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PATISSERIE VALERIE – CREATE A CAKE
The clever team behind Patisserie Valerie have developed an online create a cake tool that allows you to design your own celebration cake that can be in your hands 48 hours after placing your order....
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SEA SALT & PEPPER CARAMELS
These sea salt & pepper caramels are truly delicious, soft-set, buttery rich and the pinch of salt blended with a mix of pepper and orange peel means that they’re not so sweet, you can’t have more...
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STRAWBERRY CHOUX BUNS
I had in my mind an amazing patisserie bake for Valentine’s Day, I bought all of the ingredients and prepared my templates, I’d even watched some YouTube videos in preparation for the chocolate work I...
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BLACKBERRY TARTLETS
One of the many things I want to do this year is bake a bit more with fruit and ingredients that I haven’t used much before, if at all. I find I use chocolate a lot in recipes as it is so versatile...
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MACARONS À L’ANCIENNE
On this blog, I always promise that if I make a recipe that turns out to be a failure, I will include the results here. My first batch of macarons à l’Ancienne were a flat pancake of a disaster, but...
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STOUT & SALTED CARAMEL OPERA
I’ve made Operas before on this blog and whilst I love how they look, I’m not a very big fan of coffee and chocolate, so I thought I would make an alternative flavoured Opera. I really enjoy good beer...
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MASALA CHAI MACARONS – Jour du Macaron (Macaron Day)
I had my first proper cup of Masala Chai just over a week ago and I actually really enjoyed it. I remember having a Chai Latte once in a well-known coffee shop and I thought it was a disgustingly...
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ROSE & RASPBERRY MERINGUE NESTS + A Lindt Easter Giveaway
It’s nearly Easter, which means a long weekend off work, lots of chocolate, hot cross buns, bunny rabbits and Easter chicks. I decided to celebrate Easter by making these meringue nests (the nest is...
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CITRUS POSSET
I’d heard of possets and seen them on restaurant menus, but I never really knew what they were. The name doesn’t really give any clues either. I came across a recipe for a clementine posset on a...
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STRAWBERRY & PISTACHIO FINANCIERS
What do you do when Ocado send you some free Ravenhill English Strawberries? Well you could make a fruit salad, eat them with some sugar or make Eton Mess. I decided I’d use these strawberries to make...
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#ConfectionCollection: Blackcurrant & Anise Pâte de Fruits
I really enjoy making confectionery and sweetmeats, so I thought, why not have a new section on my blog dedicated to these treats. I bring you the #ConfectionCollection, these are easy recipes that...
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#ConfectionCollection: Fleur de Sel Ganache Squares
I wanted to call these truffles as it’s much more catchy than ‘ganache squares’ (lets be honest they’re really cubes) and everyone instantly knows what chocolate truffles are. Sadly, that’s not the...
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MARBLED MOCHA MADELEINES
I love a bit of alliteration and these marbled mocha madeleines pretty much named themselves! I wanted a quick bake this weekend, partly so I could test out some new photography equipment I’ve just...
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RHUBARB & CUSTARD MILLE-FEUILLE
Last week I posted a question on my Facebook Page asking other bakers whether they thought French butter was better for baking with than our British butter. The result was a resounding yes, apparently...
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GIN & TONIC CRONUTS™
#NationalDoughnutWeek is nearly over (I actually think the last day is today) and I’m running out of time to get the Gin & Tonic Cronuts™ finished in time for it. I know this might seem strange,...
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#CookBlogShare 15
Hello All! Lucy from Supergolden Bakes has very kindly passed the reigns of the latest #CookBlogShare link up on to me for the next fortnight. The link up will remain pretty much the same, except that...
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#ConfectionCollection: Earl Grey Caramels
I’m not a big tea drinker, I prefer a strong hot coffee any day! So you might think, well why has she made tea flavoured caramels? It’s not that I don’t like the flavour of tea, it can be gentle and...
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LEMON MERINGUE PIE
Have you ever baked something you don’t really like, just because you had an idea in your head of what it would look like and you wanted to try it? Maybe not, maybe it’s just me. I mean I don’t hate...
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#CookBlogShare 16
Thank you very much to Lucy of Supergolden Bakes for allowing me to be the first ever guest host of #CookBlogShare, it’s been great getting to see everyone’s entries and finding some wonderful new...
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FRAISIER
This isn’t the first time I’ve made a fraisier, but this is the first time I’ve made one that I am really proud of. Practically everything went right with this and I truly love how it looks. There are...
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