tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76620135269821284782024-03-13T09:06:18.476-07:00theoriginalbakebakegirlbakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-47534383834372835842015-06-15T03:32:00.005-07:002015-06-15T03:33:19.276-07:00Monday Bake - Mini Gooseberry and Almond Cakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our little gooseberry bush in the garden has provided us with our best crop yet. In this months Waitrose magazine there was a recipe for these little cakes. This uses up the egg whites from last weeks icecream. The original recipe stated 5 egg whites but I found this worked fine with 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">175g butter - melted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">36 gooseberries - topped and tailed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">300g caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 egg whites</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">60g plain flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">135g ground almonds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 tbsp elderflower cordial</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 180c/Gas Mark 4, grease a 12 hole muffin tin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put the berries and 50g of the sugar in a pan with 2 tsp water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain the liquid and set the gooseberries aside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whisk the egg whites until frothy. Mix the flour, almonds and remaining 250g of sugar in a bowl, beat into the egg whites, mix in the butter and divide between the muffin holes. Dot each with 3 berries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden. Brush the tops with the cordial and leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly - eat warm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are delicious - I did have a bit of trouble getting them out the tin so when I make them again I will put them in cases. I might make these for cake club using gluten free flour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Viva Forever - Spice Girls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Stop - Spice Girls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Wannabe - Spice Girls</span><br />
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bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-13301869684278835652015-06-15T03:17:00.005-07:002015-06-15T03:33:14.290-07:00Monday No Bake - Roasted Rhubarb Ice-cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another quick to make pudding this week. Hubby came home with lots of rhubarb from the allotment and the same week my recipe card in my fruit box for was a rhubarb icecream - perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ingredients:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 sticks of rhubarb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 tbsp honey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 a vanilla pod</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 egg yolks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">300g full fat creme fraiche</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 200c/Gas Mark 6. Place the rhubarb in a roasting tin and roast for 10-15 minutes until tender.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Put the honey in a medium sized pan and gently warm. Scrape in the seeds from the vanilla pod, and whisk in the egg yolks for about 3 minutes until thickened. Set aside to cool.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whisk in the roasted rhubarb then whisk in the creme fraiche. Spoon into a freezer safe tub, it should be frozen in 2 to 3 hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify Songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Too Bad You're So Beautiful - Duran Duran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Being Followed - Duran Duran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Blame The Machines - Duran Duran</span><br />
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bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-4920729959948299742015-06-15T03:02:00.002-07:002015-06-15T03:02:29.195-07:00Monday No Bake - Chocolate Yoghurt Whip<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was looking for something fast for pudding and I saw this in a Sunday magazine. I really liked it - the greek yoghurt gives it a nice tang, but Mini wasn't keen - I don't think it was sweet enough for her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The recipe makes a lot - much more than 6 ramekins. So I made 3 ramekins and then froze the rest to have as ice cream. I just did the no churn way of freezing for a couple of hours, whisking, freezing again - and repeating once more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ingredients:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">50g cocoa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">150ml freshly squeezed orange juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">500g tub greek yoghurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 medium egg whites</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finely grated chocolate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the cocoa and orange juice in a pan and bring to the boil, whisking until smooth, pour into a large bowl and cool.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add the yoghurt to the bowl and combine. Whip the egg whites until stiff and whisk in a couple of tablespoons of sugar at a time until you have a glossy meringue. Fold this into the cocoa mixture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Divide between the ramekins and cover with the grated chocolate - chill to set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Scream and Shout - Will.i.am and Britney Spears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Porcelain - Moby</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Teardrop - Massive Attack</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Saturday, with Minibakebakegirl at a sleepover, Hubby and I headed into London for a day/night away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the afternoon after checking into our hotel near Marble Arch we headed down Park Lane to <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wellington-arch/" target="_blank">Wellington Arch</a>. This is owned by English Heritage. You take a lift to the top and there are great views once up there - you can see the London Eye and The Shard in the distance and also some hideous concrete buildings! There are two exhibitions on the first and second floors. The building used to be a police station in the 50's complete with a station cat called Snook!