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My Birthday cake
To celebrate my birthday some of my friends were coming round for tea, cake & prosecco so I wanted to make a special cake to celebrate. I chose the Hummingbird Bakery’s ‘Sweet and salty chocolate cake’ and luckily had some … Continue reading
Ferrero Rocher and Nutella cupcakes
As it’s my birthday this week I decided to make some special cupcakes. These chocolate cakes have a ferrero rocher chocolate baked in their centre and are then topped with a Nutella buttercream – delicious!! Here’s the link to the … Continue reading
Peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies
On special request here are some delicious, chewy, moreish chocolate chip cookies with a hint of peanut butter! I made them with crunchy peanut butter and found out that it was better to cook them on a lower heat for … Continue reading
Brownie Hearts
I thought I would do some valentine-themed baking and found this recipe which sounded delicious! http://www.bakingmad.com/brownie-hearts-with-rolos-recipe/ However having searched the 5 nearest supermarkets and locating absolutely zero Rolos (do they not make them anymore?!) I decided to substitute with Cadburys … Continue reading
Everyone’s favourite
These millionaire shortbreads are most of my friends’ favourite! I’m still perfecting the caramel so it sets better but managed to make them look a lot better by using a warm knife to cut the slices so the chocolate doesn’t … Continue reading
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Lemon-glazed ginger cake
Whilst reading though the Christmas food magazines at my parents over the holidays I found the perfect recipe to use up the black treacle & glacé ginger I had left over from making my Christmas cake! Let’s hope it tastes … Continue reading
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Mince pies!
So here is the latest of the Christmas baking. I used a different one to the usual which has ground almonds I the pastry and used this pastry recipe and the mincemeat that my Dad had made: http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2014/12/16/hate-mince-pies-try-baking-little-beauties/ I topped … Continue reading
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The Christmas Cake
So here is the Christmas cake I made a few weeks ago. I followed this recipe that seemed work pretty well: http://www.bakingmad.com/foolproof-christmas-cake-recipe/ I’ve been feeding it with Cointreau which had given it a nice orangey-taste! It’s finished off with a … Continue reading
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Christmas Baileys Cupcakes
So as a special treat for Christmas I have made the most talked-about cupcakes at work – Top of the Morning Baileys cupcakes – enjoy!!
Caramel swirl Brownies
I needed to use up the leftover caramel from last week’s sticky toffee cupcakes, so searched the Carnation website and came up with these: https://www.carnation.co.uk/recipes/66/Caramel-Swirl-Chocolate-Brownies
Frances Bakes 