Sweets – Page 20

Cakes, Photos

Cupcakes

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So I got bored today and decided to make cupcakes It’s just a basic sponge recipe (6 butter, 6 sugar, 6 sr flour, 2eggs) I decided to make some frosting, just a simple buttercream, and then I played about with food dyes. I didn’t have enough icing sugar to make much, but I dusted them […]

Biscuits, Photos

Choc Chip Cookies

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First time out with this recipe.. mostly successful though it could do with a few alterations.. 8oz choc roughly chopped 4 tbsp unsalted butter 3oz plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 2 large eggs 5 oz light brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 12oz choc chips/chunks Preheat oven to 180C Melt chocolate […]

Cakes, Photos

Chocolate Gloop

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Everything went wrong.. The oven didn’t cook it properly, so it didn’t rise properly, and sunk when it came out the oven. It stuck to the tin and fell apart.. So I covered it in icing to hide it all! It tasted good though!

Random

Competition Update

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I came second! (out of three) The duck was as you see it below, but good! The seabass was placed on top of the new potatoes which had been put in a ring and crushed slightly, and it was mange tout rather than fine beans. I had a bigger fish as well, that I had […]

Photos

College competition – Trial run

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It was the rehearsal for our end of year competition today.. It didn’t go too badly Everything came out ok, and the only adjustments that need making are minor (presentation of the main course, making the raspberry coulis thicker etc) Here are the photos from today…

Decorating, Photos, Random

Not a Cake!

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Chaud-frois that I made at college. It’s an old fashioned way of presenting things (mainly meat and fish) for buffets. The item is cooked, then covered in a bechamel that has gelatin added. The decorations are added, made from aubergine, peppers and cucumber skins. They’re then covered in aspic jelly!

Photos, Sweets

Giant Lion Bar

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The chocolate still needs trimming off round the bottom to make it neater.. surprisingly easy to make… Line a tin Melt ~500g of toffee and pour into the tin. Add a layer of wafer (the ones you can get for icecream) Make some buttercream and mix with peanut butter, put half into the tin and […]

Desserts, Photos

Profiteroles

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Made a while back but I just re-found the photo.. Filled to bursting with whipped cream and covered with melted chocolate

Desserts, Photos

Croissants

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I decided to have a go at making croissants, it didn’t go too badly.. I think there was a misprint in the recipe that asked for 100g of yeast! The dough was too soft I think and the butter just squished out of it when it was being rolled. And then I didn’t get it […]

Desserts, Photos

Cheesecake..

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The most fantabulous amazing cheesecake, and so easy to make.. Ok, maybe my presentation needs a little work, but it tastes damn good. A packet of chocolate cookies and butter for the base. Lots of melted chocolate, 3oz sugar, 200g Marscapone, 200g yoghurt and a carton of lightly whipped cream for the topping. Awesome!