Friday, 24 February 2012

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!

Saturday, 11 February 2012

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!

Monday, 6 February 2012

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!

Saturday, 4 February 2012

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!