Month: December 2007
Snowmen!
Made as Christmas cakes. Chocolate sponges, with butter icing, and covered in fondant
Continue Reading...Breasts!
Commissioned by a friend, chocolate sponge, chocolate butter icing and fondant. Good fun to make!
Continue Reading...Creme Brulee
I was given a creme brulee set (4 ramekins, a catering blowtorch and gas) as an early Christmas present and so this weekend I decided to play about with it. There are many recipes around but I figured I’d start with a basic one as once you can do a basic one any others made […]
Continue Reading...Cakes at work!
Got summoned to make a sponge cake for 300 people for the President’s leaving ‘party’ at work. In the end it was two separate cakes, make of two tiers sandwiched with jam and covered in fondant. Each layer consisted of over 2lbs of flour sugar and butter each! it took 5kg of icing to cover […]
Continue Reading...Lemon Drizzle Cake
I made this as gluten free (exchanging the flour and baking powder), but it’s a gorgeous cake either way Cream together 6oz butter and 6oz caster sugar Beat in 3 eggs Add 6oz flour and 1tsp baking powder, mix well Add the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Pour into a greased tin and […]
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