Tag: cream

• 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

  #100bakeschallenge, afternoon tea, baking, baking with kids, birthday cake, biscuits, cake, cakes, celebrations, chocolate, chocolate chips, comfort food, cookies, cream, dark chocolate, family, family friendly, loaf cakes, monthly round up, platinum jubilee, shortbread, teatime treats, traditional, traybake, traybakes

• 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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• Sticky Toffee Pudding- #100bakes

  

  This is my go-to dessert recipe for New Year’s Day or for a winter family Sunday lunch

  Smart Cookie Sam

  January 2, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Christmas, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Family Meals, Hot Puddings and Desserts, Seasonal

  #100bakeschallenge, autumn, bundt, bundts, cake, cakes, Christmas, classic cakes, comfort food, cream, dessert, dried fruit, Nordicware, raisins, traditional

• Amazing Cakes #28: Mint Chocolate Roulade

  

  Baking roulades and Swiss Rolls always fills me with dread. They look fiddly and messy whenever I make them and the filling never looks neat when I roll them up. Or the actual sponge cracks so much. Roulades are usually made without flour and fat and are whisked sponges baked in a flat rectangular cake […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  August 22, 2021

  Amazing Cakes, Chocolate Treats

  afternoon tea, baking, cake, cakes, chocolate, classic cakes, cream, dark chocolate, dessert, family, GBBO, teatime, teatime treats, The Great British Bake Off, traditional

• Traditional Classic: Victoria Sponge

  

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 8, 2020

  Classic and Traditional Cakes

  afternoon tea, baking, cakes, cream, family, strawberries, teatime, teatime treats, traditional, Victoria Sponge

• Florentines- The Great British Bake Off Christmas.

  

  Friday 22nd December 2017. Yet another new favourite from The Great British Bake Off Christmas book.  I love Florentines but have only ever made them once before.  They’re another perfect treat to make for foodie gifts at Christmas as well as handy for having around for visitors who don’t like mince pies!  I don’t know […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 31, 2017

  Biscuits and Cookies

  almonds, baking, biscuits, chocolate, Christmas, coffee, cookies, cream, dried fruit, family, foodie gifts, glace cherries, teatime, The Great British Bake Off, traditional

• The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Tunis Cake

  

  Friday 15th December 2017. I must admit I hadn’t a clue what the origin of a Tunis Cake was.  Mary Berry had made one on one of her and Paul Hollywood’s original Great British Bake Off Masterclass programmes from a couple of years back.  I remember having a go at making one myself after seeing […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 27, 2017

  Chocolate Treats, Sam’s Smart Cookies and Cupcakes, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes, The Great British Bake Off

  chocolate, chocolate ganache, Christmas, Christmas cake alternative., cream, ground almonds, lemon, madeira cake, Mary Berry, sugar paste, sugar paste holly leaves, The Great British Bake Off, Tunis Cake

• The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Caramelised Onion and Stilton Tart.

  

  Thursday 7th December 2017. I love making pies, quiches and tarts but I always worry about the fat and calorie content in the pastry and the fillings.  But nothing beats a homemade pie or tart, especially on a cold Winter’s evening. I had planned out the meals to cook for this last week but forgot […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 10, 2017

  Tarts and Pastries

  buffet food, caramelised onions, cheese, Christmas, comfort food, cream, double cream, family, family get together, family meals, parmesan cheese, Pastry, quiches, Stilton Cheese, tarts, The Great British Bake Off

• Walnut, Gorgonzola and Pancetta Fusilli.

  My family and I love travelling (money and time permitting, of course). So when Ingham Lakes and Mountains asked me if I would like to create a recipe inspired by one of their holiday destinations for their #InghamsFoodieFinds campaign, I jumped at the chance. Nearly five years ago Mr SmartCookieSam took me to Italy for my […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 10, 2017

  Family Meals, Food and Drink

  #InghamsFoodieFinds, cream, Dolomites, foodie, fusilli, Gorgonzola, holidays, Inghams Lakes and Mountains, Italian alps, Italian food, Italy, lakes, mountains, pancetta, pasta, walnuts

• Canadian Nanaimo Bars

  

  Ever since I first saw a recipe for Nanaimo Bars in Edd Kimber’s first book “The Boy Who Bakes”, I have always wanted to test these Canadian treats out for myself.  I never got round to it, until last week. My family had just come back from a fantastic holiday visiting my brother and his […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  July 26, 2016

  Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  British Columbia, Canada, Canadian baking, Canadian dessert, chocolate, cream, custard, digestive biscuits, Nanaimo, Nanaimo bars, no bake