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We then crossed the road to <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/apsley-house/" target="_blank">Apsley House</a> which is also owned by English Heritage. We took the audio tour, this is a very glitzy and ornate house - full of paintings and dinner sets - amazing. The dining room was particularly impressive with a table to seat 85 people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Saturday night we ate in the hotel. Pudding for Hubby was a salted caramel cheesecake and I had the lemon tart - delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the Sunday morning the weather was beautiful </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and after a pastry and coffee at Paul's we went for a walk</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span>bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-52837490794574410142015-05-18T07:05:00.002-07:002015-05-18T07:05:48.907-07:00Monday Bake - Banana Waffles<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have labelled this post a bake but it is actually cooked on the hob in a griddle pan. I spotted this recipe in the Tesco magazine and decided to try it for pudding as I don't have a waffle iron and its another use for brown bananas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">250g self raising flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tbsp caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 tsp salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 medium eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">300ml semi skimmed milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g butter - melted and cooled</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 large ripe banana - mashed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sift the flour, baking powder, caster sugar, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl - stir to combine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a jug, beat the eggs with the milk , butter and banana until just combined. Pour the wet ingredients on the dry and fold in until just combined. Leave to rest for 5 to 10 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put a non stick griddle pan over a medium high heat - add the sunflower oil and tilt to coat the pan. Pour in the batter and reduce to a medium heat. cook for 5 minutes until the underside is golden and the top in set.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gently slide the waffle onto a place then put the pan upside down over the waffle. Carefully invert the plate to turn the waffle over in the</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> pan. If you don't feel confident about turning it (my griddle pan is really heavy - I did manage it but the waffle stuck a little to the plate) pop it under a medium grill for 5 minutes until golden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This recipe worked really well (it got the thumbs up from all three of us!) and the recipe could be easily adapted by removing the banana - adding blueberries or lemon zest or chocolate chips or......I will be making these again - lots! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. My Type - Saint Motel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. The Race - Yello</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">250g low fat greek yoghurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Juice and zest of one lemon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 medium egg whites</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Raspberries to decorate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks - keep whisking and gradually add the sugar until you have a glossy meringue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mix the lemon juice and zest with the yoghurt and fold in the meringue. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spoon into 4 glasses and top with as many raspberries as you like! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Love Again - Rae Morris</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Keep On Moving - Five</span><br />
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bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-3022874101403320322015-05-18T06:20:00.000-07:002015-05-18T06:20:31.908-07:00Monday Bake - Mocha Cake with Latte Icing<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love coffee cake - I could do endless blog posts with different coffee cakes! This recipe was in this months Sainsburys magazine. It's so easy to make - put all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix together. However, when I made this today it did spill over the sides of my loaf tin in a kind of molton lava volcanic eruption way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is a bank holiday so the three of us went for a walk to see the bluebells</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in Pryors Wood, Stevenage. We are members of the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and have previously been to these woods on an organised bug hunt which was great fun when Minibakebakegirl was a bit smaller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The bluebells were so pretty, we did a bit of a circular walk - with Minibakebakegirl and I stopping to take photos every so often. The sky was very blue and the sun quite warm - yesterday was so drizzly here and that is the usual bank holiday weather so this was a welcome change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My usual creme brulee recipe is baked in the oven but this Rachel Allen recipe is a no bake one. I made this in the afternoon to have for dinner, however it wasn't set properly - still yummy but I would make this the day before next time. You can find the recipe <a href="http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/638952" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Bamboleo - Gipsy Kings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Kiss me - Sixpence None The Richer</span>bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-16658016440024299662015-04-27T06:58:00.001-07:002015-04-27T11:17:50.341-07:00Monday Inspiration - Whisky Tea Loaf<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sister and Nieces came to stay on the last weekend of the easter holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sister had watched a programme about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Heatherwick" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>. He