Monthly Archives: March 2012
Inside my Lakeland Bag….
Lots of you had a guess at the value of my Lakeland bag, lots of you will be horrified and on the other hand lots of you won’t be surprised….
Hot Cross Buns
with a Pink Whisk Twist of course
Three ways to use this dough – as a loaf, whirls or the traditional buns – who could resist?
Ingredients:
Dough
315g strong plain white flour
1/2 tsp mixed cake spice
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp dried fast action yeast (or 1 sachet)
25g caster sugar
205ml milk
1 egg, large
zest of 1/2 and orange
100g currants
Filling
60g dark brown sugar
1 1/2tsp cinnamon
A little water icing to glaze (optional)
Makes 1 x 1lb loaf, 10 whirls or 8 buns
Place the flour, mixed spice, salt, caster sugar, orange zest, yeast, egg and currants in a large bowl.
Win my Bag of Lakeland Shopping
Good news for me, my local Lakeland is only ten minutes away, bad news for my purse!
I love it there, I’m an addict. So many things I never even knew I needed. Although I buy lots of random things there, I do rely on them for all sorts of kitchen, baking and cake decorating supplies.
How to Make an Easter Chick
How cute is this little chickie?
He’s made from a creme egg! When I saw these made by Helen at Casa Costello I knew I had to have a menace about and see what I could come up with!
(Do bob over and see more of Helen’s fab creations)
It’s also my first ever foray into video tutorials if you need a bit more than just the photos!
Grasshopper Cake
With Mother’s Day on the horizon I thought it was time for a big old celebration cake.
When my Save the Children trip was being arranged I was told that in Rwanda they eat grasshoppers as a snack. I went fully prepared to munch on a grasshopper (all in the name of research you understand).
Win Mum Some Chocs!
COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED – WINNERS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY x
Before this weeks recipe for my great Mother’s Day celebration cake how do you fancy winning some chocs for Mum?
(or yourself of course, I won’t tell…!)
The lovely folks at Cadbury Gifts Direct and Green & Black’s Direct have offered one of each of the following to be won by Pink Whisk readers.
Tiger Bread or should that be Giraffe Bread?
Tiger bread is delicious, there’s no doubt about it. Lovely soft white bread with a crispy crunchy crust.
But did you know that it’s really easy to make it at home too?
Here’s how
Ingredients:
1 x Quantity of Basic White Bread Dough (recipe here)
Tiger Paste
35ml warm water
1/2 tsp dried fast action yeast
1/2 tsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp vegetable or sunflower oil
15g rice flour (rice flour also makes really great crunchy shortbread if you were wondering what else you could use it for!)
Make the bread dough as per the instructions here and allow to rise in a bowl until doubled in size.
Name A Day – news so far…
So I’ve been home from Rwanda for a fortnight. In all honesty I came back very angry with the world and more than a little shell shocked. I suppose that’s understandable whilst I sort it all out in my head.
I went to try and help make a difference and I came back wondering whether I’d really achieved that by taking part.
