Another cracking project for you to bake up (even if I do say so myself!)
Bake yourself a bloomer and turn it into an impressive Garlic Mozzarella Tear & Share, I think this one’s going to be a regular in our house!
Full recipe and how to here – Garlic & Mozzarella Tear and Share Loaf
Ruth Clemens, Baker Extraordinaire Continue reading
The summer hols have me well and truly in a sunshine baking mood! These slices are not for the faint hearted – packing a truly sweet treat – shortbread, strawberry meringue and white chocolate!
Ingredients:
Shortbread Base
125g butter, softened
50g caster sugar
175g plain flour
4 tablespoons of strawberry jam
50g meringues
100g white chocolate
1 small packet of Fruit Bowl strawberry fruit flakes (optional) Continue reading
A Summer Punch Pinata Cake is my sunshine inspired addition to Bake With Stork – this will go down a treat if you’re planning a get together, sunny weekend BBQ or indeed just because!
Step by step instructions with pictures right here
Is making your children’s birthday cakes a full on event?
New research from Stork shows that nearly 50% of parents spend two and a half working days baking their kid’s birthday cake, with one in 10 baking well after midnight!
Crikey me! To save you some trouble and burning the midnight oil I’ve come up with three easy peasy children’s birthday cakes for Bake with Stork that can be done in just the shortest of time, based on the simplest of ideas and shapes, without a ton of stress and that little people will definitely love.
Have a look at these projects (click on the link for the recipes and full how to) and do let me know if you give them a go.
A light vanilla sponge and jam topped with rippling water and an easy sail boat topper.
A Pink Velvet Bubbly Champagne Cake for my latest Bake With Stork Project – a grown up cake to impress! Really delicious with a good dose of bubbliness!
Step by step instructions with pictures right here
With an alleged heatwave on the way it’s time to share my Brownies and Ice Cream Cones with you. A waffle icecream cone with chocolate brownie baked inside, topped with a good scoop of vanilla ice cream! It’s also my contribution to Waitrose’s #TasteOfSummer campaign.
So before we get to the recipe Waitrose want to know your favourite #TasteOfSummer. – celebrating the wide and wonderful variety of summer flavours, whether it’s a bowl of fresh strawberries with ice cream, a sizzling BBQ burger or a cold, refreshing cocktail. There’s some prizes to be won if you tell them yours via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Chances to win an exciting summer food experience, including an exclusive barbecue event with Heston Blumenthal. You can find out all about it right here – Waitrose #TasteOfSummer.
Ingredients:
12 x waffle ice cream cones
Brownies
150g dark chocolate, broken into pieces Continue reading
My kitchen is still a building site and the oven is now very much out of action! I promise I’ll share some pictures of my much improved gigantic space soon but in the meantime here are a couple more projects for Bake with Stork that might just take your fancy…
I bet you’d know someone who would love this! If you’ve ever thought of creating your own Princess Castle Cake then there’s my step by step instructions right here.
And a cake for a lovely sunny day – my Neopolitan Icecream Pinata Cake!
I’ve been busy working on some more projects for Stork and I think you might just like this one!
If you’ve loved Chelsea Flower Show and are inspired to get a little green fingered then some edible flowers and a stunner of a flowerpot cake could be just the project you need.
As always you can follow my step by step photos and instructions and create yourself a cake flowerpot and pipe some simple flowers – a flowerpot of floral loveliness!
Edible Flowers and Flower Pot Cake Continue reading
Something a little bit summery for you on the blog today, Chorizo & New Potato tarts. Choose a good tasty Chorizo for these tarts and you’re onto a sure fire winner!
Ingredients:
1 x qty Savoury shortcrust pastry, recipe here
Filling
1 x red onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped or grated.
1 small red chilli (optional)
Salt and pepper
100g sliced chorizo
150g new potatoes, boiled
60ml double cream
60ml milk
1 egg yolk
1 egg, large
Salt and pepper
Makes: 6 small or 1 x 8 or 9” Tart
Make up the pastry following the directions here, wrap it in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Continue reading
Something lovely again for you this Friday, Granola Bars – a recipe pinched from a fabulous friend and I’ve only fiddled a little bit with it – honest!
Packed with seeds and fruits these are just delicious. Please turn a blind eye to the butter and sugar and enjoy!
Ingredients:
190g butter
150g soft light brown sugar
110g golden syrup
300g rolled oats
45g cornflakes
75g dried apricots, chopped
75g dried cranberries Continue reading
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