has designed things including the new London Routemaster buses and the Olympic Cauldron. In the programme it showed his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Bridge" target="_blank">rolling bridge</a> so we decided to go and watch it curl up! The footbridge only curls up once a week at Midday on a Friday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Afterwards we walked along the canal to Little Venice. It's so pretty and it was such a lovely day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We then got the bus to Notting Hill to the <a href="http://www.museumofbrands.com/" target="_blank">Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising</a>. This was a complete trip down memory lane for my Si<span id="goog_500991066"></span><span id="goog_500991067"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>ster and I, especially the 1970's and 80's!!! Full of old board games, chocolate bars and crisp packets. This quirky little museum is definitely worth a visit - we spent the whole time saying "oh we had that" and "oh I loved those"!!! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We also went to see Tom Stoppards new play <a href="http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/49358-the-hard-problem" target="_blank">The Hard Problem</a> at the cinema through National Theatre Live. Niece1 is a huge Damien Malony fan, they had tried to get tickets to see this at the National Theatre but they had sold out so she was able to see him on the big screen. This is a great way for people outside of London to see plays. There was a lovely introduction by Emma Freud and you could see the theatre filling up behind her. Having not seen a Tom Stoppard play before I didn't know what to expect but I enjoyed it, Sister wasn't sure and Niece1 only had eyes for Damien.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I made a Whisky tea loaf - my recipe came from Stacey Bakes book, there are lots of different tea loaf recipes but the use of whisky in this one is amazing, everytime I opened the tin to have a piece the kitchen filled with the smell!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the edge of Hitchin is Oughtonhead Common, we hadn't been there for years, the last time was probably when Minibakebakegirl was about 8. I</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> had heard of the Garden Gate Tearoom at Oughtonhead Farm so we decided to go and try it out on the way to the Common. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had no trouble finding it, we just followed everyone else! It's only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11-4. It was very busy when we arrived but we were in no rush, there are about 3 tables inside and lots of tables outside. It was very windy so we decided to sit indoors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We both had cappuccinos, Hubby had a huge slice of coffee and walnut cake, and I had a huge slice of victoria sponge with fresh strawberries. Both were lovely and very generous slices. We will definitely go back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Love of The Common People - Paul Young</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Paul Young</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have got Sister and Nieces down soon and I think I will make this cake for them too. I went for my easter decoration of choice of mini eggs instead of the chocolate curls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I bought Edd Kimbers <a href="http://www.theboywhobakes.co.uk/books/" target="_blank">Say It With Cake</a> Book ages ago (in Liverpool I think!) as it seemed to have quite a few gluten free recipes. I think I will do one for cake club next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you had a lovely easter, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Lollipop - Mika</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Grace Kelly - Mika</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) - Mika</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Can't wait to watch it and see the scene we saw being filmed and spot all the places I know! A bit like when we watched </span><a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/monday-review-edinburgh.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Case Histories</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> being filmed in Edinburgh and then spotted the </span><a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/monday-inspiration-rhubarb-cornmeal-cake.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">scene</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on the tv!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I made Madeleines, I have made them on my blog <a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/monday-bake-madeleines.html" target="_blank">here</a> and gluten free ones <a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/monday-bake-lemon-polenta-madeleines.html" target="_blank">here</a> - this is another recipe from Sainsburys magazine. It makes 24, but you can make the 12 in your Madeleine tin and keep the batter in the fridge to make the next batch another day. Madeleines are best eaten warm straight from the oven, the cinnamon smell as they are baking is amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">75g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">50g self raising flour, plus extra for dusting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">50g ground almonds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g light muscovado sugar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 200c, GM 6. Grease the madeleine tin with butter and dust with flour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Melt the butter and set aside to cool slightly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and a pinch of salt into a bowl. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In another bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar with an electric whisk for 5 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pour half the melted butter into the egg mix and add half the flour mix too. Using a large metal spoon, fold together. Then repeat with the rest of the ingredients.