Baking, Recipes and Tutorials - The Pink Whisk

Afternoon Tea – Caramelised Onion and Mushroom Tarts

Posted on May 17, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

So this week, as a Birthday celebration and the fact that I am 21 again I’m hosting an Afternoon Tea for some of my lovely Mummy friends. I’ve spent a week cleaning (yes it was that bad) and now it’s on to the fun bit – baking!

First on my menu is some little savoury tarts – Caramelised Onion and Mushroom.

Ingredients:<

Posted in Afternoon Tea, Mushroom, Onion, Pastry, Quiche, Savoury, Treats | 13 Comments

How to make Sugar Roses

Posted on May 9, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

I know a fair few of you wanted me to blog how to make the blush roses I used on my traditional cake in The Great British Wedding cake, so here it it….. how to make sugar roses.
You will need:
White Sugar Florist Paste (SFP)
White fat such as Trex
Small rolling pin
Rose petal cutters or a small round cutter
Ball tool
Foam pad
Water and pai

Posted in How To, Sugarpaste, The Great British Bake Off, Wedding | 42 Comments

Royal Red Velvet Cupcakes and Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted on April 26, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting – perfect for a right royal knees up!

Ingredients:
Selection of royal cupcake cases

Cake

165g butter,softened

300g caster sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

Posted in Cake, Cupcakes, Frosting, Treats, Wedding | 59 Comments

Wedding Baking – Sweet Treat Kebabs

Posted on April 23, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Biscuit, marshmallow and meringue – all in one go! These sweet treat kebabs are perfect wedding treats with brilliant wow factor – ideal for dipping in a chocolate fountain. This idea came from a Martha Stewart project and of course has the Pink Whisk twist with Raspberry Sherbet Marshmallows. Fear not if pink isn’t your colour , the marshmallows can be coloured with gel colour paste to match your theme.

Posted in Biscuits, Gifts, Marshmallow, Meringue, Raspberry, Treats, Vanilla, Wedding | 5 Comments

Raspberry Sherbert Marshmallows

Posted on April 23, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Marshmallows with a twist – Raspberry Sherbet!
Ingredients:450g caster sugar1 tbsp glucose200ml water
2 large egg whites
150ml raspberry puree (from approx 225g raspberries)
2 x sachet Dr Oetker gelatine powder½ tsp citric acid
To coat:50g icing sugar50g cornflour½ tsp citric acid

Citric acid seems l

Posted in Gifts, Raspberry, Treats | 12 Comments

Wedding Baking – Lemon Meringue Tower

Posted on April 22, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Wanting something a little bit different from the traditional wedding bake? Why not have a Lemon Meringue Tower instead. If you watched The Great British Wedding Cake on BBC2 this week – here’s the full project in Pink Whisk step by step style. xx

Ingredients:
Pastry
225g plain flour
100g butter

Posted in Lemon, Pudding, The Great British Bake Off, Wedding | 14 Comments

Wedding Baking – Fruit Wedding Cake

Posted on April 20, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Here’s the recipe for my perfect wedding cake. Because sometimes you need a fruit cake that tastes great without maturing and one that cooks fairly quickly – like when you have 11 hours to make the whole darn thing…

I will be doing a separate tutorial for sugarpaste roses later on this week.

If you’re planning on baking your own wedding cake, or one for someone else you really need to think wel

Posted in Cake, Cinnamon, The Great British Bake Off, Treats, Wedding | 56 Comments

Wedding Baking – White Chocolate and Raspberry Cakes

Posted on April 20, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

Little White Chocolate and Raspberry Cakes – another perfect little wedding treat – bag them up and tie with ribbon or place them in teeny tiny presentation boxes as cute little favours a little bit different!
These are baked in a silicone flower mould by Pampered Chef

Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Raspberry, Treats | 18 Comments

Wedding Baking – Tea Cup Biscuits

Posted on April 19, 2011 by The Pink Whisk

I thought we’d start off with a project that is really simple but definitely one of those finishing touches that will be ooh’d and aah’d over. By no means limited to weddings these tea cup biscuits can be done for any special occasion including having the girls round for a brew and a slice of cake!

You will need:

1 quantity of s