It’s been a while since I’ve made any gingerbread biscuits and as a playdate was cancelled yesterday I thought I would bake some. I used a gingerbread cookie mix I bought from John Lewis. The mixture smelt delicious and it was lovely to do some easy baking! You all know what an Orla Kiely freak I am so I thought it would be fun to make my favourite stem print into a template for an icing sugar decoration. Simple but effective. You may wonder why I only managed to photograph one biscuit? Let’s just say I discovered my son shares…
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What was I thinking?! When I saw a picture of a Union Jack battenburg cake I was thinking “I can make that”. So I did. Ok, so it doesn’t quite look like the one in the photograph but at least I tried. The sponge cake turned out rather greener than the blue I hoped for and it was quite tricky to slice the cake diagonally! It’s a time consuming project as you need to leave the cake to chill in the fridge through various stages of construction. It’s sandwiched together with layers of buttercream and strawberry jam and wrapped in…
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It’s a shame I can’t use the excuse of pregnancy but I have a sweet tooth. Yesterday I whipped up a batch of honey cupcakes and added some honeycomb for some extra crunch. They taste delicious so if you fancy trying them yourself here’s the recipe. Ingredients: 115g butter 115g caster sugar 115g self-raising flour 2 eggs 1 tbsp honey 2 tbsp honeycomb pieces Icing: 20g butter 150g icing sugar 2 tbsp water 1 tbsp vanilla essence Method: Heat the oven to 170 degrees (if using a fan oven) and place your cake wrappers in a cake tin.…
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I just adore the taste of mint chocolate ice cream and wondered if this could be translated to cupcakes!? Yes, it can! Here’s a simple but tasty recipe for 12 mint choc cupcakes. Ingredients: 225g self raising flour 4 tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 225g caster sugar 225g unsalted butter 4 eggs 1 tsp mint essence 100g chocolate chips Method: Preheat oven to 160. Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking powder in a bowl. In a separate bowl beat the sugar and butter, then add the eggs. Add the dry mixture to the bowl with the mint essence…
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It’s been a while since I baked something, well, at least a week. I can’t bear to let a cake tin go empty! I thought I would make something delicious and healthy as Edward enjoys the odd slice of cake too. Ingredients: 175g self-raising flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 150g caster sugar 3 eggs 3 ripe bananas 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp vanilla extract Method: Preheat over to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4 and grease and line a loaf tin Combine the flour, baking powder and sugar together in a large bowl. Beat the remaining ingredients in another bowl. Stir the…
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Look away if you’re on a diet because I made something really naughty! Chocolate cupcakes from one of my favourite recipe books, the hummingbird bakery cookbook. I can confirm they taste absolutely divine but are probably not good for your waistline 🙂 I’m linking up with Handmade Thursday. Why don’t you go and see what everyone else has been up to.
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I’m a big fan of Annabel Karmel and have a couple of her recipe books so I was keen to review her latest cookbook which aims to teach children from the age of four and upwards how to cook. Tying in with her new TV series, Annabel’s Kitchen, broadcast on CiTV from April 2011, this step-by-step book for beginners demonstrates how to cook simple but tasty dishes in a fun and accessible way – with appearances from the shows loveable characters, Jimmy the Penguin and a trio of Singing Cupcakes! The book features dishes from all over the world…
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I’m excited about the prospect of the Royal Wedding next week. My husband has the day off work and my sister and niece should be coming to stay. I wanted to make something to commemorate the special day and I am proud to present my London cupcakes. I’ve used Union flag cupcake cases and my toppers show famous London landmarks, such as Big Ben, a London taxi cab, a London bus and a Foot Guard. I have to confess I had help with the cupcakes, using the new Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cupcake mix which tasted divine!
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I started my blog back in 2005 and since then have used it to post about my hobbies and life. I quite like reading back through it and seeing how my interests have changed. When I started blogging I would record progress with my family history research but one day I discovered sewing and crafty blogs and never looked back. I hope my blog also reflects my personal life, when I changed from a miss to a mrs and later added the title of mummy to that of wife. I’ve been using my blog header for a while but have…