Happy Thursday! I feel baking is helping me get through the dark cold days, as nothing beats the smell of a fresh batch of cakes or scones fresh from the oven. I love finding recipes I’ve never done before and I at the moment love a good tray bake so here’s a simple white chocolate … More |Baking – White Chocolate and Strawberry Traybake|
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 … More |Baking – Lemon drizzle loaf|
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 … More |Baking – Cheese Scones|
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 … More |Seasonal Bakes – Halloween Cookies|
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 … More |Let There Be Crumbs – Roker Hotel|
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 … More |Halloween Cupcakes|
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 … More Christmas shortbread cookies
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 … More Christmas Cake – Part 1
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 … More The Great British Cupcakery Bakehouse&Parlour
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 … More Homemade cookies! 🙂
