Hello and welcome to week three of the Bake Off Blog Along. Yes, we are still going even after the debacle of last week’s biscuit box disaster! I’ve chalked that up to bad planning and I’m hoping that things will not get that bad again. I will learn from my mistakes, I will, I will!… Read more »
Posts Tagged: baking
In the Kitchen: Bake Off Bake Along – Biscuits in a Biscuit Box
We’re now at week two of the unofficial Bake Off Bake Along with Amanda and Ala and boy are we having fun. I can tell you now that this competition adds a whole new layer to watching the Bake Off. I sit there and ponder exactly which bake I want to do. The technical challenge or… Read more »
In the Kitchen: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
You may remember my excitement over finding the most perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe ever in existence. If you have no idea what I’m talking about then don’t worry, you can read about it right here. So it turns out that I was wrong. In actual fact out you can make an even better cookie… Read more »
In the Kitchen: Orange and Polenta Cake
So let’s talk about cake, isn’t it just the best? Sometimes it’s so good that I’ll eat multiple slices instead of dinner. Best idea ever, can you beat a day that involves the consumption of half a cake? No. No you cannot. Anyway, I’ve made a huge number of cakes in my lifetime – fruit based,… Read more »
In the Kitchen: Rainbow Spiral Biscuits
As soon as I spotted these Rainbow Spiral Biscuits over on the Sprinkle Bakes blog I knew they had to be baked for the big 21st/30th birthday party. I mean just look at them, yummy! Sadly I couldn’t get them as bright as I wanted to, but I still they look pretty awesome. They’re super simple to make,… Read more »
In The Kitchen: Mini Egg Blondies
Does anyone have one of those recipes that’s their fail-safe, fall back recipe for any and all occasions? You know that one that you know like the back of your hand and make for birthdays, garden parties, work celebrations or just on fridays? Well, that’s the recipe that I’m going to share with you… Read more »
In the Kitchen: Cinnamon Buns
Before we get into the cinnamon buns recipe, let’s have a quick life update. Right now I’m officially homeless. Fi and I completed the sale of our flat on Friday (the 13th, unlucky for some), but we’ve not yet finalised things for a new place. So we’ve migrated home to the parental units for a… Read more »
In the Kitchen: Festive Gingerbread Biscuits
Since mid November my work colleagues have been begging me to make them Christmas Gingerbread biscuits. Over the last 5+ years it’s become an office tradition for me to supply the team with snappy gingerbread creations to nibble on through the Christmas weeks. I’m a huge gingerbread lover so I am always more than happy… Read more »
Smores Cheesecake Squares
It’s no secret that here at This & That we LOVE the sweet stuff. Cake, biscuits, pastries, tarts. You name it either Fi or I (or both of us) will undoubtedly like it and eat it. We are always always on the look out for more recipes to try, so when Fi stumbled across a… Read more »
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