Tag: afternoon tea

• Summer Baking Update

  

  Hello everyone! I’m getting back onto my blog after a couple of month’s break. Blogging seems to have fallen by the wayside again. I just wanted to enjoy my summer without being tied to the computer. Now as I type, it is the first week of September and I am back to work in school. […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  September 20, 2022

  Biscuits and Cookies, Cakes and Muffins, Large and Celebration Cakes, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  afternoon tea, baking, biscuits, cake, cakes, chocolate, comfort food, cookies, family, summer baking, teatime treats, traditional, traybakes

• June Baking Update #100bakeschallenge

  

  It’s the beginning of July and I’ve been so behind with my SmartCookieSam blog. It seems I only have time to update it in the school holidays at the moment and that really upsets me as I love doing it. I’ve had a busy time recently and as normal, the blogging gets pushed to the […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 29, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge

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• Baking Update!

  

  Hi everyone! I feel as if it’s a lifetime since I last updated my blog. My last post was just around Easter, I think. As soon as we got into the second week of the Easter holidays, I began to feel unwell. I have been using HRT for nearly two years and due to the […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 6, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge

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• terry’s chocolate orange mini egg brownies

  

  As it’s getting closer to Easter and I’ve been getting ready for the Easter Bunny coming chez SmartCookieSam, it’s got me started to think about some Easter recipes. Usually I look at what Easter Chocolates are around in the shop although I’m surprised the mini eggs have lasted that long. Once a packet is open […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 30, 2022

  Chocolate Treats, Seasonal, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  afternoon tea, brownie recipe, brownies, chocolate, chocolate egg recipe, chocolate recipes, dark chocolate, Easter baking, sharing with family, Sugar and Crumbs Orange Cocoa Powder, Terry’s chocolate orange mini eggs

• #100bakeschallenge: Sausage rolls and scones.

  

  For Mother’s Day this last Sunday I made an Afternoon Tea for my own mum, Mr S and I to enjoy. My son is away at uni and my daughter was working, although I did get to see her in the morning and then she was home to enjoy the Afternoon Tea leftovers later! For […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 29, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Family Meals, Seasonal, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes

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• #100bakes: Lemon drizzle cake

  

  There are quite a few Lemon Drizzle Cakes or variations of Lemon Cakes already on my blog. But I was wanting to contribute a couple of cakes to the Cake Stall at our village coffee morning. Lemon Drizzle cake always seems to be popular at events and a traybake is so easy to make. Just […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 20, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Mary Berry, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

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• #100bakes: Victoria Sponge.

  

  You can’t beat a traditional Victoria Sponge. It’s got to have fresh cream in it, for me. I also prefer it sprinkled with caster sugar, rather than icing sugar. A Victoria Sponge is another bake to scratch off the #100BakesChallenge Poster. I chose to use Mary Berry’s recipe, which always works for me. Instead of […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 20, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Mary Berry

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• National Have A Brownie Day- Crunchie Brownies

  

  As I type this, it is Monday 21st February. This post has been edited several times and sat in draft form for nine days now. I honestly don’t know how bloggers with other jobs manage to fit in all their writing time. Last Sunday I was busy with Valentine’s Day baking orders. Then last week […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 21, 2022

  Foodie Days Of, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

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• Carrot Cake #100bakeschallenge

  

  Thursday 3rd February was National Carrot Cake Day! I know what you’re all thinking! Oh, she’s a bit late here, it’s now Tuesday 8th February. But last Thursday was so busy, I had no time to think about making any carrot cakes. Instead I shared a photo collage of some previous carrot cakes I’d made, […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 8, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Mary Berry, Traybakes and Tea Loaves, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

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• My Favourite Shortbread

  

  There’s nothing better than a piece of freshly baked shortbread with a cup of tea or coffee. I love baking shortbread. It’s a simple recipe but a delicious one. For my shortbread, you only need 4 ingredients plus any flavour additions. But the plain shortbread, liberally dusted with caster sugar is just perfect. I bake […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  November 21, 2021

  Biscuits and Cookies

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