Category bakings
Apricot Muesli Flapjack
A while ago, when I made hobnobs for hobnob day, I made a seedy, apricot-y variation, inspired by one of my favourite flapjack recipes. As I sat on my peasant wagon (bus) home, I had the urge to make some again……. possibly due to the fact that I was hungry and stuck on a bus. […]
Baking with Herman: Take 2 – 3 variations on Herman
Over the past week or so, while I have been stirring and feeding Herman ready for the next split, I have often felt my mind wander to what could I try next? What could work? What would I like? Yesterday was Herman split day…. So today is Herman bake day. I decided on making a […]
Gingerbread Cupcakes
—————————————————————————————————— It is well known that I love to bake, and some things I make are more popular than others. Some things, can in fact, be used as bribery….. or incentive to get things done! One of those things is Custard tarts….. …after I made them the first time, our IT guy couldn’t stop raving […]
Baking with Herman: Take 1, Original recipe Herman and Chocolate and Coconut Herman
Herman was split yesterday at day 9… The next step at day 10 was to bake… So I figured the first recipe to try had to be the one I was given. ———————————————————————————————– Herman Apple, Raisin and Cinnamon Cake Recipe Ingredients 1 portion Herman 200g sugar 240g plain flour 2 eggs 2tsp vanilla essence 2 […]
Malt Loaf
Last night I was on call, I managed about 3 hours sleep, so once I finally got back home at 6, I caught up on Gossip Girl, waited for my alarm to go off, then thought it was probably time to go back to bed. I managed to sleep in until all of 10am…. then […]
Baking with Herman: Herman the friendly cake.
It turns out, good deeds really do get repaid. I took in my chocolate cake, apple tart, and swiss chocolate to work today, resulting in much delight from my colleagues. Apple Tart was lush, Chocolate cake was really delicious…. Yumtastic. When I got to work, I was also presented with this: Complete with these instructions: […]
Schokolade Kuchen (Chocolate cake, Swiss style)
So it’s return from holiday time again! Along with a return to the Apple tart, I googled Swiss cake recipes and came up with this. ———————————————————————————————————————- Recipe for Schokolade Kuchen (Chocolate cake) – taken from here Ingredients 150 g margarine 230 g sugar 6 eggs 1 pinch of salt 5 g of vanilla sugar 200 […]
Rainbow Cake
When it came to my birthday last year… I wanted the most colourful cake I could. I gathered my gel colours and set to work. For the mix, I used my standard mix, with 3 eggs for each two layers, dividing it into two bowls, and colouring them separately. I started with the bottom two, […]
Torta Gegia (Gegia’s Apple Tart) (updated 27.03.2012)
We took a long weekend to Switzerland to stay with our friends for a bit of skiing. While there I was browsing through one of their recipe books. Also while there, I took a tumble on the first day, skidded on my face (with my poor chin bearing the brunt of it), and ended up […]
Pear, Almond, and Tahini Cake… Yes… Tahini.
Tahini. That most common of all cake ingredients. I first heard about Marian Keyes’ Recipe book when I read about it in the Metro. It also reprinted this recipe, and I took a picture of it with my phone… but only realised later that it hadn’t come out well enough to read ……and by then […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 