Recipe Testing Tuesdays: Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies, or Sablé biscuits as in Carlos Lischetti's book Animation in Sugar Take 2, is the best blank canvas for decorating. Plus they taste fantastic too. This recipe uses a few basic ingredients and just a few simple steps. The egg white left from this recipe can be used to make the royal icing for decoration. I left my dough in the fridge overnight and it set really hard. It took my a good 10 minutes to knead it to an pliable consistency, so I'll probably try to lea
Recipe Testing Tuesdays: Coffee Walnut Cupcakes
The thing I like about cupcakes is that they're so versatile. So many different flavours, so many different combinations and so many ways to make them look pretty. This week's recipe is one I've made many times and it never fails to impress each time. This Coffee Walnut cupcake recipe is from BBC Good Food again (as you can see, I use their recipes a lot, because they're really easy to follow and results are always good). Make sure your butter is really soft and cool the coff
Recipe Testing Tuesdays: Jaffa Cakes Box Cake
Last week I made a Jaffa Cakes Box cake for a hen do. The bride to be loves Jaffa Cakes and wanted a giant version of it. So I looked around the internet for recipes, there are many recipes online and many different ways to make the orange filling and chocolate coating. I found the orange jelly recipe from BBC Food is very easy to follow but to make the cake into a box, I need a sturdier sponge and a softer icing to shape into a smooth block. So I used the light sponge recip
Recipe Testing Tuesdays: Dark Chocolate Ganache
It has been a very busy day today, started 7 in the morning. I had a lot done but that also meant there wasn't any time for writing my blog... Just when I almost gave up, I remembered that I need some dark chocolate ganache for a cake I'm making tomorrow. So I got this idea to share this quick and easy recipe here. This is one of Carlos Lischetti's recipe. All you need is 3 ingredients, 4 equipment and 5 simple steps. Make sure you use good quality dark chocolate. When you po
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