I like scones. Not so fond of sultanas, raisins, and other related stuff like that. So when I made scones I replaced the sultanas/raisins with chocolate chips. Hmm. They weren't very sweet, just chocolatey. Might just use sultanas/raisins next time. They didn't rise very well either. Maybe I just shouldn't make scones again...
Found this on my camera, my husband's birthday cake. This was the first time I ever used lemons in a cake, I remember smelling the lemons but barely tasting them. Maybe I need a juicer. Still, it was a nice cake. Yeah, I had to improvise with the candles...
A birthday, of course, calls for a birthday cake. This was just a normal Victoria sponge with cocoa butter cream icing in the middle and some yummy strawberries and icing sugar on top. Pretty much devoured it in one sitting.
Made this a while ago. Turned out ok, would definitely buy pasties rather than make my own though! My only issue was the differences in sizes, as the earlier ones I made were small, whilst the later ones were packed with filling. I should have divided the fillings more evenly. Not a bad bake. But won't [...]
The sponge turned out well, not as moist as I hoped. The terrible part was putting the cake together: the writing, as you can see, was not well written; and the icing in between the layers was quite runny. Very runny, in fact. I had hoped after an hour in the fridge the icing would [...]
I baked these a while ago, found the image on my laptop and still remember how terrible these "ultimate" cookies are. Not my best batch of "cookies", had a cake-like texture. No idea what went wrong. But I definitely remember substituting syrup for honey. Bad move, I guess.
So I had two left over eggs from a couple of English Breakfasts I made last week. What to do with leftover eggs? Bake! As it’s Christmas, I decided to go for something festive: Christmas Cookies. I doubled the recipe’s quantity because I had two eggs not one. I had to place the dough in [...]
Probably my most ambitious cake to date. Had to get a lot of odd ingredients that I would otherwise not buy, but it was worth it. The sponge was moist and the filling tasted just right. The whole cake actually tasted like a Black Forest Gateau. What I didn’t like was the morello cherries, not [...]
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