Monthly Archives: February 2013

Love Heart Biscuits

 DSC06357 You know from my last post I wasn’t going to blog these, but so many of you asked how to do them so here’s the how to…!… Read more...

Posted in Biscuit, Biscuits, Decorating, Frosting, How To, Treats | 10 Comments

Glaze Icing for Flooding and Decorating

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Just recently I’ve been using glaze icing to decorate and flood biscuits instead of the usual royal icing,  not only do I find it a million times easier to work with, it gives you great results and tastes fab too!… Read more...

Posted in Decorating, Egg-free, Frosting, How To, Treats | 6 Comments

Biscuits for Decorating – Non Spreading, No Chilling Required!

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This is a great biscuit recipe, one that doesn’t need chilling and barely spreads.

Perfect to make biscuits for decorating!

 Ingredients:

220g butter, softened

200g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

1 egg, large

425g plain flour

 

Makes approx 30 biscuits.… Read more...

Posted in Biscuit, Biscuits, Decorating, How To, Treats, Vanilla | 51 Comments

Sometimes….

Things don’t quite go to plan.

I’m struggling, my creative inspiration seems to have disappeared into thin air.

I wanted to bring you fantastic projects for Valentines and Pancake Day but nothing seems to be working quite right.

I made these…

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and these…

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and these…

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but all have been deemed not quite up to par so they haven’t made it to the blog 🙁

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How to Make Yorkshire Puddings

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A few weeks ago I asked Facebook for some help due to the fact that I always have Yorkshire Pudding fail – you came up with recipes and tips by the bucket load and in response I bored you to tears with photos of each batch I created.  … Read more...

Posted in How To, Savoury | 19 Comments

Valentines Parfait


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 You know what everyone loves?  Parfait!  Seeing as hidden hearts are all over the place at the moment I thought I’d hide them in this lovely dessert too.

(And yes, I know its not baking but it is larking around in the kitchen so that’s good enough for me!)… Read more...

Posted in Pudding, Raspberry, Treats, Vanilla | 9 Comments