The last of the puddings. This is becoming quite sad, although there are two sections from the book where I still have 3 recipes left to bake!! I think I’m avoiding these if I’m honest with you! This looked quite … Continue reading
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Recipe 180 – Profiteroles
I haven’t made profiteroles for quite a few years now, I blame this on my daughter, in a nice way though! She decided on France as her country for her GCSE Food Technology. I must admit I admired her for … Continue reading
Recipe 172 – Old-Fashioned Seed Cake
My next recipe on this Sunday morning was to be the ‘Old-Fashioned Seed Cake’. I don’t think I’ve every eaten a seed cake before so I had been intrigued for quite some while about this cake. I admit I have … Continue reading
Recipe 164 – Sachertorte
Yes, I’ve finally gone and plucked up the courage to bake the dreaded Sachertorte that they had to bake in one of the Great British Bake Off episodes. Ever since watching it I’ve dreaded baking it, but now I’ve done … Continue reading
Recipe 123 – Chocolate Swiss Roll
24th October 2012 I had decided yesterday that today was going to be a baking day. Yesterday, both children and my husband within five minutes of walking in the door had asked me if I had baked any cakes … Continue reading
Recipe 121 – Classic Rich Christmas Cake
19th October 2012 Yes, it’s coming up to that time of the year again! I knew there were quite a few Christmas Cake recipes in Mary’s Bible, it was only the beginning of December last year when I started the … Continue reading
Recipe 94 – Large All-In-One Victoria Sandwich
4th July 2012 It was into the kitchen baking as the rain had yet again forced me indoors. The back lawn in our garden so needs cutting, the grass in some places is nearly 6″ long, but it’s been so … Continue reading
Recipe 82 – Carrot Cake
8th June 2012Whilst waiting for the doughnut dough to prove and the flapjacks to come out of the oven, I decided on another bake, the well loved Carrot Cake.Reading through the recipe I was surprised to see two bananas included. … Continue reading
Recipe 74 – Brandy Snaps
21st May 2012I decided to set myself a challenge this week and bake 7 different things from the book in 7 days, so this is it ‘Day 1’.To help me decide I asked my husband, daughter and son to pick … Continue reading
Recipe 72 – Madeira Cake
Another challenge from Weekly Bake Off this week, so couldn’t resist joining in again, it’s lovely seeing everybody’s cakes and bakes and it’s amazing how everyone interprets the cakes, even though we’re all baking the same recipe. This is the first … Continue reading