Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, gingerbread, mince meat stuffed gingerbread on December 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I saw this recipe in the Waitrose magazine last Christmas but didn’t get round to making it. It’s a recipe from John Whaite (who won GBBO in 2012) and it’s a perfect Christmas flavour combination of gingerbread and mincemeat, yummy! Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged christmas baking, Christmas Muffins, Clementine and marzipan muffins on December 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Having warm muffins for breakfast is always a popular weekend treat in our house and these have a really lovely Christmas flavour. The squidgy warm marzipan pieces inside are very yummy. So why not give these a try, click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged birdhouse cake, christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake on December 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Christmas cakes are my favourite type of cake to decorate, it’s how Em and I first got into cake decorating when we were little. We always used to choose a design and have a go at making it. It always makes me feel Christmassy! This year I decided to make a big cake, as you can never have enough fruit cake. Click here to find out more about my Christmas bird house cake.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, tagged Chocolate Orange, christmas baking, panettone on December 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
As chocolate orange is one of my absolute favourite flavours I couldn’t resist making these as a treat for breakfast in the run up to Christmas. I knew the girls would love them too, the only problem was that one just wasn’t enough! Click here to try this recipe.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Tray Bakes, Winter, tagged chocolate, chocolate brownies, christmas baking, pretzels on December 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Although this one isn’t strictly a Christmas recipe, everyone loves a chocolate brownie and these are really good, the salty pretzels add a yummy crunch and using these Christmas ones adds a festive touch. Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Winter, tagged biscotti, Chocolate Orange, Christmas, christmas baking on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m a bit late getting going with the Christmas recipes this year, I’m not really sure where the time has gone! But I have been busy baking, so I have plenty of Christmas recipes to share over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the first recipe, one of my favourite flavours – chocolate orange. Click here to see how to make this chocolate orange and almond biscotti.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, patisserie, sable Breton on November 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe this is the penultimate technical challenge, we’ve had a lot of fun again this year trying them all out. In particular getting to try things I wouldn’t normally choose to make, the recipes always surprise us. This week was no exception, click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry, vegan sausage rolls on November 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Free from week on the bake off always surprises me, they make things that I would never usually attempt or things that really don’t appeal, but when I give them a go they are usually pretty good! This week was no exception, I love making sausage rolls and have tried plenty of different recipes over the years. But a vegan sausage roll didn’t really appeal – if you had told me it was a mushroom, lentil and miso pie I would have thought it sounded delicious. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged chocolate caramel biscuits, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, homemade twix on November 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Oh yes, it’s caramel week! Our favourite flavour! We all love caramel here, whether it’s salted carmel ice cream, cake or in a biscuit bar, it’s a winner. So we weren’t going to pass on this weeks challenge. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, tagged Baklava, GBBO Technical Challenge on November 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It was Emily’s 6th Birthday party last weekend, so I didn’t have time to do the technical challenge as I was busy making and decorating her Jungle Book themed cake (coming soon!). So after a busy 2 week half term and kids party I decided to treat myself to some baking! I absolutely love Baklava but rarely eat it and have never attempted to make it, let alone make filo pastry, so it was great to give this a go. Click here to see how I got on.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 