Hummingbird Loaf

I've still been baking, just not as much. After the wedding I had to have a couple of bouts of surgery on my back, which sort of kept me out of the kitchen. Moving back into normal life now, and back cycling, so calories are a must! This is a modification of a cake from my favourite local cycling cafe.It's a more tropical version of...

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Making the Cake

Less of a recipe post, this is more of a "how I went about making my wedding cake". It's been a year in the planning, and it all went rather well. So, why did I do my own cake? There were 2 main drivers..firstly, I was pretty sure that I could do a better job than any commerical cake maker (the current trend seems to be for an awful...

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Vegan/Gluten-free/Dairy-Free "Bakewell Tart" Cupcakes

A very late entry into the wedding menu. I've looked at doing vegan stuff before, however the big blocker has always been something to replace egg. Butter is simple, you can get high-fat percentage baking margarine, or if you're feeling whacky various other plant-based fats and oils. I already have some gluten-free flour (OK, not a vegan...

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American-Style Choc-Chip Cookies

These are basically a copy of the sort of biscuit you get at Millies Cookies (other shops are available). This works well with white and dark chocolate, or you could swap some of the flour for cocoa powder for double-chocolate! This recipe makes about 18-20 cookies, of a standard size. You could make them larger or smaller as you see...

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Triple Chocolate Torte

Another, rather better attempt at the top cake for my wedding. Last time there were a number of features I was unhappy with, so this time I had a rather different plan of attack. I used tins for the cake. This made the entire process a lot easier and faster. As well as being faster to prepare, and needing less trimming, they were also...

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Red Velvet Macarons

I've decided I didn't really like the look of strawberries decorating the top cake...so I'm going to do macarons instead. What I've always failed with previously is getting colour into these...it seems that no matter what I do, they come out a pale pastel. Determined to change this, I ordered a load of Wilton Gel colour, did some reading,...

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