Fresh Cherry and Almond Cake Fathers day has come around again, giving me a great excuse to get in the kitchen and bake a cake for my dad. This year I decided to go for a cherry and almond cake, as this is something I have not made before. Most recipes call for using glace cherries but I wanted to try substituting these...
My sister's boyfriend Rabbi turned 21 this year and she organised an amazing suprise party for him after all his exams were over. Although I was already planning to make him a cake for his party (see posts to come!) I couldn't help but bake him a little cake for his actual birthday. As I know he has quite a sweet tooth like me, I...
I bought some lovely 72% cocoa dark chocolate the other day so I thought I'd make good use of it by using it as a coating for biscuits. I thought dark chocolate would combine beautifully with ginger so I got out Leith's baking bible and found a recipe for ginger nuts- small crunchy biscuits flavoured with the spicyness of ground ginger. These biscuits are made...
My mum works at a health club and recently they held a breast cancer awareness day. To raise money, all the staff had to come to work wearing an item of pink clothing- my mum found a cheap bright pink shirt from Tesco to wear-very glamourous! As my mum is responsible for the club's cafe, she wanted to sell something to raise a bit...
We had a huge box of Kelloggs cornflakes in the cupboard so I thought what better way to use them up than to make cornflake cakes. I thought back to my childhood and reminised about all the puddings we used to have at school- steamed sponge cake and custard, and of course the cornflake slice. Crumbly pastry base, with a sweet jam filling, topped...
Unfortunatly around the time of my birthday my laptop died, which meant that I couldn't upload my new baking photos which has lead me not to update my blog regularly :( The good news is I'm still baking and have lots of new things that I can't wait to share with you! My laptop still seems to be in some sort of computer...
