Flour, Cake and Pastry

Salted Caramel has become hugely popular in the last few years so I thought it was about time I shared a few recipe inspirations with this delicious filling! First of all, here's a base recipe from Jamie Oliver for Salted Caramel, and it's delicious! Its super simple and takes literally no time at all, so give it a go... Ingredients A dash of vanilla essence A pinch of sea salt 40 ml double cream 15 g salted butter 60 g caster sugar 40 g golden syrup Method Combine the cream, vanilla, half of the butter and sea salt in a pan. Cook, whisking over a low heat for about 2 to 3 minutes until it’s just bubbling,  and then take the pan off the heat and set aside. Place the caster sugar and golden syrup in a medium pan over a low heat. Don’t stir, just gently swirl the pan to help dissolve the sugar. Turn up the heat to medium and keep swirling until the sugar turns to golden caramel. Take off the heat. Stir the caramel into the hot milk with a wooden ...

So I'm finally back from my Australasia adventure! And I'm finally back to baking tasty delights! Oh how I've missed it! This week I made the easiest chocolate cake in the world, filled with a creamy delicious vanilla buttercream and decorated with my favourite decoration, a chocolate cage. Read on for a step by step guide and that all important ingredient list! You'll need two 8 inch round cake tins for this one! Ingredients 250g self raising flour 35g cocoa powder 285g caster sugar 285g softened butter 5 eggs 1tsp baking powder 1 tub of Betty Crocker Vanilla Icing 100g dark chocolate Method Preheat your oven to 180C, grease and line your cake tins. In a bowl combine the butter and sugar until creamy, and then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in a spoon full of flour with your last egg before beating well. Fold in the remaining flour, cocoa and baking powder until combined. Give the batter a final...