C is for Coca-Cola Cake

It took me ages to decide on which cake to bake for the letter ‘C’, but I knew there was a can of coca-cola in the cupboard under the stairs which I think had been left over from Christmas, so …

Mincemeat Bakewell Tart

This isn’t my own recipe, I came across it in Baking Heaven’s magazine and t immediately appealed to me as I love Bakewell Tart and also love mincemeat. You could easily buy some ready made sweet shortcrust pastry for this …

Sugar and Crumbs

Last week I received a parcel in the post from Sugar and Crumbs asking me if I would sample three of their new natural flavoured icing sugars and natural flavour cocoa powders for them.  I was more than happy to …

Malteser Trifle

Happy New Year everybody! I thought I’d share with you a recipe for Malteser Trifle, it’s a recipe I’ve been making for many years now and something we always have to have at Christmas/New Year.  It originally appeared on one …

Recipe 211 – Mokatines

Right, it’s about time I baked a recipe from the ‘Special Cakes’ section of the book.  When I began this quest I said to myself that I wouldn’t leave the difficult looking recipes to the end and looking back through …

Recipe 210 – Iced Gingerbread with Stem Ginger

The last of the gingerbread recipes, hurrah, if I wasn’t taking part in Sober October in aid of Macmillan Nurses, I think I may have opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.  There are far too many gingerbread recipes in …

Recipe 189 – Date and Walnut Traybake

My last recipe from the ‘Traybakes and Flapjack’ section of the book.  Another one all done and dusted!  I decided to make this recipe as I have had a bag of dates sat in the cupboard now for a couple …

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 …

Recipe 169 – Strawberry Meringue Nests

I still had some egg whites in the fridge to use up so a quick flick through The Bible to see how I could use them up, I came across this recipe.  I had bought some English strawberries that morning …

Recipe 51 – Apricot Swiss Cakes

26th March 2012 Whilst the Battenburg was in the oven baking I realised I still hadn’t baked the Apricot Swiss Cakes for the weekly bake off.  A quick check to make sure I had all the ingredients – I did, …