Monthly Archives: April 2011

Royal Red Velvet Cupcakes and Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted on April 26, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frostingperfect for a right royal knees up!

Ingredients:
Selection of royal cupcake cases

Cake

165g butter,softened

300g caster sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 eggs, large

200g plain flour

70g self raising flour

1 … Read more…

Posted in Cake, Cupcakes, Frosting, Treats, Wedding | 31 Comments

Wedding Baking – Sweet Treat Kebabs

Posted on April 23, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Biscuit, marshmallow and meringue – all in one go! These sweet treat kebabs are perfect wedding treats with brilliant wow factor – ideal for dipping in a chocolate fountain. This idea came from a Martha Stewart project and of course … Read more…

Posted in Biscuits, Gifts, Marshmallow, Meringue, Raspberry, Treats, Vanilla, Wedding | 5 Comments

Raspberry Sherbert Marshmallows

Posted on April 23, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Marshmallows with a twist – Raspberry Sherbet!
Ingredients:450g caster sugar1 tbsp glucose200ml water
2 large egg whites
150ml raspberry puree (from approx 225g raspberries)
2 x sachet Dr Oetker gelatine powder½ tsp citric acid
To coat:50g icing sugar50g cornflour½ … Read more…

Posted in Gifts, Raspberry, Treats | 4 Comments

Wedding Baking – Lemon Meringue Tower

Posted on April 22, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Wanting something a little bit different from the traditional wedding bake? Why not have a Lemon Meringue Tower instead. If you watched The Great British Wedding Cake on BBC2 this week – here’s the full project in Pink Whisk step … Read more…

Posted in Lemon, Pudding, The Great British Bake Off, Wedding | 13 Comments

Wedding Baking – Fruit Wedding Cake

Posted on April 20, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Here’s the recipe for my perfect wedding cake. Because sometimes you need a fruit cake that tastes great without maturing and one that cooks fairly quickly – like when you have 11 hours to make the whole darn thing…

I … Read more…

Posted in Cake, Cinnamon, The Great British Bake Off, Treats, Wedding | 18 Comments

Wedding Baking – White Chocolate and Raspberry Cakes

Posted on April 20, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Little White Chocolate and Raspberry Cakes – another perfect little wedding treat – bag them up and tie with ribbon or place them in teeny tiny presentation boxes as cute little favours a little bit different!
These are baked in … Read more…

Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Raspberry, Treats | 16 Comments

Wedding Baking – Tea Cup Biscuits

Posted on April 19, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

I thought we’d start off with a project that is really simple but definitely one of those finishing touches that will be ooh’d and aah’d over. By no means limited to weddings these tea cup biscuits can be done for … Read more…

Posted in Biscuit, Biscuits, Treats, Vanilla, Wedding | 10 Comments

Wedding Baking…let’s DIY

Posted on April 18, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Taking part in The Great British Wedding Cake got me thinking about baking for your own wedding which is well within the realms of possibility for all you Pink Whiskers. It doesn’t have to be the cake, there’s lots of … Read more…

Posted in Ruth's Chat, Wedding | 1 Comment

The Great British Wedding Cake BBC2

Posted on April 16, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Just a quick post to let you all know that I will be appearing in the one off special
The Great British Wedding Cake – Wednesday 20th April 8pm BBC2
alongside Edd Kimber and Miranda Gore-Browne, just like old bake … Read more…

Posted in Cake, Ruth's Chat, The Great British Bake Off, Wedding | 13 Comments

Come and Bake with The Pink Whisk

Posted on April 12, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

I am pleased to announce that you can now come and bake with The Pink Whisk! My courses with Seasoned Cookery School are now well underway and I would love to see some of you there.