The Cake & Bake Show, the UK’s biggest baking show is coming to Manchester, Event City from November the 12th-15th and I cannot wait. The show organisers have just announced that, for the first time, a Great British Bake Off Live Stage will be at this year’s shows, where visitors will be able to see … [Read more…]
This time last year, bread week was the end on my Bake Off adventure. I got the sugar and the salt mixed up. This year, I made two types of bread. I have always loved corn bread so I made a different version with oatmeal rather than corn and it was lovely. The recipe for … [Read more…]
It is official. I hate biscuit week. Cakes, tarts, even pies and bread on the Great British Bake Off can excite me. For some reason, biscuits do not. I like eating them. This is not some complete biscuit aversion, I just don’t enjoy baking them. So with little enthusiasm and almost no motivation or ideas, … [Read more…]
So Bake Off is back and the beady eyed amongst you may have noticed a difference in the tent this series. No Paul hasn’t gone greyer and I am not referring to Mary’s amazing jackets. I’m talking equipment. Gone are the previous mixers. The Great British Bake Off 2015 is all about the kMix and … [Read more…]
So it’s back. The Great British Bake Off has begun and, in Episode One, the contestants made a madeira cake, a frosted walnut cake and a Black Forest gateau. I therefore decided to play along myself again this year and, my first offering is a Black Forest Gateau Cake. Ingredients 8 oz self raising flour … [Read more…]
It’s only 15 weeks until Christmas, Sorry to scare you. For most of us, that’s only four, maybe five pay days. How do you fancy winning £750 worth of vouchers for the likes of Boots, Toys R Us, Amazon and Early Learning Centre? Your Christmas shopping would be sorted. Well, thanks to Betta Living, you … [Read more…]
This is one of my favourite ever desserts. I say dessert, some may describe it as more of a pudding but hey ho, it is… I make variations of this all year round. Even adding mincemeat at Christmas to give it a lovely festive feel. I hate sticking to recipes so, if you fancy adding … [Read more…]
So for this week’s Great British Bake Off, it’s bread. Now I don;t make bread-products very often. My ‘full of effort yet little success’ really comes into its own here. I don’t have a bread maker so it’s good, old-fashioned kneading for me. I decided to make something that the whole family enjoys. I used … [Read more…]
I can’t believe a week has passed. Here we are on episode two of the Great British Bake Off and this week’s episode is all about biscuits. The humble biscuit really is a British institution and it is personal taste as to whether they contain cream, jam, nuts, fruit or just plain. I asked people … [Read more…]
As everyone’s favourite baking show, the Great British Bake Off begins again, I thought I would share my own favourite cake recipe. You will need: 8oz wholemeal flour 8oz caster sugar 8oz butter (I used St Helen’s Farm Goat’s Butter) 4 eggs 1 Lemon For Filling Lemon curd 10 oz Icing sugar 5oz butter Lemon … [Read more…]
