chocolate, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, peppermint biscuits on October 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
There was so much drama in biscuit week in the bake off! We also had our own drama at home with a sick bug from school that was doing the rounds and put a stop to all our plans, so these were made in a bit of a rush on Sunday afternoon. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other Cakes, pink, Yellow, tagged Battenberg, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 1, 2024| 2 Comments »
Woo hoo, GBBO is back! I’m not sure if I was more excited or if the girls were. Over the summer they sneaked down one night after bedtime and saw Rich and I watching the Bake Off the Professionals, not surprisingly they loved it and started watching it, they then discovered there’s a junior GBBO too. They can’t get enough of it all! We are all looking forward to the new series and trying plenty of new recipes again. So here’s our first technical challenge.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Winter, tagged fruit cake, Illusion Cake, Stock Pot Cake on January 10, 2024| 2 Comments »
It was Mum’s 70th Birthday just before Christmas and she rarely has a Birthday cake as her Birthday is so close to Christmas. But as it was her 70th we had to do something special, so along with all the other Birthday surprises I made her an illusion cake based on a casserole pot and veg as cooking is still one of her favourite things to do. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Christmas, Puddings, Spices, tagged Chocolate Lebkuchen, Christmas, christmas baking, Ice Cream Sandwiches on December 30, 2023| 1 Comment »
I love combining recipes or using them in a slightly different way, so when I saw the cover recipe on November’s Sainsbury’s Magazine for chocolate lebkuchen I thought they would be perfect to turn into ice cream sandwiches and decorate them as Christmas puddings! Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Red, silver, Spices, White, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, Gnome Christmas Cake on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I just can’t resist making more than one Christmas cake each year, so once again this one will be a Christmas present for our best friends. I chose to make some cute little gnomes and add some other pops of colour and some snowflakes. Click here to see some more pics.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Christmas Biscuits, ginger bread on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Last year Em gave me a beautiful wooden pinecone biscuits mould for Christmas and I thought I would try it out and make some lovely pinecone biscuits as gifts for some friends. Click here to see how I got on!
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Christmas cake, Snowman Christmas Cake on December 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I’m feeling a bit behind with Christmas stuff this year, but priority is always to get the Christmas cakes done. I wanted to make a different shaped one this year so I thought I would make a big snowman. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Other, Red, White, Winter, tagged Candy Cane Cupcakes, Christmas Cupcakes, cupcakes, mint cupcakes on December 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I always try to make the girls teachers and teaching assistants some cupcakes for Christmas, this year I bought some mini candy canes and decided to use those to decorate the cupcakes with. And of course they had to be candy cane flavoured cupcakes too. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, pink, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged Bunny Birthday Cake, Chocolate Fudge Cake, kids birthday cake on December 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It was Chloe’s 5th Birthday at the end of November and once again she was very specific about the cake she wanted! She chose a bunny design with pink, blue and purple flowers and requested the bake off chocolate fudge cake with some salted caramel between each layer – good choice Chloe! Click here to see some more pics of this cake.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 