I hadn’t realised how long it had been since I’ve posted on here! I’ve had a very busy few months – finishing placement, final exams, finishing uni, becoming a dietitian, 2 operations, going on holiday, getting a job! So, as you can imagine, with no time for baking I’d been getting withdrawal symptoms. I really … Continue reading Banana and walnut loaf cake
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Berry Bundt cake
This is the perfect summer bake – a mixture of sweet sponge, tangy lemon and fruity berry flavours – and is really easy to make! Firstly, make a standard sponge, mixing 3 eggs, 150g self-raising flour, 150g caster sugar, 150g butter and a drop of vanilla extract. Then I added a few handfuls of frozen … Continue reading Berry Bundt cake
Chocolate orange cake
Me and my baking partner in crime Holly recieved The Great British Bake Off Big Book of Baking from one of our friends for Christmas and of course had to try it out. This cake is a mix between the chocolate orange tart on page 224 and the chocolate fudge sandwich cake on page 166. … Continue reading Chocolate orange cake
Jack of spades cake
This was a cake me and my housemate made for our friend Jack's birthday. We did themed birthday cakes for our group of friends, and as his name was Jack and he like card tricks/magic/card games it seemed like an obvious choice to make him a cake decorated to look like a playing card. The actual … Continue reading Jack of spades cake
Pineapple and banana cake
The Great Denbigh Street Bake Off! We all love GBBO in our uni house so we decided to have our own version. We split into teams of 2 with 2 housemates as Paul and Mary. We had to bake a cake but any cake we wanted and the bakes were judged out of 10 on taste, appearance, … Continue reading Pineapple and banana cake
Gingerbread
Whenever I think of gingerbread I remember when me and my friend * used to make it when we were children, and we used to purposefully put more golden syrup in and they'd always come out really soft and chewy. We recreated this childhood hobby, almost starting a gingerbread production line with the masses of biscuits … Continue reading Gingerbread
Christmas cakes part 2 – Decorating
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I had meant for this post to be done before Christmas as it's about the Christmas cake but I've been so busy I completely forgot about it! However could be transferred for other non-Christmas cakes, or saved for icing next years Christmas cakes! Firstly, once you decide you're ready … Continue reading Christmas cakes part 2 – Decorating
Christmas cake part 1 – the making of the cakes
So now it is December for most people this means it is now officially acceptable to start the Christmas celebrations! I'll admit I did start my Christmas shopping last weekend but I just love Christmas too much to wait till December. For a lot people (including me) one of the highlights of Christmas is the … Continue reading Christmas cake part 1 – the making of the cakes
Cupcakes
Firstly I'd like to apologise for the lack of posts recently! I’ve been so busy with uni and I’m on my 3 month hospital placement at the moment so I haven’t had a chance to do any baking in a while. So this post is a bit different and it’s more of a generic post … Continue reading Cupcakes
18th birthday celebration cake
You know those cakes with the perfectly smooth icing on the sides, and sometimes have icing dripping down and cool decorations on the top. Yeah I love them too. In preparation for my sisters 18th birthday I had been planning a (in my head spectacular) birthday cake for her. It was to be lemon meringue … Continue reading 18th birthday celebration cake