Mary Berry’s Ginger and Treacle Spiced Traybake was this week’s Weekly Bake Off Challenge. I love ginger and treacle so was keen to make this one. Mary used the ‘all-in-one’ method for this bake. I’m always wary of using this incredibly easy method but her recipes always seem to work perfectly and it did this … Continue reading
Elderflower Honey Cake I have a friend who keeps bees. They collect pollen predominantly from elderflowers and so their honey has a light elderflower flavour. He very kindly gave me some of his elderflower honey and I decided to make a cake with it. I found a lovely recipe for Devonshire Honey cake by Geraldene … Continue reading
This week’s Weekly Bake Off challenge is Mary Berry’s Ultimate Chocolate Roulade. The roulade is made without flour so is very light but was quite rich in chocolate flavour. I added raspberries to the cream filling as Mary suggests in her book, 100 Cakes and Bakes, and the fruit added a lovely sharpness to complement … Continue reading
Banoffee Pie Cupcake and Lemon Meringue Pie Cupcake – Cupcakes or Pies? Very Good Recipes set a recipe challenge for April – this month’s theme is: April Fool. April Fool’s Day is of course on April 1st, but this challenge will last all of April 2012! The challenge is to publish a recipe of a … Continue reading
After my exciting discovery of baking with avocado I decided to try cupcakes and thought they would be lovely with a cream cheese topping and a hint of lemon! Avocado Cupcakes 175g unsalted butter 175g caster sugar 3 medium eggs 175g self-raising flour 1 avocado, peeled, de-stoned and mashed Juice of 1 small lemon Topping: 300g cream … Continue reading
