Lockdown doughnut decorating!

Well this is a weird time for everyone isn’t it. I, like many people, have been socially distancing/self isolating for quite a while now, and now in the UK we are in lockdown.

I’ve been working from home since the 17th of March. It’s safe to say the novelty has worn off now and I’m running out of things to do in the evenings. There is only so much Netflix one person can watch – although everyone’s talking about Tiger King, so that’s one I might start watching.

As well all know, everyone bought all the food, because they were worried about all this. I’ve been wanting to do some baking, but I couldn’t because until a couple of days ago I couldn’t get hold of any eggs.  
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Adventures in gingerbread – part one

Welcome to another mini-series on the blog. My previous track record with this kind of thing isn’t great – I didn’t ever finish ‘cooking from my calendar’ and I think I might have lost the actual calendar now, whoops.

Hopefully I can cope with a two-part series though. At the time of writing, it might be a three-part series, I haven’t decided yet.

And if you hadn’t guessed, it’s all about gingerbread! Woo woo woo woo woo!

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Cooking from my Calendar – May

This month’s recipe from the calendar is rock cakes.

Please, I’ve been making rock cakes basically since I was born. I think they were the second thing I ever baked with my mum (after fairy cakes of course).

They are a favourite of my dad. I also don’t mind rock cakes, even though they have dried fruit in them. My Uncle Ron puts a pinch of cinnamon in his and they’re lovely.

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The cake that almost never was

I made a cake for someone at work because he was leaving one department and going into another one. I wanted to make a drip cake with mini doughnuts on the top.

I had been so organised up to this point – the only thing left to do the night before the cake was due was the chocolate ganache for the drip and the mini doughnuts.

However, the drip part didn’t really work and I wasn’t happy with the cake. Maybe I’m too picky but I like things to look as good as possible! So anyway, here is what happened, via notes written on my phone throughout the experience, the evening before the cake was due and after chocolate ganache ruined my life…

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