Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Pastry, Spices, tagged christmas baking, Mince pies, Toffee Apple Mince Pies on December 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This years build up to Christmas is going so fast we haven’t even blogged about any Christmas baking yet! That doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy doing lots. I’ve done 2 Christmas cakes and tried some new Christmassy recipes this week, so keep an eye out for photos and recipes coming soon. It wouldn’t be Christmas without Mince pies and this year I thought I would try something new, click here for this yummy recipe.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spring, Summer, tagged Children's Birthday Cake, Frog Cake, Orange and Almond Cake on December 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Just over a week ago it was Chloe’s first Birthday! I decided to do a frog themed cake and mini party for her, Emily was so excited! I spent a long time on Pinterest looking at frog cakes for some inspiration and then on Facebook I spotted a YouTube video from The Little Cherry Cake Company on how to make a frog cake, so I had a look and thought I would give it a go, it is definitely the cutest froggy cake I had seen. Click here to see some more pics.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged GBBO, Ginger Cake, Hedgehog Cake on December 5, 2019| 1 Comment »
Before we start all our Christmas baking I thought I would quickly upload some photos of the cake that Emily made for Rich for his Birthday this year. We all love watching the Great British Bake Off and also enjoy watching An Extra Slice. Rich’s absolute favourite bit is when they show photos of things that other people have had a go at baking, in particular the famous hedgehog cakes. So for his Birthday this year I thought we could make him a hedgehog cake and I would let Emily decorate it all by herself! I was secretly hoping it would be very funny leaving a 4 year old to do it! Click here to see how Emily got on.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Iced Cakes, tagged rainbow cake, Unicorn Cake on November 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Just over a month ago it was Emily’s 4th Birthday! And being a typical 4 year old she wanted a unicorn cake. I’d never made one before but knew that it wouldn’t be long before I had a request for one! I decided to surprise Emily by making the cake rainbow coloured inside, click here to see inside my unicorn cake.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged Gateau Saint Honore, GBBO Technical Challenge, patisserie on October 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It’s actually quite a relief that this is the penultimate week of the Great British Bake Off! I have loved doing all the technical challenges and trying things I wouldn’t normally have had a go at, but I’m also looking forward to doing some of my own baking too. I love patisserie but rarely attempt any as it really is very time consuming. We are away this weekend, so I volunteered to bring dessert – perfect excuse to give this a go! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Spices, tagged Brick Pastry, GBBO Technical Challenge, Moroccan Pie on October 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This week has been super busy as it was Emily’s 4th Birthday on Sunday, so all my baking energy went into creating a crazy rainbow coloured unicorn cake for her! This was a bit of a last minute decision to make it for dinner on Monday night as Em was coming to stay for the night, so a great opportunity to make it together and then eat it for dinner. Click here to see how we got on.
Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged Cassatelle, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe we are nearly at week 8 on the GBBO already! We had a very dark and rainy Friday afternoon here, so Emily and I decided it was perfect timing to make this weeks technical challenge. And luckily Chloe decided she was exhausted and had a 2.5 hour nap giving us plenty of time to get these done and in the fridge ready to deep fry for pudding as a Friday treat. Click here to see how me and my little helper got on.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Verrines on October 8, 2019| 1 Comment »
I was very excited about making the technical challenge for dessert week as my parents were coming to stay this weekend, so it gave us the perfect excuse to make something special! And with 6 portions it meant that Rich and I could try it on Friday night and there would still be 4 for Saturday night, as well as saving a tiny bit for a mini one for Emily. Click here to see how we got on.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged Beignets Souffle, GBBO Technical Challenge on September 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Can’t believe we are up to week 5 already on this years Bake Off! We had a free weekend at home this weekend, so this technical challenge was perfect for pudding on Saturday night. I hadn’t made choux pastry for a long time, so this was a good one to try. Click
Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Great British Bake Off, Maids of Honour, pastry on September 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We were all away together on a family holiday last week and managed to watch the GBBO together for the first time in a long time! I don’t think any of us were particularly keen to make these having seen the curd cheese being made, but when we looked at the recipe it actually sounded pretty good. So on Sunday afternoon Emily and I had a go at making them. Click here to see how we got on.
Gloverly Cupcakes 