Tag: apple
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Amazing Cakes #31: Apple, Maple and Walnut Streusel Cake
October 17th 2021. It’s been over a year since I set myself the challenge of working my way through the bakes in The Great British Bake Off Book Of Amazing Cakes. I’ve only managed about half of the recipes and it’s getting to the stage where there are some bakes that I might not be…
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A Bake For All Seasons #1: Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake.
3rd October 2021 As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not that much of an Autumn/ Winter persion. Mainly because I don’t like it being dark early and getting up in the dark. Not to mention the lack of sun. But having said that, there are positives to this time of year- it’s Bake Off Season! The…
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Tarte Tatin with Creme Anglaise
Last Thursday was the first session in the next part of my Patisserie and Confectionery Course at York College. It was a change of night and we had a new tutor. For my first session I ended up arriving five minutes late as there had been a massive traffic jam driving to York. I had…
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Spiced Dorset Apple Traybake.
Another tried and tested favourite from Mary Berry’s “Cooks The Perfect..Step By Step” recipe book, Mary says in the introduction: ” As well as being a good coffee or tea time cake, this makes a comforting pudding, served warm with clotted cream or creme fraiche. I often make it in Autumn when I have a…
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Lemon Drizzle Bundt Cake.
I’m a huge fan of Nordicware Bundt pans much to the annoyance of Mr SmartCookieSam and my kids. I’ve lost count of how many pans I’ve got since I started collecting them seven years ago. My first one was the giant cupcake pan and since then I’ve been lucky enough to find ones in local…
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Honey and Apple Cake from The Clandestine Cake Club (A Year Of Cake)
A Year Of Cake is the eagerly awaited second book by Clandestine Cake Club founder Lynn Hill with contributions of lots of delicious recipes from Cake Club members from around the world. The book was published on 10th September but being as I was lucky to have two recipes included in the book, I got…
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Bundts, Bundts and More Bundts.
I’m getting just that teensy weensy bit obsessed with collecting Nordicware Bundt pans now. I think it needs to stop or else I will need a kitchen extension! I just love the interesting shapes that the pans come in and how you can make a cake into a showstopper bake by using one of the pans.…
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Apple Pie Cake From The Boy Who Bakes
Not another apple related blog post?! Well it certainly feels like it at the moment but then again I have been inundated with apples. The other day my next door neighbour came round with some apples. He gave us two huge carrier bags full of apples from his tree in his garden. One bag of…
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Apple and Oat Muffins- The Great British Bake Off Everyday
Last Wednesday I woke up feeling in a baking mood. I think the excitement of the Great British Bake Off starting back on TV and everyone talking baking on Twitter made me want to get my apron on. I didn’t need to bake anything, I just felt like it. It was a day when we…
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