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using half the mixture, fill the holes of the tin and bake for 8-10 minutes until risen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Leave the baked madeleines for a couple of minutes and then transfer to a wire rack. Wash the tin and repeat to bake the rest of the madeleines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Mr Rock & Roll - Amy Macdonald</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Glorious - The Pierces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield</span>bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-33321855477742401992015-03-30T04:37:00.002-07:002015-03-30T04:37:25.999-07:00Monday Bake - Lime and Coconut Drizzle Cake<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another drizzle cake I hear you say! Yep and this one is a goodie. The recipe is in this months Sainsburys magazine and is by Ed Kimber. You can find the recipe <a href="http://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/baking/classics/item/lime-and-coconut-drizzle-cake" target="_blank">here</a>. I fancied trying this after Victoria Woods traybake on the Great British Comic Relief Bake off. You can find her recipe <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/coconut_and_lime_56467" target="_blank">here</a> - which I will definitely make over easter. This is a really good cake for several reasons, really light and fluffy, but mostly that it contains coconut milk. I make a gorgeous thai butternut squash soup which uses part of a can of coconut milk so this is a great way to use up the rest. Several recipes I do have cooking partners. Recipes with left over egg whites always become meringues. Recipes with left over egg yolks become homemade ice cream, as does left over condensed milk. I hate waste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went to see Made In Dagenham at the theatre last week. Me and FriendD really enjoyed it - it was very funny and Gemma Arterton was excellent. I haven't seen the film so I may watch that over easter too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope to see you next week,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. That Man - Caro Emerald</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Merry Happy - Kate Nash</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Secret - Pierces</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">300g plain flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 level tbsp baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp mustard powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">227g can pineapple chunks, drained thoroughly and chopped into small pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g ham, chopped into small pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">125g cheese - grated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 large eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g butter, melted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">175g semi skimmed milk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 180c/GM 4</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Line a 12 hole muffin tin with muffin cases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sift the flour, baking powder and mustard into a large bowl, add the pineapple, ham and cheese. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lightly beat the eggs, butter and milk together. Pour into the flour mixture, stir till just mixed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Divide the micture between the cases and bake for 25-30 minutes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The muffins can be eaten hot or cold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's top three Spotify songs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. I Can't Dance - Genesis</span></div>
bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-83069705845058850402015-03-16T11:56:00.003-07:002015-03-16T11:56:51.033-07:00Monday Bake - Shortbread<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being Scottish I feel I should have a go-to shortbread recipe, however, each time I fancy making it I seem to try a different recipe. This WI recipe was in the Daily Mail Saturday magazine a few weeks ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g plain flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">50g caster sugar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sift the flour into a bowl. Stir in the sugar and rub the butter in until the mixture comes together. Press into a 7inch square tin and bake for 12-15 minutes or until pale golden. Cut into fingers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was very excited, as usually I can only get Mackies Vanilla icecream where I live but Sainsburys have started to stock Honeycomb!! Hopefully they will do their other flavours soon too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Dreamer - Supertramp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Over My Shoulder - Mike and the Mechanics</span></div>
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I have had this book for a while and I have only made the soda bread. After a flick through the other day. I found this lemon yoghurt cake recipe. It is a really easy recipe and being an American recipe it means I can use my measuring cups! It says in her book that this cake can easily be made without a mixer. You can find the recipe on the Barefoot Contessa website <a href="http://barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=333&S=0">here</a>.</div>
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bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-44400934617003052392015-02-23T07:50:00.002-08:002015-02-23T07:51:35.226-08:00Monday Bake - Flourless Apricot and Almond Cake<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cake Club comes round so quickly - there are five of us to take turns baking but already we are nearly at the end of February and it is my turn again! Last time I made this cake - the recipe was in </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the Sainsburys Festive Food leaflet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">150g butter, softened</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Juice and zest of 2 large oranges</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g soft dried apricots</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 large eggs - beaten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g ground almonds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g polenta</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g butter, softened</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g icing sugar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 180c, Gas mark 4. Grease and line a 23cm springform tin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pour the orange juice into a measuring jug and add enough cold water to make up to 275ml. Add to a pad with the apricots, bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes, cool then