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Ho ho ho and here we go; it’s November so it’s nearly Christmas!
I flipping LOVE Christmas. It’s my favourite time of the year, and from October I’m ready and waiting to get Halloween out of the way so I can get excited about the build up to Christmas.
Apparently it’s not acceptable to be excited until Halloween is out of the way, which frankly is a shambles. I say when the shops start putting their Christmas stuff out, it’s fair game. I made these in October, because I don’t follow the rules.
*I’ve literally just realised this was in my drafts and hasn’t been published. It’s now October 2019… so this blog is about 18 months old. Whoops. Enjoy!*
I made a Pokeball cake last summer for my nephews.
If you’re a fan of lots of pictures in blog posts then this one probably isn’t for you.
I haven’t detailed the bits like crumb coating mainly because I forgot to take pictures… and there are only so many pictures you can take of a Pokeball anyway!
Continue reading “It’s harder than you think to make a Pokeball cake”
As we know, I’m a year behind on my ‘cooking from my calendar’ series. Nevertheless I’m carrying on and so here is July’s recipe, which I actually made some time in September 2018 for a party that my parents were going to.
The recipe is strawberry, ricotta, lemon and cream tart.
So. Let’s discuss.
This post is from 2018 and was saved in my drafts, but I didn’t publish it. So now, a year later, here it is…!
I have previously tried to make sweet pastry twice; once in my flat in the middle of summer and once on a pastry course in the middle of summer. As sweet pastry mainly consists of butter, and funnily enough butter just melts when it’s hot, neither ended particularly well.
So, one morning I turned off all the heating in my flat. It was snowing outside which, coupled with no heating, made my kitchen (my whole flat really) like a fridge. ‘Perfect conditions to give sweet pastry another go,’ I thought. I used a Mary Berry recipe – been a while since we’ve seen one of those on here hasn’t it!
Hello! I’ve been away for so long I forgot how to log on. But here we are, back again.
I’ve been away for a bit because I just couldn’t really deal with doing any baking to be honest – I think it was all anxiety related.
BUT, I made some cakes last week, for a cake sale that we did at work to raise money for Asthma UK.
Here is what I made…
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.
What a dramatic title. It’s really just experiment time! I never really enjoyed science experiments at school but I do enjoy a cake experiment – not sure if that’s because I get to eat the final product? #cakescience
Continue reading “Buttermilk vs soured cream – ultimate showdown knockout battle”
This month’s recipe is Earl Grey Tea Loaf.
I’ll say this right now. This is not a cake for me. There is far too much dried fruit in here and it’s not covered in buttercream.
So what do I do with cakes that aren’t my thing? That’s right – take them home to my mum and Dad who like stuff with dried fruit in a lot more than I do.
I eat a lot of bananas, but I don’t really like them when they are baked into a cake, if I’m being honest.
When someone brings in a banana loaf, I’m usually not one of the first people in the queue to try it, which is very unlike me. Usually if there’s a cake in the office I pipe up at about 10am asking if anyone’s going to have any. I think 10am is an acceptable time for cake.
Continue reading “Hummingbird Bakery: Banana and Cinnamon Muffins”
I haven’t made many lemon drizzle cakes in my life; in fact other than the one you’re about to read about, I think I’ve only made one other and I don’t remember it being particularly amazing.
I mean, it was alright but I didn’t love it.
Continue reading “When life gives you lemons, make a lemon drizzle”