Baking

  • Bake Ware Organisation – The ‘Equipment’

    Remember when I said I was sorting through my bake ware and that I started by organising the ‘supply’ cupboard? I made the decision to stop procrastinating and get on with organising the ‘equipment’ cupboard as well. 🙂 Here’s what it looked like before: I took everything out and started grouping like items on the kitchen work tops together as follows: Party supplies Pans and tins Cupcake cases Cupcake decorating…

  • Bake Ware Organisation – The “Supply” Cupboard

    I made the decision to go through my bake ware cupboard(s) – I have one home to various moulds, pans, nozzles etc, my “tools” and one for the ingredients and a mass amount of sprinkles! – First: This isn’t the first time I’ve gone through it. Last time, I finished having a bag full of “tools” that I had never used for donating. But, even after doing that, my bake…

  • Christmas Pudding Shaped Cake

    I wanted to make a Christmas pudding this Christmas but no one I know likes the taste! I found a similar Christmas pudding cake on the Lakeland website, this is my take on it. I used their medium hemisphere pans (so mine is a lot smaller than the one they made). For the cake, you will need: 340g margarine 340g caster sugar 6 eggs 340g self-raising flour 1 tsp vanilla…

  • My Favourite Novelty Cakes as a Beginner

    One of my favourite hobbies is baking and I’ll often bake a cake for friends and family on their birthdays. Whether that’s a single tier cake, cupcakes, cheesecakes, or even experimenting with novelty cakes. It’s a great way to learn more about my hobby, especially as a beginner, and do something nice for my loved ones, too. My first novelty cake was a snooker cake for one of my friends…

  • 2012 Goals Mid Year Review

    At the beginning of 2012, I made a list of goals I wanted to achieve this year. So as we’re now over half way through the year, I thought I’d  have a look at whether I’ve stuck to those goals and how they’ve changed! 2012 Goals Review Goal set: Cook and Bake more often I have baked a few novelty cakes and some classic recipes, like a Victoria Sponge, but…

  • Mint Choc Chip Cake Recipe

    I’ve been playing a mobile game called Baking Story recently, and the most recent level introduced some mint choc chip cupcakes! My favourite ice cream flavour… In cupcake form!? I knew I had to give them a try in real life for myself. Which you can see a snippet off in the left-hand corner, but as I had some cake mix leftover, I decided to make a mint choc chip…

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