It was a tough choice deciding what to make this week - cream horns and eclairs are both favourites of mine. In the end though, I decided to chicken out of making puff pastry in favour of taking on an old enemy - choux pastry. If you were following this blog for previous Bake Offs… Continue reading Great Bloggers Bake Off 2015 – Patisserie Week
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Great Bloggers Bake Off 2015 – Pastry Week
Pastry week fils me with fear. I've not often made any pastry myself and when I have it has more often than not been a failure. I've never made frangipane either, so clearly frangipane tart was the way to go! My Mum and Dad have been plying me with fruit from their garden so I… Continue reading Great Bloggers Bake Off 2015 – Pastry Week
Hazelnut & Daim Biscotti #GBBOBloggers2015 – Biscuit Week
Biscuit week on Great British Bake Off is one of those ones that I always enjoy but often have disasters on - biscuits are very unforgiving. They either work brilliantly or fail completely. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground. The three bakes this week were biscotti, Arlettes and show stopper biscuit boxes filled… Continue reading Hazelnut & Daim Biscotti #GBBOBloggers2015 – Biscuit Week
Carole’s Black Forest Cake #GBBOBloggers2015 – Cake Week
The Great British Bake off is back on our TV screens which means that yet again the Great Bloggers Bake Off is back as we all join in by baking along. The series opened with cake week and gave the contestants the challenges of making Madeira cake, Frosted Walnut cake or a showstopper take on… Continue reading Carole’s Black Forest Cake #GBBOBloggers2015 – Cake Week
Pretty Please? #3 – Bento Wishlist
I love making fun lunches for the kids and even just 'boring' bento lunches are fun when you serve then in funky boxes and things. I could probably spend hundreds of pounds on bits and bobs if I had the spare cash, cupboard space and an understanding boyfriend (instead of the latter, I have one… Continue reading Pretty Please? #3 – Bento Wishlist

