Happy New Year !!! I received some lovely new cake creating gifts for Christmas and have had some fun using these gorgeous items to create some new cake creations. So with this in mind, this months I Love Cake theme is NEW It could be a new gadget you had that has inspired a recipe; … [Read more…]
I LOVE cake and I LOVE Christmas so I may aswell combine the two and create a I LOVE CHRISTMAS CAKE linky 🙂 Christmas Pudding Muffins Ingredients: 200g demerara sugar175g butter, chopped700g luxury mixed dried fruits50g glacĂ© cherries2 tsp ground ginger2 tbsp orange marmalade100ml brandy or orange3 large eggs , beaten85g ground almonds200g plain flour½ … [Read more…]
I often end up with left over vegetables and try to think up ways of using them up in recipes. So recently I had a butternut squash left and I used half in a hidden veggie pasta sauce and decided to use up the remainder in some fruit cakes. After all, if cakes con count … [Read more…]
I Love Cake – Cakes Containing VegetablesCourgette, Carrot & Orange Cake Ingredients: 100g grated carrot (peeled first) 100g grated courgette (peeled first) 250g self raising flour 250g unsalted butter at room temperature 200g demera sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp baking soda 1- 2 tsp mixed spice (depending how much flavour you like) 1 tbsp marmalade … [Read more…]
With it being Bonfire Night today I thought Burton and I would make some cakes to take to the little family bonfire and firework party which his paternal grandparents are having. Not that there needs to be an excuse to have cake, of course!! I wanted to create some cupcakes that summed up this yearly … [Read more…]