I'm trying to be a bit more adventurous and come up with some new ideas of things I could make. One of my ideas was to incorporate the popular pastries, cinnamon swirls, into a biscuit. I thought I could make a batch of plain shortbread, plus a batch of cinnamon shortbread and roll them up together to create a swirly shape. I gave this a go,...
I've been wanting to have a go at making bakewell tarts for a while, and as I had some leftover frangipan mixture in the fridge I thought I'd try making some mini ones in a small tart pan that my mum has. It was quite difficult to do this as I didn't really have the right size pastry cutter and I slightly over-filled them...
This week it was my mum's birthday so a great excuse for me to get baking because everyone deserves a cake on their birthday. The unfortunate thing is that my mum is trying to eat quite healthily at the moment so I wanted to make her a cake that she could enjoy but not feel too guilty about! After much consideration I decided...
On Saturday I spent the day in London with my mum and younger sister Helen. I was hoping to come across Hummingbird's or Primrose bakery but unfortunately we ran out of time to try and find them! However, I did get to nosey around the food hall in Harrods to check out the lovely cake and chocolate displays, and I was shocked to see a...
I love teddy bears and I got a new teddy cookie cutter for christmas so for valentines day I thought I'd make some valentines teddy shortbread biscuits. I made half the dough into chocolate shortbread to make brown bears and the other half I kept plain. For a valentines theme, I cut out little icing hearts for their buttons, and I also covered...
I had some leftover pastry in the fridge so this Sunday I decided to make a twist on the cherry bakewell tart. I thought almonds and apricot would be a great combination, but I also added marzipan to the tarts for an extra surprise! I put a teaspoon of apricot jam in the bottom of each pastry round, then cut out a small piece...
Recently I asked my work collegues for ideas on things I could bake, that maybe they havn't had for a while or that are hard to get hold of. My friend Georgia told me she used to get banana muffins at school with 'crunchy sugar on top' that were delicious. I like a bit of a challenge so I thought I would try...
I am always looking for an excuse to bake and help launch my business plans so when I get a request to make cakes for somebody I'm very happy to oblige! On Sunday my sister's boyfriend asked if I could make him something 'cakey'. He requested that I make individual chocolate apple betty tarts (an adaptation I made on Nigel Slaters chocolate apply betty pudding) and possibly a...
Ok so I've decided to stick with the 'biscuit of the week' thing. This time I decided to try anzac biscuits from Leith's baking bible. These biscuits were originally made by the mothers and wives of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps to send to them whilst they were away from home- lucky them! I added glace cherries to jazz them up a bit...