blend until smooth in a food processor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Love Train - The O'Jays</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once a year when I go up to Edinburgh to stay with Sister we make a trip to Berwick Upon Tweed - usually when I am up in February. Our Mum and Dad are buried there, so first stop is to lay flowers on their grave. Then we make a day of it and it always is a lovely day - this time there was so much sunshine. We have lunch at the Town Hall (a few more cafes have popped up but Minibakebakegirl says we need to keep up the tradition and</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> have lunch there!) and then a wander round the shops. Lots of independent shops - some are a bit hidden away but it is a nice wee town to walk round. I took a lot of pictures - here are some of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a lovely birthday week I have had :o) I am classing it as a week as Hubby took me out last Saturday and then my actual birthday was yesterday!! The above photo was taking this morning on my walk into town - such a gorgeous blue sky!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hubby had bought me a red velvet birthday cake - we had some yesterday morning, it was delicious. Minibakebakegirl had just got up so she had some for her breakfast!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last Tuesday I went with FriendD to see Cats at The London Palladium. Nicole Scherzinger plays Grizabella - She only sang Memory (twice) but boy she has an amazing voice. During the interval, Old Dueteronomy sat on the stage, and signed programmes and spoke to the theatre goers. I had never seen this before, we were in the Royal Circle so I couldn't see if people were just going up or whether this was a pre-booked thing, but I think more theatres should do this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For Christmas Hubby had given me tickets for Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour, I went </span><a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/monday-inspiration-cappuccino-squares.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">last year</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on my birthday and did the same again this year. This year I took Minibakebakegirl, we decided to have a Mummy and Mini day so I let her choose what to do in the afternoon and she chose </span><a href="http://www.camden-market.org/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Camden Market</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. We went to Camden back in </span><a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/monday-review-london.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">2013</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> with Sister and Nieces. It was a lovely sunny day yesterday, a wee bit cold but it was great to wander round all the lovely stalls and wee shops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As with tradition I did some baking today to take into work tomorrow. I made Fay Ripley's carrot cake from her What's for Dinner book and Mary Berry's lemon drizzle traybake. These are both really easy "throw it all in a bowl and mix it up" recipes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">London is so pretty at night by the river when everything starts to light up. That evening we had dinner in the restaurant at the hotel. For pudding I had a Gingerbread Sandwich - which was gorgeous, Hubby had the apple pie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope to see you next week,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Watching You - Rogue Traders</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>bakebakegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024929765131108210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662013526982128478.post-54092547855255797632015-02-02T03:23:00.000-08:002015-02-23T07:51:35.230-08:00Monday Bake - Chocohotopots<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AsC8yZgRv4w/VM--tu2focI/AAAAAAAA_Tw/7q6QLV4mvPs/s1600/DSCF1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AsC8yZgRv4w/VM--tu2focI/AAAAAAAA_Tw/7q6QLV4mvPs/s640/DSCF1342.JPG"></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have had CatK for a whole year! He settled in with us so quickly, it feels like we had never not had him. Sometimes he is a bit stingy with his cuddles but I would say the only bad thing about him is his delivery of "the presents". We've had mice, birds (ranging from baby ones to a massive pigeon) and a live rat.....eurgh....coming home to a trail of feathers is not fun! Either is lying in bed in the morning hearing your Hubby shouting "kill it" or "just eat it - stop playing with it!" A collar and bell have been considered but he is soooo fluffy and climbs so many things I do worry a collar won't be a good idea and he might get stuck somewhere - might have to do some investigation. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For pudding yesterday I made Nigella's Chocohotopots from her Feast book. You can find the recipe </span><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/chocohotopots-recipe.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> These are lovely little puddings, spongy and gooey and yes, very hot! I served them with a dollop of vanilla icecream. Her recipe states it's for 4 but I divided the mixture between 6 ramekins, had 3 one night and put the others in the fridge for the next night. As mine were slightly smaller I just adjusted the cooking time.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Minibakebakegirl said they were nice but not as nice as the <a href="http://theoriginalbakebakegirl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/monday-bake-nigellas-molten-chocolate.html" target="_blank">Molten Chocolate Babycakes</a>, which is probably due to the amount of chocolate in the Babycakes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Let The Day Begin - Simple Minds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Ballad Of The Mighty I - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">175ml whole milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 tbsp ground ginger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tbsp ground nutmeg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">75g dark muscovado sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">75g soft unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">75g black treacle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">100g golden syrup</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">200g self-raising