Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Puddings, Red, White, Winter, tagged Buche de Noel, christmas baking, Christmas log, orange and cranberry, White chocolate on December 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I always make a Yule log at Christmas although at the moment I haven’t found a favourite recipe, so I am keen to keep trying some new ones. Last year I chose a white chocolate, orange and cranberry flavoured one and adapted a couple of recipes to make it, click here to see the full recipe.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged Banoffee Pie, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry on November 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I’m a bit behind with the challenges this year, October and November are always so busy with both the girls Birthdays and Rich’s Birthday too, so I have been busy making 3 Birthday cakes instead. But the other weekend I did manage to squeeze in making a smaller version of the banoffee pie. Click here to see how I got on.
(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 autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, Tarte Aux Pomme on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe this series of Bake Off is almost over, we’ve really enjoyed it once again and loved trying the technical challenges each week. There has only been one savoury bake this year, and with both girls Birthdays and Rich’s Birthday too, we have eaten a lot of cake over the last couple of months! Click here to see how I got on with this challenge.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged Caterpillar Cake, Chocolate Swiss roll, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I just about managed to squeeze in making this weeks technical with the girls this weekend. It was definitely a more challenging bake this week with several tricky elements. But worth it as it definitely put a smile on our faces! Click here to see how we got on.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Spices, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, Orange and ginger steamed pudding, Steamed Pudding on November 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I had just enough time on Sunday evening to attempt this weeks technical challenge and make these for pudding. A traditional steamed sponge and custard was definitely the perfect comfort food for this time of year. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged caramelised white chocolate cheesecake, cheesecake, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Having done every challenge last week and then this week we had Emily’s Birthday on Friday, lunch out on Saturday and a huge chocolate cake to eat, I decided that just doing half the recipe was enough! So one each for Rich and me and then one for the girls to share. I still have some blackcurrants in the freezer from Em’s garden which was lucky. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged Chocolate hazelnut and Raspberry vertical tarts, desert, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry on November 14, 2022| 1 Comment »
I’d love to have more time to try some patisserie stuff, I love watching Bake Off the Professionals and seeing some of the amazing patisserie things they do. It’s all so precise and they have lots of clever equipment too! These deserts were perfectly timed with Rich’s Birthday, so they made a tasty treat for pudding on Saturday night. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, Summer, tagged custard, GBBO Technical Challenge, pistachio ice cream on October 31, 2022| 1 Comment »
Another week down, another technical challenge done! Phew! I really liked the idea of custard week, and we were very excited to see that the technical was ice cream – I make a lot of ice cream, so I was looking forward to this one. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, lemon meringue pie, pastry on October 17, 2022| 1 Comment »
We were really looking forward to dessert week on the Bake Off, especially having seen the clip the week before showing the very limited instructions for making a lemon meringue pie. I honestly don’t think I have ever made a lemon meringue pie before, but I’ve made plenty of pastry, curd and meringue, so I was hoping it was going to be fairly straightforward. Click here to keep reading.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 