Easter Rocky Road
As Easter is approaching, I wanted to make some fun yet easy no bake treats using up some leftover ingredients from my pantry (as it needs a bit of clear out!) and what could be better than making some delicious rocky road but with an Easter twist! All I needed to pick up from the […]
Valentines Day Marshmallow Popcorn
With Valentines Day just a few days away, it’s a perfect time to create some yummy sweet treats to enjoy with the one you love! If you are avoiding the restaurants this February 14th (because they’ll probably be packed with people out on dates!) and opting to stay at home snuggled up on the sofa […]
Unicorn Marshmallow Pops
Unicorn themed cakes & treats are really popular in the baking world right now! From rainbow and unicorn cakes like the one I made last year featuring a cute flufflepuff: To these marvellous creations that I’ve seen popping up all over Instagram & Pinterest by some other talented bakers: These style cakes are where I […]
Gingerbread Chai Spiced Cupcakes
I love trying out new cake recipes and when Bluebird Tea Co. recently sent me some Christmas tea’s to try out (review post here) I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try some tea infused baking. I’ve made Bara Brith, in the past, which is a Welsh tea bread using regular brewed tea […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Chocolate Drip Cake
It’s been a week since the final of The Great British Bake Off. I must admit, I’m rather sad that it won’t be on this evening :o( Though the BBC have confirmed that there will be a couple of Christmas Specials returning to our TV’s later in the year!! So what did the final episode […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Sweet & Savoury Palmiers
The Semi-Finals saw the remaining 4 bakers challenged to making puff pastry palmiers for the signature bake, fondant fancies for the technical and a savarin for the showstopper for Patisserie Week. They used a beautiful Nordicware Fleur de Lis bundt pan to bake the savarin in so they turned out beautifully shaped and decorated with […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Tudor Jumbles
Week 8 of the Great British Bake Off was Tudor week; another new theme with even more challenging bakes!! The 5 remaining bakers were challenged to make game pies for the signature bake, Tudor jumbles for the technical (and I found in incredibly painful to watch the bakers trying to plait and knot their jumble […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Chocolate Roulade
One of my favourite episodes of Great British Bake Off involved the bakers making some delicious looking delights for dessert week! They were challenged to make a roulade for the signature bake where we witnessed many delicious sounding flavours such as piña colada, yum! The technical was a very complicated looking marjolaine and the showstopper; […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Lemon Meringue Pie
Week six of The Great British Bake Off saw the brand new theme; Botanical week. We saw the bakers make things that involved citrus, herbs and floral flavours. They were challenged to make citrus meringue pies for the signature bake, fougasse – a type of bread that looked almost like one of my favourite breads; […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Mini Bakewell Tarts
This week’s GBBO was pastry week and the eight remaining bakers were challenged to make Danish pastries for the signature challenge, a classic Bakewell tart for the technical challenge and for the signature bake they were asked to make 24 sweet and 24 savoury bite sized delights from filo pastry – Filo amuse bouche! There […]