I love to bake, and since embarking upon my Baking Bible Challenge (a personal challenge I set for myself to bake all 219 recipes in Mary Berry’s Baking Bible) I…
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Although I haven’t been posting much about it lately (an unfortunate side effect of being pregnant was a complete lack of desire to bake, or be around cooking smells at…
We made these English Madeleines on a rainy day a week or so ago. I was keen to try out my dariole moulds, which I received as a present, and…
If you’ve never made teabread then you really should – it’s so easy and really delicious. And whoever thought of spreading cake with butter is a genius! Two of my…
A few weeks ago, on a rainy morning, Rosalie and I set to making these mini cakes – I thought they would be quick to make and fun for her…
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#65 Devil’s Food Cake {Baking Bible Challenge}
My first bake from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible Challenge for 2016 was this Devil’s Food Cake, which I made for Jim’s birthday. I have to say, I was really disappointed…
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#64 Buche de Noel {Baking Bible Challenge}
I’m not the biggest fan of traditional Christmas cake, so decided to make Buche de Noel this year – I made and filled the chocolate swiss roll ahead of time…
For Rosalie’s second birthday I made her this bunny rabbit birthday cake – I thought at two she would get quite a kick out of seeing this cute little creature…
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#60 Apricot Swiss Cakes {Baking Bible Challenge}
These were a spur of the moment bake when a friend said she was dropping in for tea at the weekend. Although they are called ‘cakes’, once I’d looked at…
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#56 Queen Cakes {Baking Bible Challenge}
We had a mummy daughter baking session this morning, and the result was these Queen Cakes – I wanted to choose a recipe that was really simple so that Rosalie…
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#55 Chocolate Victoria Sandwich {Baking Bible Challenge}
In anticipation of a need for cake last week I made this Chocolate Victoria Sandwich, recipe number 55 of 219. As it turns out I didn’t need the cake, and…
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#53 Chocolate Swiss Roll {Baking Bible Challenge}
What else was I going to do with leftover double cream? Whipping up a chocolate swiss roll whilst Rosalie took a nap seemed like a perfect idea. It’s pretty straightforward…
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#50 Chocolate Chip Brownies {Baking Bible Challenge}
Woohoo! 50 bakes in to my challenge! I can’t believe it; I only started this challenge less than a year ago. In celebration, I present bake number fifty…Chocolate Chip Brownies.…
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#47 Melting Moments {Baking Bible Challenge}
Melting moments are something I remember making a lot when I was younger; they’re simple and fun to make. I did have a small issue with them spreading and joining…
