Banana and apple streusel loaf cake
Do you ever find that you purchase fruit and various baking ingredients and end up with the odd apple lurking in the fridge and a banana that gets so over ripe that you simply cannot eat it any more? An open bag of pecans with only a small amount in the bottom and an almost […]
Valentines Cake Pops
With pretty much one month to go until Valentines Day, I wanted to make something and share a little tutorial. So this weekend, I had a little play with a mini-ice cream mould I purchased a while back, but never actually used it until now! I purchased this from Amazon with some kind of cake […]
Just Bake Cupcake Toppers
As Christmas and New Year is fast approaching, you may be thinking of what cake & bakes you can whip up for dessert or give as edible gifts. Personalised cakes are always a winner and in this post, I’ve collaborated with Just Bake to show you a couple of items in their product range which […]
GBBO Bake Along – Bread Week
This week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off was Bread week! We saw all manner of sweet & savoury delights! From Chelsea Buns in the Signature round, Garlic Naan Breads in the Technical and Korovai for the Showstopper! I loved Kim-Joy’s cat themed wedding Korovai this week – the fact that she creates the […]
GBBO Bake Along – Cake Week
Week 2 of The Great British Bake Off was perfectly timed for my Birthday as it was Cake Week! On this episode; the amateur bakers were challenged to make a variety of delicious cakes from a traybake for the signature, Le Gateau Vert for the technical round and a chocolate collar cake for the showstopper! […]
Chocolate Eton Mess
I love strawberries and cream during this particularly hot summer we’re having at the mo! But sometimes you need a bit of crunch added into this delightful combo (plus a handful of raspberries!) I made this dessert to use up some meringue mix that went wrong over the weekend!! (a happy accident!!) I was actually […]
Lemon & Elderflower Cupcakes
With the Royal Wedding, between Meghan & Harry, happening this weekend; I thought I’d whip up some summery Lemon & Elderflower cupcakes inspired by the flavours of their wedding cake, being baked by Claire Ptak from Violet Cakes Bakery! I did a bit of research into elderflower flavourings, extracts and cordials in baking. I couldn’t […]
SU2C GBBO Bake Along – Carrot cake loaf
Week 3 of the Celebrity SU2C Bake Off saw Tim Minchin, Ruth Davidson, Ella Eyre & Jamie Laing enter the Bake Off tent and were challenged to bake a loaf cake, Coffee Viennese Finger biscuits and a meringue showstopper! We saw mixed results once again with Tim’s Meringue offering melting away and falling apart yet […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Iced Ginger Biscuits
The Final episode of The Great British Bake Off 2017 aired this week and we saw the last 3 bakers; Kate, Sophie and Steven challenged to a variety of bakes including knotted bread & bread rolls for the Signature round. For the Technical Challenge, Prue set them the task of creating iced ginger biscuits that […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Millionaires Cookies
This post is much later than planned because I had such a busy week last week with cake orders, work and generally playing catch up!! But I finally developed a little GBBO Caramel Week recipe for these super easy Millionaires Cookies! I’ve made Millionaires Shortbread before and I have to say they are a bit […]