Happy Sunday and Happy Fathers day to my hero - my dad. As it's Father's Day I asked my dad if he'd like me to bake him a little something and naturally he said yes. He asked for a lemon drizzle cake. Instead of a cake I decided to do a loaf instead. Now I'll … Continue reading |Baking – Lemon drizzle loaf|
Tag: food
|Baking – Cheese Scones|
Happy Saturday! With my local Greggs still been shut I've been really fancying some good ol' cheese scones, and thought I would try making my own. I got out my trusty Mary Berry Fast cakes book and found the recipe. The recipe: 8 oz self raising flour 1 level tsp dry mustard 1\4 level tsp … Continue reading |Baking – Cheese Scones|
|Seasonal Bakes – Halloween Cookies|
Happy Thursday, hope you're all having a fantastic week. Now if you follow me on Instagram you'll of seen on my stories/feed that this week I baked some cookies!. I also love baking this time of year. when I see things in supermarkets I'm like ' These look so cool I need them' (usually sprinkles … Continue reading |Seasonal Bakes – Halloween Cookies|
|Let There Be Crumbs – Roker Hotel|
Happy Saturday! I know it's not my usual posting day but seeing as I have a lot of content to get through I thought why not!. Hope you're all having a lovely day. I was invited along to a cake sampling event which was held at the Roker Hotel's tearoom ' Let There Be Crumbs'. It's … Continue reading |Let There Be Crumbs – Roker Hotel|
|Halloween Cupcakes|
Hi Everyone, hope you are all doing well. I'm not a huge fan of Halloween but I do love all the pretty decorations and cake making accessories you can get, so when I saw this cake stand and matching cupcake cases in Asda, I bloody well jumped on it!. I think the stand was roughly like … Continue reading |Halloween Cupcakes|
Christmas shortbread cookies
Today I finally purchased a new and decent set of cooking scales so I decided that I would attempt to made shortbread cookies. I've only ever made cookies twice (this being my second) so I thought if they turn out bad meh trial and error :). As it's almost CHRISTMAS I decided to purchase some Christmas themed cookie shaped cutters, I … Continue reading Christmas shortbread cookies
Christmas Cake – Part 1
After searching the internet I decided to use the Mary Berry's Christmas cake recipe (http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/284497/Mary-Berry-s-classic-Christmas-cake) First I soaked up the fruit in sherry and left it for 3days. I also lined the tin ready for the mixture. Next I made a cake mixture and mixed the fruit into in a separate bowl. I also pre-heated … Continue reading Christmas Cake – Part 1
The Great British Cupcakery Bakehouse&Parlour
Hellooo, Today I took a trip into Newcastle and after a few hours of hitting the shops (window shopping mainly - although I did purchase from Lush and Miss Selfridge) I thought it was time for a cup of tea and a cake. I'd heard about a new bakery that has recently opened up on … Continue reading The Great British Cupcakery Bakehouse&Parlour
Homemade cookies! :)
I'm almost 26 (birthday is NEXT WEEK) and I've never ever made cookies, I've thought about it for a while now so I decided on my day off (day off being today) that I would attempt to make them 🙂 I googled the recipe and found a Millie's cookies one ( link to the website … Continue reading Homemade cookies! 🙂
The blog where…. I went to BINGO
Last night I headed to the main bingo event in my local gala bingo, and it was really fun!!!. Despite not winning any money we (me and my friend) got FREE FOOD! As went went to pay for our bingo tickets we got given vouchers and two of them enabled us to get a free … Continue reading The blog where…. I went to BINGO