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Just for Fun Cakes

So using the chocolate cupcake recipe (on this blog), with some bright yellow vanilla buttercream and some rice paper dinosaurs we made these for the school cake sale… I like to know my boy is not missing out, so if I can make some cakes every Thursday for him to buy on Friday that makesContinue reading “Just for Fun Cakes”

Lemon Meringue Pie

This was delicious, we had a slight problem with meringue, because the electric whisk stopped working… Again picture quality awful, due to sand in my camera lens… This uses the double the pastry recipe from a few weeks ago on the blog (for a bigger pie). Ingredients For the lemon curd 2 level tbsp cornflourContinue reading “Lemon Meringue Pie”

Chicken and mushroom pie

Please excuse picture quality – phone camera has sand in it! So my little boy has never had any sort of pie, but we struck gold with a pastry recipe that worked last time, so I thought about what I could do with it and here goes… Ingredients This will make a small pie (easilyContinue reading “Chicken and mushroom pie”

Inside out biscuits

So watching Junior Bake off last night inspired me to try something I’ve never tried before ‘free from.’ R decided he wanted dinosaurs in the middle, but in hindsight I think they were a little two small and fiddly! I made all of these biscuits today, just trying different things out, I love the checkerboardContinue reading “Inside out biscuits”

Our gingerbread house!!

We have cracked it, we have found a gingerbread recipe which is easy to roll out and is still standing now!! We used the recipe from the other day ‘gingerbread that you can actually roll out,’ we cut out a triangle, measured one side (not the bottom) and then made a roof using that measurementContinue reading “Our gingerbread house!!”

Apple and Raisin crumble pie

A bit of a random concoction today, but tasted a little like Christmas!! Ingredients In the order you will need them! 100g plain flour (gluten free) 50g block butter (dairy and soya free) 1 tsp xantham gum pinch of salt cold water 4 pink lady apples (peeled and cored and cut into chunks) a handfulContinue reading “Apple and Raisin crumble pie”

Crumble mix

Who does not love an apple crumble! Ingredients 75g plain flour (gluten free – we use Doves Farm) 50g block butter (dairy soya free – we use block stork) 1 tsp xantham gum 42g soft dark brown sugar Method Put flour and xantham gum in a bowl. Cut butter into chunks, put in the bowlContinue reading “Crumble mix”

Short crust Pastry

So many dishes have pastry and I have struggled to make decent pastry, but I finally made it today!! After a friend requested a recipe for pastry here goes… Ingredients 100g plain flour (gluten free – we use Doves Farm) 50g block butter (dairy and soya free – we use block Stork) 1tsp xantham gumContinue reading “Short crust Pastry”

Brownies

Ingredients 112g Chocolate (dairy and soya free) 70g block butter (dairy and soya free, we use stork) 2 medium eggs 112g golden caster sugar 60g plain flour (gluten free) 1tsp baking powder (gluten free) half a tbsp cocoa powder (ensure dairy and soya free) Plus extra chocolate chopped up (this depends how many chocolate piecesContinue reading “Brownies”

Pudsey Cupcakes

In the spirit of children in need we have made Pudsey cupcakes. Next time I must remember to get black icing, Pudsey has a black eye, nose, mouth and eyebrow! Cupcake Ingredients Dairy free butter (we use vitalite) Caster sugar Vanilla essence Eggs (chose how many you want, I used three eggs for 24 cupcakes)Continue reading “Pudsey Cupcakes”