The Great British Bake Off is back and week one is CAKES! So to celebrate I thought I would bake my favourite cake, carrot cake. I love carrot cake and would always choose it in a cafe however I think the ratios of carrot cake to cream cheese frosting are sometimes a little disappointing. That is […]
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Nanny parks ginger biscuits
I have been making ginger biscuits with my Nanny Park since I could hold a spoon. I used to make ginger biscuits with her but she never used a recipe, she just weighed the ingredients out by eye. One day I asked her for the recipe and she didn’t know it?! So we made some ginger […]
Golden saffron hot cross buns
So last weekend was a weekend of firsts for me: first time wearing glasses, first time baking a Bundt and first time baking hot cross buns. I have never considered making hot cross buns before but I have seen some amazing homemade buns on Twitter and I just had to give it a go. As […]
Its a Bourbon biscuit bonanza
Time to try my hand at my all time favourite biscuits, bourbons. If you have read my previous blog, Time consuming custard creams, you will know I had a little trouble with the custard cream stamp. The bourbon dough was a lot nicer to work with and the stamp was less detailed so overall I […]
Time consuming custard creams
Well as the title suggested, these custard creams took a long time to make but I think it was worth it, they tasted just like the real thing when dipped in a cuppa and I got to use my Christmas present, a custard cream stamp. I was also bought a Bourbon stamp, you can see […]