food Coffee & Walnut Cupcakes I'm not a huge fan of drinking coffee. I'll drink it occasionally if we have some made up or if we're in a coffee shop, but generally I'd make a green tea if
baking Lemon Cupcakes with Pistachios At the beginning of the year Jon & I decided to go sugar-free for a couple months before our wedding. I was given Madeleine Shaw's Get The Glow book for Christmas, where she
baking Pumpkin Spiced Muffins I've had a tin of pumpkin puree in my cupboard for quite some time, knowing that at some point I would bake something with it. Then a copy of olive magazine came through
baking Baking Bread - English Muffins Bread 14/15: English Muffins Notes: Stuck to the recipe. The dough was really wet which made it quite hard to knead. They were 'baked' in a frying pan on the hob. Review:
baking Tarte au Citron It's been a quiet weekend. I spent almost all of Saturday in my kitchen (with plenty of cups of tea) whilst the rain poured down. I was waiting in for an IKEA delivery,
baking Blueberry Muffins It's been a little while since I last did some baking, but since the new season of The Great British Bake Off has started I've been inspired to get back at it. I've
baking Baking Bread - Focaccia Bread 13/15: Focaccia from Paul Hollywood's How to Bake Notes: Followed the recipe. The ingredients list states 140ml olive oil but the recipe only mentions 40ml, so I used 40ml where it
baking Baking Bread - Pizza Margherita Bread 12/15: Pizza margherita Notes: I replaced the 300g bread flour stated in the recipe with 225g '00' flour and 75g finely ground semolina flour (thanks for the tip Jamie!). I also
baking Baking Bread - Cherry Tomato and Mozzarella Breads Bread 11/15: Cherry Tomato and Mozzarella Breads from Paul Hollywood's How to Bake Notes: I kept to the recipe exactly. All of the breads I've baked from this book have come out
baking Peanut Butter Oat Bars These shall be coming to work with me this week. They will keep me away from the doughnuts that keep magically appearing on my desk. I followed this Healthy Peanut Butter Chunk Oatmeal
baking Mini Snickers Baked Cheesecakes (2-ways!) Woah it's been a while... Jon and I moved in to our new flat almost 2 weeks ago and we've only just had the internet installed at the weekend. But hooray we are
Baking Bread Baking Bread - New York-Style Bagels Bread 10/15: New York-Style Bagels Notes: I was a bit scared of making bagels, with the boiling stage and shaping them I thought something would probably go wrong along the way. I
cookies Double Chocolate 'Millie's Cookies Style' Cookies This morning I baked these cookies and now there are only 2 leftover... so I think that means they were a success! Double chocolate cookies are so good - the more chocolate the
baking Baking Bread - Ciabatta Bread 9/15: Ciabatta from Paul Hollywood's How to Bake Notes: Followed the recipe exactly. I used a hand whisk with dough hook attachments as Paul advises against using your hands because the
baking Iced Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes Today I baked these yummy iced lemon drizzle cupcakes as I had some lemons that needed using. I had roughly 115g of caster sugar left so I used that amount to judge how
cookies Fresh Mint Chocolate Cookies I am back from my holiday to Poland (more on that to follow) and am enjoying the weekend with these cookies and watching movies before Jon starts his grad job on Monday! I
baking Baked Doughnuts On the weekend I fancied something sweet and spotted a baked doughnut recipe from Krissy's Creations on Pinterest. Since I already had all the ingredients I went ahead and baked them. I've never
cookies Chewy Chocolate Toffee Waffle Cookies I thank Jon for these cookies. We went to Lidl yesterday to grab some pizza, and whenever we're in Lidl a pack of toffee waffles (also called caramel wafers) always seem to end
cupcakes Lemon & Poppy Seed Cupcakes Last week whilst at university, there was a lady outside the student shop with a table filled with plates of cookies, flapjacks and muffins. She was giving them away for free to promote
Pastry Treacle Tart I've never baked a treacle tart before. In fact, I don't think I've ever baked any kind of tart. I received a loose base fluted tin for Christmas that I'd been wishing for,
baking Chocolate Birthday Cake with Nutella Cloud Frosting On Sunday I baked myself a birthday cake. I was really in the mood to bake something and it was my birthday the next day so I thought why not! It's oh so
Baking Bread Baking Bread - Big Fat Salt & Pepper Breadsticks Bread 8/15: Big Fat Salt & Pepper Breadsticks from Lorraine Pascale’s Baking Made Easy Notes: I made 12 breadsticks as stated in the recipe, each 25cm long. I shaped half of
Baking Bread Baking Bread - Cuban Bread Bread 7/15: Cuban Bread from Pepper & Sherry Notes: So I didn't manage to bake 15 loaves by 2013 but I'm going to continue on anyway! I halved the recipe to make
baking Baked Brownies Yesterday I baked these delicious brownies from Brown Eyed Baker, and oh they're good! They're so rich and dense and not cakey - just how I think they should be! And I love
Baking Bread Baking Bread - Plaited Loaf Bread 6/15: Plaited Loaf Notes: OK, so I was supposed to do the eight-strand loaf as in the recipe, but I tried and failed... my kitchen is too small I couldn't spread