Baileys & Choc Chip Scones

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Free-From Clementine Polenta Cake

Not here but over there!  A taste of sunshine from me to you on the Hello Magazine Free From Kitchen.

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Chocolate Orange Macaroons

Another fab flavour Mac for you – Chocolate Orange they’re not Terry’s they’re mine!
You will need:

1 batch of Macaroons dyed bright orange (recipe here)

Dust them lightly with cocoa powder as soon as they have been piped.



Orange Ganache
100g milk chocolate
100ml double cream

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Raspberry & White Chocolate Macaroons

As promised here’s an ultimately delicious Macaroon – Raspberry and White Chocolate.

You will need:

1 batch of Macaroons coloured a deep raspberry pink (recipe here)

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How to Make Perfect Macaroons… (Macarons)

How To...Macaroons

Macaroons – The French type, (said with a French accent of course) are notoriously tricky little blighters and reduce lots of us to tears.
You might have seen me make them on The Great British Bake Off for the Petit Four Tower.  That week practising at home will go down in history, and not in a good way.  Meet fraught Manic Mummy Baker Extraordinaire – tears tantrums you name it the boys saw it

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Puffle Cupcakes – Club Penguin – A How To…


My boys are Club Penguin crazy and it seems quite a few of you have Puffle Mad kids too!  My apologies if you have absolutely no interest in the latest Children’s craze, you can switch off now but make sure you come back on Friday when I’ve something nice and grown up.
Here’s my really easy Puffle Cupcake how to…

You will need:
1 x batch of Vanilla Cupcakes (recipe

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Slow cooked Beef Cobbler

Slow Cooked Beef Cobbler

January is traditionally the time that minds turn to expanding waistlines post-Christmas and for many baking treats is off the cards.  However if you love baking it’s a tough one so why not incorporate baking into mealtimes?  This good ‘ole beef cobbler is perfect for that!  The recipe given is for a basic beef casserole but the cobbles can be added to your favourite casserole just the same.

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Flapjack – All kinds of ways!

Flapjack - all kinds of ways

It’s good to have some fail safe recipes you can refer back to when you need to bake but don’t have much time.  This flapjack recipe comes from my Great Grandmothers recipe book – just to prove that the old ones are sometimes the best!

Ingredients:
160g butter
115g demerara sugar
1 tsbsp golden syrup

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The Great British Bake Off needs YOU!

Do you love home baking and fancy putting your skills to the test? BBC Two is looking for amateur bakers across the country to take part in The Great British Bake Off series two.

If you’re interested and would like to find out more, email baking@loveproductions.co.uk or call 020 7067 4879.

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Happy New Year! Not a recipe, just a bit of chat…

2010 has been a whirlwind of a year and 2011 looks set to be just as good!

My deepest thanks goes to all you Pink Whiskers who have made the past six months an unbeatable experience, as we start 2011 there are already over 3,000 of you who read and enjoy the blog (well I’m presuming you’re enjoying it otherwise I guess you wouldn’t keep coming back) – that’s a pretty good gang of bakers by any standards!

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