flour, sifted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tsp bicarbonate of soda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 medium egg, lightly beaten</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">25g very soft unsalted butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">40g dark muscovado sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">25g unrefined icing sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tbsp double cream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp vanilla extract</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 180c, fan 160, Gas 4. Line a loaf tine with baking paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put the milk, spices, sugar, butter, treacle and syrup in a large saucepan and slowly bring to a simmer, stirring. Sift the flour and bicarbonate into a large mixing bowl. Pour the wet mixture onto the dry ingredients and stir well, add the beaten egg and mix thoroughly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have finally finished my crochet blanket, after frogging the edging several times, well I say finished I just need to block the edge. Maybe a ta-da Thursday makes post soon!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope to see you next week,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. 11.59 - Blondie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Picture This - Blondie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. One Way or Another - Blondie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes you have to buy that one ingredient for a recipe. For me over Christmas that was Stem Ginger for my Christmas pudding. So this weekend I went in search of another recipe to use it in - didn't have to look far as my new Rachel Allen book had a recipe for Gooey Date and Stem Ginger pudding, you can find the recipe <a href="http://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/food/recipes/2014/1107/4507-gooey-date-and-stem-ginger-pudding/" target="_blank">here</a>. A perfect for pudding after Sunday dinner. Soft spongey top, slightly chewy round the edges with a lovely sauce on the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had it with Mackies Vanilla ice cream - gorgeous - just as well as that is the only flavour I can get down here!</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the top picture I also have the leftovers of a bottle of dessert wine, again from my Christmas pudding - if anybody can suggest other recipes to use this up - please let me know! It's far too sweet for me to drink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now the tree and all its decorations has been packed away. Christmas seems like a long time ago!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For Christmas I got three new cook books. Rachel Allen's new book All Things Sweet, Nigellas Forever Summer book and Lorraine Pascals book A Lighter Way To Bake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have seen thumbprint cookies before, if you Google them there are lots of different recipes out there - mostly with jam centres. In Lorraines book she has a version with fresh raspberries and blueberries. I decided to make some with the huge raspberries I had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These were delicious on the day, however I stored them in a tin and were a bit soft the next day, caused I think by the raspberries. But they did look very pretty with their bright pink tops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Believe In Me - The Pierces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Budapest - George Ezra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars</span><br />
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We had a lovely christmas. To cater for all tastes I did three puddings on Christmas day. Trifle, which Hubby and I had. A chocolate fondant for Minibakebakegirl and a 'make on the day' Christmas pudding for the other men folk, Hubby's Dad and Uncle.<br />
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This recipe by Ruby from The Great British Bake Off was in the Christmas Asda magazine.<br />
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<b>Ingredients:</b><br />
Zest of 2 lemons<br />
40g raisins<br />
40g dried cranberries<br />
40g prunes<br />
100ml sweet white wine<br />
40g stem ginger from a jar plus 2tbsp of the syrup<br />
40g mixed peel<br />
125g unsalted butter softened<br />
50g soft light brown sugar<br />
75g caster sugar<br />
2 large eggs<br />
2 tsp vanilla extract<br />
135g plain flour<br />
1.5tsp baking powder<br />
Pinch of salt<br />
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The day before mix the zest, fruit and wine in a bowl. Cover with clingfilm and leave overnight at room temperature.<br />
Lightly butter a 0.8-1.2L pudding basin. Cut out a circle of baking paper and place in the bottom. Also cut out 2 large circles to cover the top of the basin and set aside.<br />
Add the stem ginger, syrup and mixed peel to the fruit. In a large bowl cream the butter and sugars until pale and fluffy, then add the eggs and vanilla and mix again. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix to combine.<br />
Spoon into the pudding basin and cover with one sheet of the greaseproof paper with a large pleat in the middle, tie securely with string then do the same with the second sheet.<br />
Put a saucer upside down in a large pan. Place the pudding on top. Add boiling water to come up 3/4 of the way up the basin put on the lid and steam for 2 hours. Keep an eye on the water level so it doesn't boil dry.<br />
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When cooked run a knife around the pudding and turn out on a large plate.<br />
Serve with custard, cream or ice-cream.<br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">his is a lovely steamed pudding, much lighter </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">t</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">han a usual Christmas pudding. It also lasts well as Hubby and I finished off the remains of it today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Here is Minibakebakegirl's pudding, I have loved those wee chocolate stars this Christmas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Hope you have a good new year, see you in 2015!</span><br />
Bakebakegirl<br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;">1. Boogie Nights - Heatwave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif;">2. Dancing Queen - Abba</span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif;">3. Everybody Dance - Chic</span><br />
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