Strawberries and cream.

This may be blogging overload, but I've got a bit of a baking backlog! I made this strawberries and cream cake last week. It's based on the Hummingbird blueberry cake - but I wanted to make it a bit different (and we only had strawberries in the fridge).

Something for summer

A book good enough to eat.

It's quite a cake though . . . 6 eggs! With the blueberry recipe, you're meant to put some of the fruit in the mixture, but I didn't really know how the strawberries would cook, so I pulped a few and put that in mix instead. I had to keep it in the oven for a bit longer (20 minutes or so) but it came out ok.

I made some cream cheese icing to top it off and decorated it with a few strawberries. Serve it up for Wimbledon perhaps? ;) 

Recipe:  http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/475414/The-Hummingbird- Bakery-blueberry-cake

 I won't be posting for a few weeks now as I'm off on my holidays, but I'll be back (baking) before you know it! :D xxx

There's something quite nice about making cake at midnight.

Lemon victoria sponge with lemon curd and lemon cream filling - LEMONS!

So, this was my sister's (23rd!) birthday cake. I was in a bit of rush to get her something this year - so I decided to make her a cake (but a bit late in the day!). Never have I spread lemon curd on a cake at midnight before! It was meant to be a lemon victoria sponge with limoncello cream filling, but after an unsuccessful lunch hour in search of the stuff, I went for some good quality lemon extract instead.

Happy Birthday!

This is a Lorraine Pascale recipe. I wasn't really convinced by her show 'Baking Made Easy' at first.  I just thought BBC had got another pretty face in just to do a bit of baking.  She doesn't just bake though..oh no! She's an ex-model, a qualified hypnotherapist and a car mechanic. She even has her own business in Covent Garden - Ella's Bakehouse. http://www.ellasbakehouse.co.uk/


So she's quite a girl! Sorry I doubted you Lorraine - this recipe is definitely one for my recipe file! http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/17/lorraine-pascale-easter-cake-recipes

 

She also makes good soda bread - check it out! http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/soda_bread_41394