Chocolate Fudge Cake

Tonight was my second attempt at making this particular recipe.

It didn't fall apart as much as the first time- and still tasted amazing.

Presentation still not great, but getting better I think.

Scones and Soup

Blue Cheese scones, and Carrot and Corriander soup.

Death by Chocolate

Chocolate fudge cake, but nicknamed by me as death by chocolate.

Tasted absolutely amazing, even tho it did fall apart! However almost too chocolatey, two spoonfulls and that was enough. I would say great for when on a diet, but those two spoonfulls probably had about a million callories each!



As you can probably see, presentation isn't a strength of mine, but taste is! Shame you cant have a virtual spoon!

Vic Sponge with Mascapone top

Traditional Victoria Sponge as you can never go wrong with one of those.
This time I used Mascapone and double cream topping which tastes amazing. And added some strawberries to the top. Yum. Used my new cake tins, but they are slightly bigger than my old ones, so the two layers of sponge were slightly thinner than planned. Not tasted it yet, so the jury is still out!

Blueberry Muffins

My first attempt at Blueberry muffins. Only I didn't have any muffin cases so used normal cake cases which I don't think work as well. Also my oven isnt a fan oven and temperature is sometimes strange, which means they have to be left in for longer, so often come out a bit hard.
But still tasty. I'm pleased with the result, and I know what to work on next.

Cake Party pictures

Some extra photographs of our cake party this weekend.

Cake Party!

Behold! The pictures from our wonderous cake party, held this very day. I'm very, very full now - I think when you bake you must soak up the sugar through your pores so you don't get very hungry.

For your viewing pleasure we have....

Chocolate Ganache cake (went down a treat, but better quality chocolate in the actual cake methinks, rather than on it, and watch the old cooking time)

Stilton and Fennel scones - needs plain flour and cream of tartar and baking soda rather than self raising to make them puff up according to mother-dearest

Sundried tomato and Parmesan Scones - likewise - but yum yum yum says i.

And another trial of the Amaretti cake - tried adding baking powder and whisking egg whites to form soft peaks before folding in to make it light. Very light, but perhaps one or the other as it didn't rise that much - perhaps egg whites rather than baking powder - not sure how that'd react with the alcohol.


Aaaanyways! Happy baking!

H