Apologies..

Really sorry for my lack of updates this month, I have been REALLY busy! Basically, I'm not sure what to write today, so again, it's going to be brief. So, two weeks ago's flapjacks went really well! And I put chocolate chips inside! It was lovely and chewy on the bottom, but crispy on the top - just how flapjack should be!

Last week was bread, a classic, plaited london loaf! Nothing special, just a plain white loaf. For a change, I baked it in a silicone tin, which helped loads when it came to turning it out, but it expanded a bit in the oven and was rather hard to clean! Also, the dough had a rising time of 8-12 hours! I left it over night in the end, but had to get up fairly early to work on it! It's definitely not an every day recipe!

Lastly, this week's is going to be swiss butter cream cakes! They're basically cup cakes, with mixture piped around the top to create a rim. Then, butter icing is swirled in the middle - it looks fantastic!

Pictures of the 3 recipes should hopefully be on this Sunday, but no promises!

Happy Baking!

Simple to say..

This is going to be a very brief post, just to tell you what I am baking. So, flapjacks, nothing special, I guess you know what they look like, you don't need a picture.. So yeah, pictures on tomorrow!

Happy Baking!

This weekend's results..

As you may know, this weekend's bake was a 'chocolate fudge cake'! Just like the cappuccino cake, the sponge was excellent! Plus, I learnt a cool new icing which consists of just chocolate and cream! I was a bit surprised with the actual appearance as well - it didn't look that different to the one in the picture, so I have done myself proud this week!

I somewhat hope that i'm not talking to myself here, that maybe some one other than my friends and family are reading it..  That would kind of be awkward..

Anyway, I guess I should say Happy Baking now. 

Happy Baking!

winter wonderland..

Finally it's snowed! Not much, but still enough to make a four foot snowman! Now you would probably think because of the bitter weather, I would make something warm! But I have already written what I'm baking in my calendar, so I'm all planned ahead! And anyway, I have hot chocolates to warm me up for me! So I'm going to make a chocolate fudge cake! To be honest, I don't actually know why it has the word 'fudge' in the title, as there is no fudge in it..? But, I guess the icing will almost be fudge like.. Almost...
   Anyway, I promise that even though the majority of them have been, not all my recipes will be Mary Berry's. Although, this one is..
   But not all of them!

I'm not actually sure why I chose this picture, as it's not what i'ld usually put, but I kind of thought that this one showed my aim more than anything.. 

Plus it's pretty! ;)

Happy Baking!

Bake number 4..

A chocolatey scone. Thats basically what the cakes tasted/looked like! They weren't as smooth as Mary's, but no ones would be.. No one could get it as good as hers!
As you couldn't see the thin layer of chocolate from the outside, it was a very pleasant surprise biting into them! Plus, the richness of the dark chocolate worked well with the sweetness of the cake! I guess a little egg wash wouldn't have hurt though.. But it's kind of too late!

So this week's bake was a success, let's hope next week's chocolate fudge cake will be just as good!

Happy Baking!

Jammy Jammy Jammy...

This weeks bake is going to be Jammy Cakes. Just, without the jam, and chocolate in it's place! Jam is never to pleasant in cakes to be honest.. As usual, I am following Mary Berry's recipe, and she says to spoon the jam on top before you bake it. I thought, if I enclosed the chocolate in the cake, it would work just as well! So that's what I aim to do.
   Unfortunately, I couldn't find a picture of my desired result. But, for a brief explanation, they're almost going to be vanilla whoopee pie things, but more on the cake side!
Happy Baking!

Cake pops

The name sounds cool doesn't it? Cake 'pops'? It's fun to say..! AND, fun to make, not to mention easy!
3 ingredients, 3 steps!
Step 1) Bake or buy a cake, and crumble it
Step 2) Mix it with butter icing, so if you squeeze a bit, it forms a ball. then form several balls onto a baking sheet
Step 3) Leave to chill for an hour, then decorate and stick straws in!
They really are worth trying!

Happy Baking!