Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
90th Birthday Cakes
Kelly, one of my closest friends, turned 30 a few weeks ago and was having a joint party with her dad who will be 60 later in the year.
Kelly loves pink, pink and more pink and her dad loves nothing more than to spend his free time camping, so with this in mind I promised to make them both cakes to celebrate their 90th Birthday!
Kelly loves pink, pink and more pink and her dad loves nothing more than to spend his free time camping, so with this in mind I promised to make them both cakes to celebrate their 90th Birthday!
Sunday Blueberry Bake
Nothing says Sunday baking like the delicious smell of Blueberry Muffins floating around the house.
Here are my little beauties,
Here are my little beauties,
Happy Mother's Day!
So it was Mother's Day on Sunday so when I went to visit, as a naughty little treat, I took my mum some freshly baked Triple Coffee Whoopie Pies and some cute Vanilla Cupcakes with a super sweet rapsberry centre.
I knew she wouldn't be able to resist!
I knew she wouldn't be able to resist!
Monday, 5 December 2011
Christmas Cakes Are Coming
Christmas is just around the corner now (hasn't it come around quickly?!) and I've made two cakes so far with one more to squeeze in before the big guy comes-a-knocking... or sliding down the chimney.
For the first cake I made a spray of sugar paste flowers and leaves and for the second some pretty poinsettia flowers.
For the first cake I made a spray of sugar paste flowers and leaves and for the second some pretty poinsettia flowers.
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Happy Christmas Cupcakes Everyone!
I plan (as always) to be organised and prepare for Christmas early this year. So far it's all going well...
August... Started Christmas Shopping
September... Added a few Christmas songs to my MP3 Player
October... Baked the Christmas Cake
Too early? NEVER!
With the shops starting to stock crackers, mince pies and decorations, I figure, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
So yesterday, after soaking my fruit for 24 hours in Brandy, I set to and made my Christmas cake using a recipe I was given by my mum's friend Peggy.
The Christmas songs and the sweet smell of fruit cake and spices filled the air yesterday as I mixed and baked with a jolly big smile on my face. (As always I should have been doing housework, but a cake's just not going to bake itself right?!)
So as I filled my tin with the gorgeous mixture, I ran into a problem.... There was too much for the tin to take. What's a girl to do?! Well I'll tell you. I whipped out my cupcake tin, lined it with cases and filled.
After baking, I pricked them all with a toothpick and fed them more Brandy till I thought they would stagger away in a drunken mess!
Just like any good Christmas cake, I topped them all with circles od marzipan and then covered in white, green and red fondant icing.
So while my main Christmas cake cooked away in the oven, filling the house with even more Christmas cheer, I decorated my new little Christmas fruit cupakes.
August... Started Christmas Shopping
September... Added a few Christmas songs to my MP3 Player
October... Baked the Christmas Cake
Too early? NEVER!
With the shops starting to stock crackers, mince pies and decorations, I figure, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
So yesterday, after soaking my fruit for 24 hours in Brandy, I set to and made my Christmas cake using a recipe I was given by my mum's friend Peggy.
The Christmas songs and the sweet smell of fruit cake and spices filled the air yesterday as I mixed and baked with a jolly big smile on my face. (As always I should have been doing housework, but a cake's just not going to bake itself right?!)
So as I filled my tin with the gorgeous mixture, I ran into a problem.... There was too much for the tin to take. What's a girl to do?! Well I'll tell you. I whipped out my cupcake tin, lined it with cases and filled.
After baking, I pricked them all with a toothpick and fed them more Brandy till I thought they would stagger away in a drunken mess!
Just like any good Christmas cake, I topped them all with circles od marzipan and then covered in white, green and red fondant icing.
Merry Cupcakes Everyone!!
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Biscuits baked to distract
In an attempt to distract myself from housework yesterday, I convinced myself that I needed to make biscuits!
Who doesn't need biscuits huh?
So I set to and baked some lovely little vanilla biscuits and decorated them with piped royal icing.
Whoopieeeeeeeeeee
I recently made Whoopie!
Whoopie Pies that is! I've read a lot about these mysterious little treats and heard they're all the rage in the states so I thought I'd try my hand at baking some.
Whoopie Pies are like a cross between a biscuit and a cake and are a totally delicious indulgance!
I baked Triple Chocolate Whoopies, because let's face it, who doesn't like triple cocolate anything!?
I also made some Beetroot Whoopies out of curiosity.
Both batches of Whoopie Pies were delicious yet very different. The Triple Chocolate were crunchy on the edges and deliciously soft and chewy in the centre. The Beetroot however, were more cake like and spongey!
Whoopie Pies that is! I've read a lot about these mysterious little treats and heard they're all the rage in the states so I thought I'd try my hand at baking some.
Whoopie Pies are like a cross between a biscuit and a cake and are a totally delicious indulgance!
I baked Triple Chocolate Whoopies, because let's face it, who doesn't like triple cocolate anything!?
I also made some Beetroot Whoopies out of curiosity.
Both batches of Whoopie Pies were delicious yet very different. The Triple Chocolate were crunchy on the edges and deliciously soft and chewy in the centre. The Beetroot however, were more cake like and spongey!
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