I love making and baking things to give to people as gifts and biscuits are perfect as they have a longer shelf life than cakes and they tend to travel better too. I bought this elephant cookie cutter a few years ago and it really does make the cutest shaped little elephants, whether it’s for a cake or some biscuits. Click here to see how these little elephants are made.
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Elephant Biscuits
Posted in Biscuits, Grey, pink, royal icing, tagged Baby Shower Biscuits, Elephant Biscuits on February 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »
GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No 2. – Fig Rolls
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, tagged biscuit week, Biscuits, Fig rolls, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, Great British Bake Off, technical challenge on September 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

This week on the Bake Off it was biscuit week. Some of the showstoppers were amazing – I have chickens so I was very tempted to try to create a biscuit Chicken! But I’ve stuck with the technical challenge this week which was fig rolls, something I haven’t had for years.
Rock Cakes
Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, tagged Dried Fruit, Rock Cakes, Traditional Bake on February 28, 2019| 1 Comment »
A couple of weeks ago at nursery Emily baked rock cakes, we used to bake them lots when I was little too and they are an old favourite! At the weekend Emily and my Mum also did some baking and made more rock cakes, so thought it was about time I added them on here. Click
Sugar Plum Gingerbread House
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Green, pink, purple, Spices, tagged christmas baking, gingerbread house, sugarplum on December 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I didn’t get round to uploading any photos of last years ginger bread house but anyone that’s been to our house in the last year will have seen it! It’s been on the sideboard as a permanent feature all year! There’s no chance we’ll eat it now, but it makes a great Christmas decoration and having had baby Chloe just three weeks ago there certainly won’t be time to make one this year! Click here to see more photos of my magical house.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 4 – Raspberry Blancmange
Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Summer, tagged Blancmange, GBBO Technical Challenge, Langues de chat on September 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I think I must be one of the only people who actually liked blancmange when I was little! So this recipe definitely appealed and sounded very yummy. I had a bit of help from Emily with the biscuits, but it was a tricky one for a toddler to do! Click here to see how we got on.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 1 – Wagon Wheels Biscuits
Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Wagon Wheels on August 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Finally this years GBBO is underway! It was a great start to the series and I can’t wait for next weeks episode already. This year I am getting a bit of help with my baking from Emily who really enjoyed watching it for the first time on Wednesday morning and couldn’t wait to try and make them. So click here to see how we got on.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 10 – Iced Ginger Biscuits
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, royal icing, Spices, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Ginger Biscuits, royal icing on November 7, 2017| 1 Comment »
I can’t believe that this years bake off has now finished! I really enjoyed watching it and thought the new presenters were great and I was really pleased with the result, Sophie throughly deserved to win! I’m actually feeling quite relieved that all the technical challenges are now done and I can start to think about Christmas baking. So here is my attempt at the iced ginger biscuits.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 4 – Stroopwafels
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Other, tagged caramel, GBBO Technical Challenge, Stroopwafels on September 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This week was caramel week on the Great British Bake Off and I was intrigued to see what the technical challenge would be. I didn’t watch it live but Becky text me after it finished and asked if I fancied buying an ice cream waffle cone maker – I was intrigued! Since neither of us own one, and Becky said she wouldn’t use it (it’s a bit hard to make them gluten free) I said I was happy to buy it but asked her to order it for me since I was away and worried it wouldn’t arrive in time. When I got back on Thursday it was waiting for me! Click here to see how I got on.
Iced Vanilla Biscuits
Posted in Biscuits, Blue, Grey, Other, royal icing, tagged Flower biscuits, Piping, Vanilla Biscuits on March 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The best way to use up left over cake decorations is to do some more baking! I have a pot filled with left over flowers of various shapes, sizes and colours, so I picked out these ones to create some elegant biscuits! I usually use a biscuit recipe from the Biscuiteers Book of Iced Biscuits as they are always tasty and have the perfect texture. Click here to try their vanilla biscuit recipe.