So the great british bake off is over, and nobody really knows what to do on a Wednesday night, or with their lives for that matter… And therefore it’s unfortunately the end of our GBBO weekly inspired bakes, however we’ve decided to do all the bakes from the final because we can’t let go. This […]
So it’s quarter final week in the bake off tent and things are getting tense. So we decided to set ourselves the challenge of the technical bake, Mokatines. Let’s just start by saying we thought this challenge would be a lot more easy than it was, when the show aired we realised it would be a […]
Towards the beginning of our blog, we made Earl Grey & Lemon Shortbread & the flavour combination was great, so for our Tea Party extravaganza we have converted the shortbread into a cake. Rather than doing a standard cupcake we have gone for mini sandwiches, as we felt there would be too much icing with a […]
Naomi, the guest or honour at our tea party, is a huge fan of chocolate and peanut butter both on their own and together (and when I say huge, I mean huuuuge). So we thought what better cupcakes to make than peanut butter and chocolate combination! These are similar to our Kinder Bueno cupcakes as they […]
Yesterday was our friend Naomi’s birthday and as a little surprise for her we put on an afternoon tea party with a selection of baked goods. Although this may have caused our stress levels to rise somewhat, it was a success and we all had a delightful (and food filled) evening. We made a whole […]
We find it hard to say no to ice cream, so when this weeks showstopper challenge involved exactly that we knew what we’d be making for this weeks GBBO post. The dairy-free element proposed a challenge but we used coconut milk, which is dairy free and still has the same creamy taste you will get from […]
We needed a quick recipe for a birthday cake. Rather than do something too basic like just chocolate or a victoria sponge, we did a twist with some orange extract – A chocolate orange cake if you will, a classic combination. This is a very quick & easy bake, great to satisfy a chocolate craving when […]
Following on from the first episode of Great British Bake Off, we have been inspired to do a bake each week from one of the three rounds – Signature, Technical Challenge or a Show Stopper. Week 1 – Cake week, Today we have chosen to do a classic Madeira cake, because who doesn’t love madeira cake? Moist, buttery […]
Who doesn’t bloody-well-love a kinder bueno?! We certainly do, so we figured making our favourite chocolate bar into a cupcake was a foolproof idea. We took the 3 key components of a bueno (chocolate, the filling and wafer) and translated them into a chocolate cup cake with hazelnut frosting and wafer as decoration (to make […]
So the suns out today, which can only mean one thing… alcohol! Today we are baking our ‘homemade’ version of a childhood favourite – Jaffa cakes, but as we are now grown up, we thought it was time Jaffa cakes did too. Before beginning the blog we discussed the idea of making a series of posts of our […]