Flour, Cake and Pastry

Welcome back to our Christmas Bakes Series! If you missed our last post for Cranberry & Orange Chelsea Bun Trees, check it out here! So here is my second recipe, and to be honest you can't go wrong with these beauties. I LOVE brownies, and these will not disappoint. Packed full of chocolate truffles, amaretti biscuits and a couple of edible Christmas twists, they really do sell themselves... Christmas Brownies Ingredients 200g butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing 100g dark chocolate, chopped 100g milk chocolate, chopped 3 large eggs 300g golden caster sugar 100g plain flour 50g cocoa powder ½ tsp mixed spice To decorate 9 glacé cherries 1 egg white 2 tbsp caster sugar 9 chocolate truffles E dible gold spray 1-2 tsp icing sugar for dusting Chocolate buttons E dible silver balls Method Grease and line a 20cm x 20cm brownie tin. Heat your oven to 180C. Put the butter and both types of chocolate in a heat proof bowl and set ove...

In case you haven't realised, Christmas is like two weeks away...how crazy! Across the world families are decorating their homes, schools are practicing their nativities and soon thousands will visit their local theatres to watch a good old panto. But the best thing about the build up to Christmas? THE BAKING! Last year I shared a few of my favourite recipes, and this year is no different. Over the next two weeks I'll be sharing 4 delicious and unique recipes, some of which I've baked before and some I'll be trying out for myself this year! So without further a do, here is recipe number one... Cranberry and Orange Chelsea Bun Tree This recipe comes from the BBC Good Food website , and is delicious! I love Cranberry and Orange Chelsea Buns, so was incredibly happy to find this sweet tutorial on how to make a mini edible Christmas tree! Ingredients 275ml full-fat milk 50g cubed butter 450g strong white bread flour 7g sachet fast-action ...

H E L L O  D E C E M B E R ! Where has this year gone, it seems to be over in the blink of an eye! Last weekend I had the pleasure of making a cute guitar themed birthday cake which was vegan-friendly. And it was super fun to make! Here's my step by step guide on how to bake a delicious egg and dairy free sponge as well as decorating it for a perfect music theme! Ingredients 3.5 cups self raising flour 2 cups sugar 2tsp baking powder 0.5tsp salt 2tsp white wine vinegar 2tbsp vanilla essence 2/3 cup vegetable oil 2 cups cold water Icing 1 tub of Betty Crocker vanilla frosting Food colouring of your choice (I used blue) Black ready-to-roll icing Method Grease and line 2x8inch baking tins. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Add all the wet ingredients to the bowl and mix well until all the lumps of flour have gone. Split the batter into the two tins, and bake in a pre-heated oven (180C), for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted...