These white chocolate and forest fruits cupcakes were made for a birthday gift. Whole pieces of white chocolate are inserted into the centre of each cake before baking and melt just enough so that they are soft but still give a surprising bite of chocolate – perfectly complementing the sharpness of the forest fruits. The … Continue reading
Mary Berry’s Madeira Cake was this week’s Weekly Bake Off challenge. Mary describes it as a’rich, densely textured sponge cake’ in her 100 Cakes and Bakes. It was straightforward to make using Mary’s favoured ‘all in one’ method and contained ground almonds and lemon zest. The recipe produced a lovely, light cake but I had … Continue reading
With all the beautiful blossom on the trees recently I started to think about making an apple blossom cake. I searched for recipes but couldn’t find one that used actual apple blossom and then I discovered that it should only be eaten in moderation as it could be poisonous! With a lack of other flowers … Continue reading
I have decided to join this month’s Simple and In Season cooking challenge hosted for May by Urvashi at The Botanical Baker. I love finding recipes that use freshly home-grown or locally grown ingredients so I’m looking forward to joining this recipe link-up! http://thebotanicalbaker.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/simple-and-in-season-may-recipe-link-up/ http://www.renbehan.com/simple-and-in-season I wanted to use ingredients from my own garden as … Continue reading
I have to admit I was a little scared when I went to buy the ingredients for this week’s Weekly Bake Off challenge. I came home with four bars of chocolate (350g needed) and 225g chocolate chips and that’s alongside 225g butter and 225g caster sugar! I really love chocolate but I thought I might be preparing … Continue reading
I have once again volunteered to be a judge for Very Good Recipes challenge! Each month a different group of judges decide on a theme and post their own recipe as an example. A prize is offered – this month a cookery book of your own choice for the top three recipes chosen. The theme for May … Continue reading
This week’s Weekly Bake Off challenge is American Chocolate Ripple Cheesecake (pg 176 of Mary Berry’s 100 Cakes and Bakes) and I have to say I couldn’t wait to make it! I’ve had my eye on this for a while as it looks totally yummy in the book. As usual, Mary didn’t disappoint and this … Continue reading
