Treats
Jammy Dodgers
Real Jammy Dodgers – with the chewy raspberry caramel filling.
Raspberry Caramel
– think of the endless possibilities – drizzled over icecream, profiteroles, Jammy Dodgers , eaten from the spoon (did I really just say that?!) This raspberry caramel is completely delicious!
Ingredients:
300g caster sugar
75ml water
120g raspberries
approx 75ml double cream
100g butter
Start off with the raspberries – Fresh ones I’ve found will give you more puree and the reddest colour caramel but frozen ones aren’t bad either if that’s all you have.
Arctic Roll
Remember these? Memories of childhood tea times, if Arctic Roll was served up in our house it was a great day – I was obviously easily pleased! A chance twitter conversation with Jenni Baden Howard from nonstopmama.com set me off thinking about making my own.
Rhubarb Pie and a Spot of Pie Art!
This recipe is for a ‘Pie Art’ Pie allowing a little extra pastry for decoration. If you struggle with pastry then the addition of an egg yolk as part of the liquid to combine it is a brilliant addition. It makes the pastry so much easier to work with, it’s far less likely to become overworked and elasticky, it’s a breeze to roll out and it doesn’t crack and fall apart!
Churros & Chocolate Sauce
I’ve been meaning to make these for what seems like forever. The recipe for them is pretty standard whereever you look so there’s no tom foolery with the basics here. They’re easy to do, and I’ve added in my usual hints and tips (the bits the books leave out!)
Red Velvet Swiss Roll
In keeping with all the Jubilee baking that’s about at the moment I bring you the Red Velvet Swiss Roll! Based on a Jaconde sponge which is flexible and perfect for shaping (and swiss rolling), this is my red velvet version filled with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Blueberry & Vanilla Battenberg
A Battenberg with a subtle nod to the Jubilee – Battenberg goes red, white and blue!
Ingredients:
200g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
4 eggs
200g self-raising flour
90g blueberries
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or the seeds scraped from one vanilla bean pod.
Carrot Cake
A traditional cake but still one of my favourites, it’s good for feeding the masses too!
Ingredients:
225ml sunflower oil
3 eggs, large
120g golden syrup
150g soft light brown sugar
240g self-raising flour
1½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp allspice (if you don’t have allspice you can just leave it out!)
Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting
This is the perfect recipe for cream cheese frosting. It’s pipeable, spreadable and will set just nicely for you without running all over the place, but there are a few things to remember.
Pineapple and Raspberry Cupcakes
Zingy fruity cupcakes packing a taste of sunshine and perfect for adorning with your own Pineapple Flowers.
Makes 12.
Ingredients:
200g butter, softened
100g soft brown sugar
75g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
200g self raising flour
140g fresh chopped pineapple
80g raspberries, frozen
1 x batch of Cream Cheese frosting recipe here
12 x Pineapple Flowers to decorate – instructions here
Preheat oven to 160c (fan)/180c/Gas Mark 4.
