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
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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
My Favourite Meals To Make With Leftover Meat
There is nearly always some meat leftover if I do a roast dinner and the meals I make with it I often prefer to the roast dinner itself. So much so that I have taken to slow cooking a chicken or joint for the sole purpose of dividing up into portions for 'left over' meals… Continue reading My Favourite Meals To Make With Leftover Meat
Chocolate & Blackberry Cheesecake Swirl Cake – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 10 – The Final!
And here we are: The Great Blogger's Bake Off Final. I missed a couple of weeks in the middle due to various members of the family being ill and time just generally evading me but I was determined to join in with the final bake. Last year I made a tiered Hallowe'en cake as my… Continue reading Chocolate & Blackberry Cheesecake Swirl Cake – #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014 Week 10 – The Final!

