Yes it's that time of year again when the ghouls come out (or maybe just the trick or treaters) and some of us celebrate this freakish occasion. For me, its just another great excuse to bake some goodies along with the theme. This year - cupcakes and gingerbread people! I opted for plain and simple (but still delicious) vanilla cupcakes with a raspberry jam filling,...
After making danish pastries at college, I thought I'd have a go at making puff pastry at home as the technique of making the dough is fairly similar and therefore it would be good practice for my assesment! Puff pastry is time consuming to make, which I why I decided that Sunday would be the perfect day for attempting it! I actually found...
I often find it a little difficult when asked if I can make a cake for a male. It seems to be quite a challenge coming up with a general theme, and trying to make the cake look 'manly' ! It is far easier when decorating cakes for girls as the possibilities are endless- hearts, flowers, butterflies etc! I usually try and find out about...
Well it was another challenging day at college last week as we had the task of making danish pastries and croissants. I had attempted danish pastries before, but they weren't brilliant so I was looking forward to learning how to make them properly! We worked in pairs, with one person doing the croissant dough and the other doing the danish dough. I had the...
Last week my mum and my friend Jo took me for afternoon tea at the White Rabbit, a small teahouse in Nottingham city centre. The teahouse provides homemade cakes and light lunches, along with tea and coffee all served in traditional china. Ok so the coffee wasn't served in china.... The place was rather busy when we arrived, and did feel a little crampt, but it...
