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Vanilla macaroons

Posted in Baking, Biscuits/Cookies, Cake, Egg whites, Sweets (fudge, truffles and candy), tagged , , on November 13, 2011| 14 Comments »

Vanilla macaroons

I hate almonds. A lot. The taste of them in sweet things is just utterly unpleasant. So why exactly did I think it was a good idea to make some? Well, I know that they’re supposed to be difficult to make, a little prone to throwing a tantrum in your oven and breaking your heart, and I felt like taking on the challenge. I was absolutely thrilled when they emerged from my oven all pretty and not an exploded mess (don’t get me wrong, I’m not pretending they’re perfect, but I think they look pretty damn good for a first attempt). But now I have 14 macaroons sitting in a tupperware tub which I have no intention of eating. Come inside for more pretty macaroon photos

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Chorizo and thyme fougasse

Posted in Baking, Bread, Chorizo, Leftover ingredients, tagged , , , on November 13, 2011| 4 Comments »

Chorizo and thyme fougasse

I can’t imagine that there’s even one person in the whole world who doesn’t love the smell of freshly baked bread. When I do my weekly grocery shop I have to stop myself scoffing all the bread on the way home. And, as with pretty much everything (except maybe things like cars), homemade is even better. (Perfume isn’t better homemade either. Remember when you were a kid and you made perfume with water and rose petals? At first it smelt really nice, but after a few days the water went really yellow and it smelt kind of sickly sweet verging on rotten. Homemade perfume definitely isn’t better than shop bought. Nuh uh). Click here if you love homemade bread (homemade perfume, not so much)

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Caramel apple loaf cake

Posted in Apples, Baking, Fruit, Loaf cake, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2011| 9 Comments »

I have a soft spot for loaf cakes. They’re not flashy. They don’t need to dress up all pretty. They’re happy just the way they are, simple and tasty. And everyone else is happy with them the way they are too, because they totally rule your face. I wish I were a loaf cake. Or something. Click here if you wish you were a loaf cake too!

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Sticky toffee cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cupcakes, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , on October 15, 2011| 16 Comments »

 

These cakes just say autumn to me (not literally, that would be mental. And would I still have the heart to eat them if they could talk? I’m so glad they can’t talk.). I think it’s the warm, fudgey flavours of the toffee and the autumnal orange of the fudge and icing, and sticky toffee anything is just great comfort food. While this cake is still my favourite of any sticky toffee dessert, these cupcakes are delicious and definitely worth a make. You want some sticky toffee? Yeah you do!

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Chocolate chip cookies

Posted in Baking, Biscuits/Cookies, Egg yolks, tagged , , on October 12, 2011| 5 Comments »

So guess what. Before this recipe, I’d never made chocolate chip cookies. I know. Mental. But I really hadn’t. Ever. When I realised this, I wondered why I hadn’t. But now I know: I was waiting for this recipe to come along, so that my first attempt would be AWESOME. Wait! There’s cookies!

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Toffee apple cake

Posted in Apples, Baking, Cake, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , , on October 9, 2011| 17 Comments »

This weekend I had to go old school with my baking. My electric scales broke and I had to dig out my cheap dial scale I got when I first went to uni which only has marks every 50g. It was scary. It was inaccurate. It was impossible to measure 80g. It… worked! It worked! The cake worked! And the icing! Despite the primitive measuring method! Phew. That was tense. Were you tense? Have some cake. It totally helps. Come in, there’s cake!

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Sticky toffee cake

Posted in Baking, Cake, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , on September 13, 2011| 13 Comments »

It was my Nana’s 87th birthday at the weekend and we never, ever buy birthday cakes, so I offered to make a cake for her. My nan is one of those people who claims not to like chocolate (which we all know is LIES, but whatevs), so that rules out a lot of the cakes I like to make. Fortunately, this cake is just as ace as any chocolate cake. (more…)

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Cheat’s Maltesers fudge

Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Maltesers, Sweets (fudge, truffles and candy), tagged , , , on August 25, 2011| 7 Comments »

 

Malteser fudge

Hands up if you love Maltesers! *puts both hands up* (more…)

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Cookies and cream cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cookies and cream, Cupcakes, Egg whites, Oreos, tagged , , , on August 9, 2011| 3 Comments »

Are they still cookies and cream if I left out the cream? I did have some in the fridge but it was a week out of date and I didn’t really want to poison Chris’s colleagues. Not when they say such nice things about my baking. (more…)

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Malteser brownies

Posted in Baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Maltesers, tagged , , , on August 9, 2011| 2 Comments »

Dear Maltesers

If I crush you up and bake you in brownies, are you still the lighter way to enjoy chocolate? Please say yes.

Yours sincerely (yeah, I know the letter writing rules)

Julia

P.S. Please can you hide from Chris when he approaches the sweets cupboard, otherwise he eats all of you and I am sad. Hide behind the Pringles, I don’t like those. (more…)

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